The new French-language Orthodox Academy of Theology, was inaugurated here on Sunday evening by the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodoros II.

Congratulations for the project were conveyed on behalf of the President of the People's Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila by Minister to the Presidency Nkulu.

The minister honoured the event with his presence, thanked the Orthodox Church for what it is doing for the region's population and stressed the Patriarchate's great contribution to missionary issues and now to education, while pointing out that the country's government will continue to encourage the work of the Alexandria Patriarchate in every way.

On his part, the Primate of Alexandria thanked the President of the Congo, through the country's senior official, for the support that he always provides for the Orthodox Church of Africa.

Source: Athens News Agency

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