Dozen children baptized at Kenyan parish of ROC’s African Exarchate

Mworoga, Kenya, October 22, 2024

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A dozen children were baptized into Christ in at a church in Kenya last week.

On Sunday, October 13, at the Church of St. Tikhon of Moscow in the village of Mworoga in central Kenya, the area dean Fr. Theoklit Kitinji and Fr. Nikifor Mugambi celebrated the Divine Liturgy, reports the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate.

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After the Liturgy, the Sacrament of Baptism was also celebrated. In all, 12 children received the washing of regeneration.

In August, OrthoChristian reported on the Baptism of seven students at an Orthodox school in Nairobi.

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10/22/2024

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