Bukoba, Tanzania, July 27, 2024
Photo: Facebook
Nearly three dozen souls in Tanzania were baptized into Christ and received the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit on the feast of Pentecost this year.
In Sinyanga, 12 people were baptized in a hotel pool in the absence of a church. According to the Friends of the Diocese of Bukoba & Western Tanzania (Patriarchate of Alexandria), the newly illumined are the first Orthodox Christians in a city of a million people.
Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr
“These events are occasions of great joy and elation for the faithful members of our Church, seeing its growth and the acquisition of new children. In missionary dioceses, the celebrations of Heaven and earth are frequent, as Baptisms are often performed.”
Another 22 were baptized by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Bukoba in Magu, where an old mission parish was revitalized.
More than 12 dozen people were baptized in Tanzania in April.
Follow OrthoChristian on Twitter, Vkontakte, Telegram, WhatsApp, MeWe, and Gab!
