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Dozens baptized in Uganda

Kiti, Uganda, July 6, 2023

Dozens of catechumens were baptized into Christ at one Ugandan parish over the weekend.

On July 1, on the New Calendar feast of the Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian, Bishop Ieronymos of Kampala of the Patriarchate of Alexandria visited the Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian and Kiti to celebrate the Divine Liturgy.

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The same day, with the blessing of Bp. Ieronymos, 82 catechumens were baptized by parish rector Fr. Georgios Loule and Fr. Daniel Kiuanou.

More than 100 people were baptized in Uganda in October.

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7/6/2023

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