The Orthodox Church of St. John of Shanghai in Belfast (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) festively celebrated its patronal feast of the Uncovering of St. John’s Relics over the weekend. And this year, the joy of the feast was augmented by a mass Baptism in the Irish Sea on the eve of […]
Dozens Baptized at New Parish in the Philippines
Bacoor, Tagaytay, Philippines, April 25, 2023 A new parish was born in a rather dramatic fashion in the Philippines last week. On Bright Saturday, April 23, the community of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the city of Bacoor, Luzon Island, celebrated its first Divine Liturgy, followed by the Baptism of 26 people, reports the […]
Dozens Baptized in the Nile River on Thomas Sunday
Another mass Baptism was celebrated in Africa over the weekend, this time in the Nile River near the town of Chemelil, Kenya. 78 people were baptized altogether on Thomas Sunday. Photo: Facebook Bishop Neofitos of Eldoret and Northern Kenya of the Patriarchate of Alexandria writes: CHRIST IS RISEN! KRISTO AMEFUFUKA! There is no Messenger Without […]
Mass Baptisms in Africa
The tradition of mass Baptisms continue throughout Africa. In the continuing joy of the Bright Resurrection of Christ, more than a dozen children were baptized over the weekend in Nigeria. In particular, 15 children and one adult were baptized by Fr. Cornelius Osuji at the Church of the Archangel Michael of the […]
30+ illuminated in Two Mass Baptisms in Africa
More than 30 people received the washing of regeneration in two separate mass Baptisms at Lake Victoria, which extends through Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, on the feast of the Theophany, January 19. 19 were baptized by the hands of Fr. Otara Johnson Hezekiah, the founder of the St. Peter Rigena Oprhanage […]
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