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The London Missionary Society missionaries, working with prominent and well-versed Samoan orators in the local vernacular, translated the Christian Bible into the Samoan language, and this Bible translation, "O le Tusi Pa'ia", is still used today. It provides an important grounding in the philosophical usage of the Samoan language.
The Reformed Congregational LMS Samoan Church (Samoan: Ekalesia LMS Toefuata'ina Samoa) is a global Christian Denomination based in Samoa, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. It traces its origins to Protestant and Congregationalist doctrines, while its core is firmly grounded in the Samoan language, culture, and tradition ...
The Samoan Assemblies of God International (Samoan: Le Fa'apotopotoga a le Atua Samoa) or SAOG is a Pentecostal fellowship of churches. It reached the Western Islands and outer countries with large Samoan communities, such as New Zealand, America and Australia.
Apia Cathedral. Christianity is the official and largest religion in Samoa, with its various denominations accounting for around 98% of the total population. [1] The article 1 of the Constitution of Samoa states that "Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".
In 2006, having been made the first Pacific and first Samoan Cardinal, he died at the age of 82. [10] [11] In 2007, in a ceremony organized by the Catholic Church, the Samoan head of state asked for divine forgiveness of his country's sins. [12] At World Youth Day 2008, "up to a thousand" Samoan youths participated in the activities in Sydney. [13]
Former professional wrestler and WWE legend Sika Anoa'i has died. He was 79.Anoa'i -- best known to fans as Sika and as part of the famed tag team The Wild Samoans -- is the father of current WWE ...
Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language.The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America.
Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also ...