• Celebration of 100 Years of Orthodoxy in Uganda at Lubya Hill
    Holy Liturgy during the Celebration of 100 years of Orthodox Christianity in Uganda at Lubya Hill - Lubaga Division

Welcome to Uganda Orthodox Church

Uganda Orthodox Church

Uganda is the first country below south of the Sahara on the African continent where the Orthodox faith germinated among the indigenous Africans in 1929. Gradually, the faith was echoed to many parts of the country from central Buganda to the East, North, West, and beyond in Eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

The government of Uganda recognized the Orthodox faith in 1946. Currently, the Orthodox faith in Uganda consists of Three (3) Hierarchical administrative structures which include the Holy Metropolis of Kampala headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Jeronymos Muzeeyi, the Holy Diocese of Gulu and Northern Uganda headed by His Grace Bishop Nektarios Kabuye and the Holy Diocese of Jinja and Eastern Uganda headed by His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu. The headquarters of the Orthodox Church in Uganda is located at Namungoona a suburb of the capital city Kampala (6kms on Hoima road).

The clergy consists of a team of over 76 priests and 5 deacons. There are over 100 communities, 41 brick and mortars churches, 17 medical clinics and 1 hospital; Orthodox Church Mission Hospital (Holy Cross ).


Bishop of Juba and South Sudan celebrates Liturgy in Jinja

Bishop Constantine blessing with dikirion and trikirion candles With the blessings of Bishop Silvester of Jinja, Bishop Constantine of Juba ...
Bishop Silvester & Katikkiro Mayiga

Bishop Silvester welcomes Katikkiro in Jinja

Bishop Silvester greeting Katikkiro in Jinja His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu merrily welcomed Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro of ...

Busia Community boosted by visit of the Bishop

Artoklasia service at Busia Community Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Jinja & Eastern Uganda visited Busia Orthodox Community on Sunday, 22 ...

New Church opened on the feast of Nativity of the Theotokos

His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Jinja presided over the Divine Liturgy in the new church of "Nativity of Theotokos" ...
Dormition in Jinja

Celebration of the Feast of the Dormition of Theotokos in Jinja

Dormition The grand feast of the Falling Asleep of the most glorious Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary in Jinja started with ...

Metropolitan Bartholomew of Polyana and Kilkis Visits Jinja Diocese

Metropolitan Bartholomew entering Holy Resurrection Cathedral On the afternoon of Friday 5 July 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Bartholomew of Polyana ...

Groundbreaking works at St Andrew Orthodox mission center – Nkonge, Mukono

Initially started in the 1960 by the Late Archbishop Theodoros Nankyama and late Fr. Elias Buzinde, the Orthodox community of ...
Metropolitan Kilkis Uganda

Metropolitan Bartholomew of Kilkis on Mission Visit to Uganda

Metropolitan of Kilkis Received at St Nicholas Cathedral Namungoona, Uganda His Eminence Metropolitan Bartholomew of Polyana and Kilkis in Greece ...