South Sudan is the youngest country in the whole world
Orthodox church in South Sudan was introduced in the year 1965 by the Greek missionaries from Khartoum. Due to constant civil wars, the Orthodox church could not grow and many Orthodox Christians including their priests were always on the run.
In the year 1980s the war escalated and the missionaries left South Sudan. Many orthodox Christians joined the Roman catholic church including the members of the Hellenic community who had remained in South Sudan.
On the 5th of February 2024 the Holy Synod under the leadership of Pope and Patriarch Theodoro II created the new diocese of Juba and all South Sudan. Archimandrite Constantine Mbonabingi was elected to be the first Orthodox Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Juba and All South Sudan.
On the 7th April April 2024 he was consecrated by Pope and the Patriarch Theodorox II and on the 14th of April 2024 Bishop Constantine was enthroned by Metropolitan Jeronymos Muzeeyi of Kampala in the presence of Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Jinja and Nektarios Kabuye of Gulu
MISSION:
especially, the Holy Eucharist and other Sacraments, building the spiritual and ethical life of the faithful in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, Sacred Tradition, the doctrines and canons of the Ecumenical and local Synods, the canons of the Holy Apostles and Fathers of the Church and of all other Synods recognized by the Orthodox Church,
as interpreted by the Great Church of Christ over centuries; and to serves as a beacon, carrier and witness of the message of Christ to all persons who live in South Sudan and all the oikoumene, at large.