Metropolitan Grigorios of Cameroon presided over the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Church of the Annunciation in the capital of Cameroon, Yaoundé, on March 21.
The Divine Liturgy was followed by the procession of the holy icons and the reading of the Synodikon of Orthodoxy.
Bishop Sylvester of Gulu and Eastern Uganda celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy in the Orthodox Parish of St. Basil in Gulu, Uganda.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the procession of the holy icons took place around the church.
The Bishop wished the faithful a blessed period of Lent and to always proudly maintain their Orthodox faith.
Among the faithful and several young children who joyfully carried the icons showed the future and joy of Orthodoxy on the African continent.
Metropolitan Ignatios of Nothern Madagascar Ignatius presided over the festal Divine Liturgy with priests of the Metropolis.
The Holy Metropolis of Axum celebrated the great Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, during which the Holy Church celebrates the restoration of the holy icons after the turbulent period of the iconoclasm.
Metropolitan Axomis Daniel presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Community Cathedral of St. Frumentius in Addis Ababa, accompanied by Grand Archimandrite Barberis, in the presence of Orthodox faithful from Ethiopia, Greece, Russia, Ukraine and Syria.
The procession of the holy icons around the church took place after the service, with the faithful holding the holy icons in their hands. In the end, the Metropolitan read the Synodikon of Orthodoxy.