{"id":248620,"date":"2019-08-20T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=248620"},"modified":"2019-08-20T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:18:39","slug":"rwandan-young-man-baptized-by-metropolitan-teofan-on-top-of-ceahlau-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/rwandan-young-man-baptized-by-metropolitan-teofan-on-top-of-ceahlau-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan young man baptized by Metropolitan Teofan on top of Ceahl\u0103u Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The young Rwandan Catechumen Teophile Niyigena was christened by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina at the Transfiguration of the Lord Monastery on top of the Ceahl\u0103u Mountain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sacrament of Baptism took place on the monastery\u2019s patronal feast, August 6, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Teophile\u2019s godfather is lawyer Andrei Vladareanu, who is known for his efforts to support Orthodox mission in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Vladareanu met Teophile during a pilgrimage to Georgia earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He has an extraordinary sensitivity, a special delicacy and an authentic humility,\u2019 Vladareanu said about the young Rwandan friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Theophile is an extraordinarily sensitive young man with a great gift from God and I think that he will represent a bridge between the Metropolis of Moldavia and the Metropolis of Burundi and Rwanda,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a country in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Innocentios of Burundi and Rwanda is currently paying a visit to Cluj, Romania, where he joined the important celebrations dedicated to the Mother of God at Nicula Monastery.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-248620 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1200x800' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/botez_teofil_rwanda-hram_ceahlau_foto_oana_nechifor-3635.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/botez_teofil_rwanda-hram_ceahlau_foto_oana_nechifor-3635-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1200x800' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/botez_teofil_rwanda-hram_ceahlau_foto_oana_nechifor-3672_0.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/botez_teofil_rwanda-hram_ceahlau_foto_oana_nechifor-3672_0-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1200x800' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/botez_teofil_rwanda-hram_ceahlau_foto_oana_nechifor-3691.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/botez_teofil_rwanda-hram_ceahlau_foto_oana_nechifor-3691-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of Doxologia \/ Oana Nechifor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The young Rwandan Catechumen Teophile Niyigena was christened by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina at the Transfiguration of the Lord Monastery on top of the Ceahl\u0103u Mountain. The Sacrament of Baptism took place on the monastery\u2019s patronal feast, August 6, 2019. 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