{"id":269845,"date":"2020-01-28T20:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=269845"},"modified":"2020-01-28T20:24:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:24:12","slug":"video-230-africans-baptized-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/video-230-africans-baptized-in-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | 230 Africans baptized in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another mass Baptism was celebrated in Africa, this time in the eastern Tanzanian city of Morogoro, with 230 indigenous souls being united to Christ in the washing of regeneration (Tit. 3:5), Orthochristian <a href=\"https:\/\/orthochristian.com\/127450.html?fbclid=IwAR2qqy-Q2Slr0Kk5hMfdfvll70jkLwazJYBuvFqicjZqo27pEQnwCjf1-VA\">reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The service was celebrated by Metropolitan Dimitrios of Irinopolis on Sunday, January 26 at the Church of Sts. Arsenios and Paisios.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7cNwZ5fbPc\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\nBefore receiving the Sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation, the faithful Africans underwent systematic catechization with Monk Thaddeus from the Monastery of Tharri in Rhodes and approached the font and the chalice with great joy and reverence.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Sunday Divine Liturgy, Met. Dimitrios also tonsured three readers to serve the new parishes established in 2019 and celebrated the wedding of several couples from among the newly-illumined.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-269845 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='700x464' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-1-360x360.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='700x579' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-2-360x360.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='700x525' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-3.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-3-360x360.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='700x525' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-4.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-4-360x360.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='700x525' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-5.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/africani-convertiti-la-Ortodoxie-5-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of Orthochristian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another mass Baptism was celebrated in Africa, this time in the eastern Tanzanian city of Morogoro, with 230 indigenous souls being united to Christ in the washing of regeneration (Tit. 3:5), Orthochristian reports. 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