500 infants baptised in mass Orthodox ceremony

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(13 Jul 2012) STORYLINE: • Five hundred children were baptised at an Orthodox ceremony in the Georgian capital on Friday. • The mass baptisms took place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. • The head of the Georgian Orthodox church is Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II who has been credited with encouraging birth rates in the former Soviet Republic. • Ilia II has promised to become the godfather of all babies born into Orthodox Christian families who already have three or more children. • Since he began the mass baptisms in 2008, he has gained more than 11,000 godchildren. • • • #baptism #orthodox #Tbilisi Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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