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(Uganda Daily Monitor) Thousands pray at Namugongo to celebrate Martyrs Day

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Kendall Harmon

Prayers are underway at Namugongo as thousands of Christians commemorate the day the Uganda Martyrs were killed some 127 years ago.

The martyrs who refused to reject their faith in Jesus Christ were killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga in 1886.

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2 comments on “(Uganda Daily Monitor) Thousands pray at Namugongo to celebrate Martyrs Day”

  1. David Keller says:
    June 4, 2013 at 3:21 am

    Anybody know why they were martyred? Bulhler? Anyone? They refused to have homosexual sex with the King and members of his court. As soon as someone important figures this out they will be off the TEC calendar. Actually I’m surprised they are still there.

  2. Katherine says:
    June 4, 2013 at 6:44 am

    And then people in North America wonder why Africans find the “gay” activist agenda so unacceptable.