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St Sergius of Radonezh Russian Orthodox Church, Midrand

#thegodprojectJozi.RediscoveredOctober 16, 20170
Russian Orthodox Church Midrand

Set deep in a dusty, less-than-spectacular Midrand suburb, St Sergius of Radonezh Russian Orthodox Church is an anomaly: only one of three Russian Orthodox Churches in Africa, its gold-leaf domes blindingly glint against an incongruous hot-blue sky; a Slavic Star of Bethlehem, they guide curious strangers from the N1 highway to the gate’s buzzer…

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Yeoville’s Nigerian Jews (The Bethel Messianic Assembly)

#thegodprojectJozi.RediscoveredFebruary 27, 20172

The tail-end of a storm torrent washes over the driveway’s blue-brick menorah. Across the road, Praise Jesuses hail from a Pentecostal church; its neon palm-tree sign blinks in the drizzle. A tall, white-robed man greets us at the gate; his matching yarmulke contrasts against the dome of his black-skinned head…

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The Holy Trinity Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church, Berea

#thegodprojectJozi.RediscoveredAugust 1, 20163
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Emmanuel’s car is old and beaten up, but smells new. The Virgin Mary is perched on the dashboard; a moving pedestal for her bleeding, plastic Sacred Heart. Two rosaries jangle above her from the rear-view mirror, their beads swing wildly with each turn through Joburg’s Sunday morning CBD streets…

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