Githabai, Kenya, April 24, 2025
On Holy Saturday, as the Church mourned the death of Christ and prepared for His glorious Resurrection, the heavens rejoiced as 34 catechumens, including adults and children, were baptized into the holy Orthodox Church at the Church of St. Nektarios in Githabai, Kenya (Russian Orthodox Church).
Therefore, Pascha marked not only the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord, but also of the spiritual resurrection of these newly illumined souls who have risen in Christ through the waters of Baptism. They now walk in newness of life, clothed in the light of the Resurrection.
The Sacrament was celebrated by rector Fr. Methodios J.M Kariuki, who is also head of the St. Barnabas Orthodox Orphanage and School, and several other clerics.
As St. Gregory of Nazianzus once said, “Baptism is God’s most beautiful and magnificent gift… a gift which no one can buy, but everyone can receive.”
This mass Baptism is a living testimony of the fruitfulness of Orthodox mission in Africa—a sign that the Church is alive, growing, and transforming lives by grace.
Last year, 15 were baptized at St. Barnabas’ on Holy Saturday.
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