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Saint Chrysostomos the Missionary

Also known as Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos · the New Cyril and Methodios of Africa

A Greek archimandrite from Messinia who from 1960 served as one of the first modern Orthodox missionaries in East and Central Africa, founding churches and schools in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Congo. He reposed at Kananga in the Congo in 1972.

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Born 1903 at Vasilitsi, Messinia; reposed 1972 at Kananga, Congo. Glorified by the Patriarchate of Alexandria on 8 October 2025; called 'the new Cyril and Methodios of Africa.'

Sources: Orthodox Times; Mystagogy Resource Center; Patriarchate of Alexandria canonization (2025)