Kindamali, Tanzania, February 27, 2025
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Groups of catechumens from various villages of Tanzania’s Iringa Region traveled to the missionary center in Kindamali recently to receive the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.
“It was a day of joy with the bright faces of young and old shining in the sunlight and their souls radiating the grace of Holy Baptism,” writes the Missionary House of the Holy Monastery of St. Dionysios of Olympus.
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The service was led by Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and Central Tanzania (Patriarchate of Alexandria), who “welcomed the newly illumined to the Orthodox Church, spoke to them paternally, and advised them how to continue their journey by participating in the Mysteries of our Church.”
Many of the newly illumined come from the Maasai tribe, an indigenous ethnic group in East Africa that shows great enthusiasm for the Orthodox Church. Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi also baptized 19 Maasai children in Kenya earlier this month.
Baptisms in Africa brings dozens into the ChurchMore than two dozen people were baptized into the holy Orthodox Church in two mass Baptism services in Africa over the weekend. 
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After the Baptisms, a festive meal was offered.
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