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The '''Cherubim and Seraphim Society''' is a [[Christian denomination]] from [[Nigeria]]. It was founded by Saint Moses Orimolade, and Mother Captain Abiodun who was the first person to fall in to a trance in the sacred fold of Cherubim and Seraphim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evangelicalgospelministry.org/Page3.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.evangelicalgospelministry.org |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414172536/http://www.evangelicalgospelministry.org/Page3.htm |archive-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The society is one of the [[Aladura church]]es.<ref name="transafrika.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.transafrika.org/pages/informationen-afrika/religion/synkretismus.php|title=Synkretismus in Afrika|publisher=transafrika.org|accessdate=2015-07-12}}</ref> It has been claimed that the Cherubim and Seraphim Society was founded in 1925, and that a split from the founders [Baba Moses Orimolade and Captain Abiodun Emanuel] led to the formation of several other (major and minor) divisions of the Cherubim and Seraphim fold.<ref name="transafrika.org"/><br />
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Its headquarters is in [[Lagos]], Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22Cherubim+and+Seraphim+Society%22|title="Cherubim and Seraphim Society" - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}</ref> The [[Holy Mary Cathedral Church (Lagos)]] was built in 1951.<ref name="dacb.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/abiodun_christiana.html|title=Christiana Abiodun Emmanuel, Nigeria, Cherubim and Seraphim Society|publisher=dacb.org|accessdate=2015-07-12}}</ref> The denomination is also present in Northern Nigeria.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The unfinished state: Demokratie und Ethnizität in Nigeria|author=Brunner, M.|date=2002|publisher=Institut für Afrika-Kunde|isbn=9783928049856|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWiGIFfcLXcC&pg=PA215|page=215|accessdate=2015-07-12}}</ref> Other countries with branch churches include [[Senegal]], the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="dacb.org"/> Angels, in particular the [[Archangel Michael]], are central to the churches beliefs.<ref name="abenteuer-safari">{{cite web|url=http://abenteuer-safari.com/afrika/religionen-afrika/synkretismus-afrika.html|title=Synkretismus in Afrika - Abenteuer Safari|publisher=abenteuer-safari.com|accessdate=2015-07-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120711003655/http://abenteuer-safari.com/afrika/religionen-afrika/synkretismus-afrika.html|archivedate=2012-07-11}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Nigerian sectarian violence]]<br />
* [[Cherubim and Seraphim (Nigerian church)]]<br />
* [[Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:African initiated churches]]<br />
[[Category:Christian denominations in Nigeria]]<br />
[[Category:Religious organizations based in Lagos]]<br />
[[Category:Christian new religious movements]]</div>imported>Steepsixxx