Eastern Orthodoxy in Ghana

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* Feast of Orthodoxy
* Intercession of the Theotokos

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* Nativity Fast
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Eastern Orthodoxy in Ghana refers to adherents and religious communities of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Ghana. Majority of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Ghana are under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Sources
* 5 External links

## History

Archdioceses and Dioceses of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa

Eastern Orthodoxy emerged in Ghana in 1932, but without official canonical sanction.[1][2] The "African Universal Orthodox-Catholic Church" was organized by the charismatic African Bresi-Ando, but he and his followers vaguely knew the meaning of the term "Orthodoxy", and tried to find the true church.[2] In 1972, Godfried Mantey and Kwame Joseph Labi, two of the church's youth leaders, read "The Orthodox Church" by Timothy Kallistos Ware[1][2] which strengthened their church's religious quest.

Two years later, Mantey and Labi met personally with representatives of the Eastern Orthodox world, and on 15 January 1978, Metropolitan Irineos, Metropolitan of Accra and All West Africa, (within the Patriarchate of Alexandria), made his first visit to the faithful of Ghana. By September 1982, the organization was officially admitted into the Eastern Orthodox communion within the Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria and All Africa. Now there is active missionary work, led by a resident archbishop. Thousands of Eastern Orthodox Christians from among the local population are served by 23 priests. A local Eastern Orthodox seminary is now open in Ghana.[1][2]

## See also

* Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anderson, Andrew. "A Brief History of the Orthodox Church in Ghana". U.S. Fulbright Research Project 1992-1994. Orthodox Research Institute. http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/anderson_ghana.htm. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Κοσμο, Νεκρος Για Τον (3 November 2015). "Orthodox Christian Initiative for Africa: The Orthodox Church in Ghana & Ivory Coast". http://grforafrica.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-orthodox-church-in-ghana-ivory-coast.html.

## Sources

* The article was translated from Russian article Православие в Гане, where sources for the data are stated.
* Corrections came from "A Brief History of the Orthodox Church in Ghana", the U.S. Fulbright research project of Andrew J. Anderson, available at the Orthodox Research Institute website.

## External links

* Metropolitan Narkissos of Accra
* African Initiated Churches in Search of Orthodoxy
* Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 6, no. 1 - OpenBU - Boston
* The 1930's Pan-Africanism of Patriarch Bresi-Ando and the Genesis

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Eastern Orthodoxy in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini (Swaziland)
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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