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Happy baptism toKim Kardashian West‘s kids!
Kim andKanye West‘s three youngest children —Psalm, 4 months,Chicago, 20 months, andSaint, 3½ — were baptized Monday morning at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat, Armenia, as their auntKourtney Kardashianand her kids (Reign Aston, 4½,Penelope Scotland, 7, andMason Dash, 9½) joined them for the ceremony, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
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Kim expressed her excitement over the trip this past weekend, captioninga throwback photoof herself andthe Poosh founder, “We’re going to Armenia 🇦🇲.”
She also previouslytweeted about her other reasonsfor traveling to her family’s country of origin, writing late last month that she “hope(s) to seek ways I can help increase trade and hopefully create jobs for Armenians which includes@skimsproduction there in the future.”
“As a brand, we believe in embracing all people and as an individual I have been working towards broader goals in hopes of bringing forward the recognition of the Armenian genocide which I remain very passionate about,” Kimadded in a separate tweet.
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The trip comes a little more than four years after West and Kimhad North baptized in Jerusalemwhen she was 22 months old. (Khloé Kardashianwas named her godmother.)
According toThe Jerusalem Post, the ceremony took place at Cathedral of St. James in the historic Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, which goes back to the 4th century A.D.
“They flew [into Jerusalem] especially for [the baptism],” a close family source told PEOPLE at the time. “They knew it was close to Armenia and it was always a dream to come to Jerusalem. There’s an Armenian quarter, and they did it at this old beautiful church. It was epic. So beautiful.”
“It was such a beautiful experience for my family to have North baptized in Jerusalem,”Kim told PEOPLE exclusivelyof the ceremony. “Kanye and I are so thankful.”
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Kim and her rapper husband haven’t been shy about sharing their love for their faith as of late. Aside from their two sons’ spiritually inspired names, West has been holding his Sunday Service regularly and even tapped into it for his newest project,Jesus Is King.
Hitting IMAX theaters around the world on Oct. 25,the film will include songs fromhis upcoming gospel album of the same name. Last month, Kimtweeted that the project wouldfeature 12 songs with Christian-themed titles.
source: people.com
