Aiyetoro

Nigerian religious community
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Yoruba:
“Happy City”
Date:
1947 - present

Aiyetoro, utopian Christian settlement of the Nigerian Holy Apostles’ Community established in 1947. The Holy Apostles’ Community was founded by a small group of the Cherubim and Seraphim Society, itself a part of the Aladura religious movement (a Charismatic Christian movement having affinities with Pentecostalism). The founders of Aiyetoro built the model settlement on piles on a mudbank in the coastal lagoons 100 miles (160 km) east of Lagos. Though anyone could join, offenders against the community’s strict ethical code were sent away. The day opened with worship in the church or in the palace courtyard and sometimes ended with ...(100 of 200 words)