KENYA - kISUMU
By the lake Victoria The Holy Diocese of Kisumu and Western Kenya was founded in 2015 by a decision of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa and the blessings of the Primate of the Alexandrian Church, His Beatitude Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, and of the Holy Synod. The first bishop of Kisumu was elected in 2015 by the late Bishop Athanasios. In fact, Mission in Kenya started dynamically many years ago with His Beatitude Makarios III, Ethnarch and Archbishop of Cyprus, and has been going on to this day with His Eminence Makarios, Metropolitan of Nairobi 32
and Exarch of all Kenya. Other hierarchs such as His Eminence Seraphim, former Metropolitan of Kenya and current Metropolitan of Zimbabwe , His Beatitude current Archbishop Anastasios of Albania and other clergymen, missionaries, volunteers, clergy and laymen, all made a considerable contribution to the missionary work of the Orthodox Church of Kenya. Today there are two new dioceses, the Diocese of Nyeri and Mount Kenya led by His Grace Bishop Neophytos, and that of Kisumu and Western Kenya led by His Grace Bishop Markos. The latter was elected Bishop of Kisumu on October 9, 2019 by decision of the Holy and Sacred
