Tag Archives: BAPTISM

14 people dead after river baptism went wrong

  Emergency search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven people yesterday morning, bringing the death toll to nine. Later in the afternoon five more bodies were retrieved from the river, raising the number to 14. As the mission continues along the river for the missing people, Renqe recalled …

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Pastor In Trouble as six-week-old baby dies in baptism

The Orthodox Church in Romania is facing growing pressure to change baptism rituals after a  six-week-old baby died following a ceremony earlier this week. The baby boy reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest during the Baptism on Monday and was rushed to hospital but died a few hours later, with autopsy …

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Crocodile kills Pastor Inside River During Baptism

According to BBC A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptizing followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia. Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people on Sunday morning at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town’s Merkeb Tabya district. Residents and police told BBC Amharic a …

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