Kisii County, Kenya and Kimamba, Tanzania, March 6, 2024
Bp. Konstantin, Acting Exarch of Africa for the Russian Church, baptizes a man in Tanzania. Photo: exarchate-africa.ru
Two mass Baptisms were celebrated within the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate over the past week.
On March 2, Holy Baptism was celebrated for 30 local residents of Kisii County, Kenya, the Exarchate reports.
The Sacrament was served by Fr. Hermogenes Otara of the Parish of the Apostle Peter in Gesonso and Fr. Theodore Ondoro of the Parish of St. Athanasius in the village of Nyabigege.
The newly illumined were prepared by a three-month catechism.
From the Baptism in Kenya. Photo: exarchate-africa.ru
Two days later, His Grace Bishop Konstantin of Zaraisk, the acting Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Kimamba, Tanzania, followed by the Baptism of 30 local residents, both adults and children, who were also prepared by catechism.
The bishop was concelebrated by Fr. George Maximov, a student of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Archimandrite Zacharias (Mulingwa), and clergy of the Central Deanery of the Exarchate in Tanzania.
Mass Baptisms are a common occurrence throughout Africa, both in the Patriarchate of Alexandria and the Russian Church’s African Exarchate. 18 people were baptized in Kenya last month, and 15 in Tanzania in December.
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