Legio Maria Church Followers Claim Extracting 6 Teeth is God's Command
Monday, January
09, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Legio Maria was founded in Western Kenya and is a religion that requires its true believers to remove their six lower teeth It's part of the requirement and not negotiable if someone wants to be part of the Legio maria church According to the believers, God only recognises them after they have removed the six lower teeth.
Legio Maria is a group of Christians people normally hear about. However, there is much more than what meets the eye.
The irony is that they have their Messiah Melkio Simeo aka Ondeto. They also have their own mother Mary and their own Gethsemane. The extraction of six lower teeth It baffles many that in order to be accepted as true believers of this religion they must have six of their lower teeth removed.
Afrimax correspondent said: "It is a command, it is not negotiable and any true believer and a member of the Legio maria must remove the six lower teeth." According to them after Jesus died he resurrected in Africa as Melkio Semeo Ondeto and this Jesus ordered people to pull out their six lower teeth so that he would recognise his servants when they reached the kingdom of heaven
He said it would be difficult for him to remember someone who had not done so as those who obeyed he would take them to their father in heaven. The genesis of Legio Maria The religion began in 1961 and it has about three point five to four million followers in all countries of East Africa. It's surprising that many members of the Legio Maria in other countries apart from Kenya don't even know its origin yet almost all of them have their six lower teeth removed.
They believe in Jesus Christ of Nazareth and his mother Mary. They sometimes gather in catholic churches which are different from the headquarters of this religion Holy tree and stone There is a tree that can't be cut because they believe it has extraordinary power as it is the place where Melkio first appeared after the resurrection. People who lived there voluntarily gave their land after Melkio spoke to the land owners because he and his mother maria were the only ones called to build the foundation of the Legio maria church.
They believe their won Gethsemane is a historic place for their history and beliefs as the blood of Melkio was spilt in their Gethsemane. According to them the sacrament fell from heaven and fell on a particular stone that they deem as holy. Legio Maria's belief in traditional medicine They rely on traditional medicine or herbal medicine which are cooked and the priest sprays over them.
In addition, they believe that Ondeto brought some people back to life with these medicines. The believers claim all his prophecies have come to pass and all these miracles are what make them believe that Ondeto is indeed God. Their bible encourages them to keep doing so and forbids them from eating many different foods. God's major commandment According to them the removal of teeth is not up for discussion. Since Melkio became their Messiah that has been the requirement. In order to be deemed a true believer of the religion one has to remove the teeth so that they get to heaven faster and there is no case of mistaken identity.
One of the members told Afrimax: "Our messiah came in the face of the culture of the Luo people because there is a song we used to sing a long time ago that says God works in the Luo, lives in the Luo and speaks in the Luo. In the beginning, Melkio would appear to a person he would choose and perform miracles through them. But after he fell on the stone and his blood spilt on the temple where he was headed, he began manifesting himself and since then pulling out the teeth became a rule for the young and old and it continues to this day."
Melkio Died in 1991 and was buried in Got Calvary in Migori county.
