Kozare, Albania, November 25, 2019
Another mass Baptism of children has taken place in an Albanian village, this time in the village of Kozare in Berat County, 50 miles south of the capital city of Tirana.
According to the report by Fr. Elias Markos, published on Romfea, 6 boys and 3 girls were united to Christ in His Church through the washing of regeneration.
The Sacrament was preceded by a period of catechization, and all the children consciously chose to join the Church.
“In a country where faith was banished, the new generation yearns for it,” Fr. Elias writes. “In the faces and hearts of these children, the power of faith, which is all-powerful, is manifest. Their duty from now on is to keep it alive, warm and energetic.”
“Visions of beauty unfold before them and captivate their souls to unimaginable heights,” writes Fr. Elias. “And they will realize as Orthodox that the life of people in the world is nothing other than a perpetual climb through countless obstacles, pitfalls and dangers”
“But,” he adds, “on this uphill course Christ watches and illumines them. His life, His example, and His Divine light give courage to the pilgrim. However, these children now have to act according to their Orthodox conscience.”
12 children were baptized in a village near Berat earlier this month, and 11 boys were baptized in the Durrës Sea in Albania in July.
