ICHAMARA ORTHODOX SECONDARY SCHOOL SEEKING SUPPORT

13/6/13
OCP News Service
Kenya
Archdiocese of Kenya
Kenya: The only school in Nyeri County, founded by the local parish of ST.Anthony the Great under the stewardship of Fr.Philip Maina Gathari in 2006, opened its doors for students in 2007.

The only Orthodox Secondary School owned by a local Church under the jurisdiction of Orthodox Archdiocese of Kenya.
Present Principal of the school is Fr.Philip who is a Theologian from Romania and is the one who started the building of this Orthodox School for the service of the local Kenyan Youth and for the Glory of God.

After the government’s introduction of free education in 2008,the school experienced so many financial problems because of under enrollment but the Principal is always struggling to keep afloat for the honor of the local Orthodox Church in Nyeri.
Both secular and ecclesiastical education is a key to liberty and self determination.

But now the situation is very hard in Nyeri as school is struggling lot of financial issues to keep up the standards and staff alike. Shutting down this Orthodox school is very painful as lot of tears and sweat shedded by local orthodox people and Priest to run the school for this many years.

A call is now made for willing partners to partner with the Principal, Teaching staff and the local Christians the development of this wonderful and viable project for promotion of Orthodoxy in Nyeri County.

Philip Maina Gathari
A/c 0040101357966
Equity Bank Ltd.
Swift code EQBLKENA
BANK CODE 6800
BRANCH CODE 0830
BRANCH MUKURWEINI

On behalf of the school funds may channeled through Fr.Philip Gathari

Source:
Independent