The Cherubim and Seraphim Society is a

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from

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. It was founded by Christiana Abiodun Emanuel and Baba Moses Orimolade. The society is one of the Aladura churches. It has been claimed that the Cherubim and Seraphim Society was founded in 1925 and a split from the founders aba Moses Orimolade and Captain Abiodun Emanuelled to the formation of several other major and minor divisions of the Cherubim and Seraphim fold. Its headquarters is in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

, Nigeria. In Lagos, it has Holy Mary Cathedral Church (Lagos), built in 1951. It is present in Northern Nigeria, too. Other countries where it is present include

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, the United Kingdom and the United States. Angels, in particular the

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, are central to the society.

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{{reflist African initiated churches Christian denominations in Nigeria Religious organizations based in Lagos Christian new religious movements

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