ORTHODOX BAPTISM. HOLY CROSS

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THE HOLY BAPTISM
of the orthodox church

2. Were why and when is the holy
baptism done?
 The holy baptism is practiced everywhere live orthodox Christians
mostly the eastern Europe.
 It is a rite when the one being baptized unites with the holy orthodox
church. It can be done in any age but only once.

3. What is the holy baptism?
 The universal meaning of baptism is that of “starting new”.
 In the orthodox Christian church the practice of baptism is new birth by
water and Holy Spirit into the kingdom of God.

4. How and who does the rite?
 The holy baptism need to be performed by an orthodox priest.
 The rejection of Satan and the acceptance of Christ
 A person who godparents the catechumen officially proclaims the symbol of
Christian faith

5.  After the proclamation of faith, the baptismal water is prayed over and
blessed as the sign of the goodness of God’s creation.
 The person to be baptized is also blessed with sanctified oil.
 At the end the catechumen is immersed on water 3 times in the name of the
father, the son and the holy spirit

6. After the baptism
 The newly-baptized is given the gift of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of
Chrismation.
 The newly-baptized can now take part at all the church mysteries

7. But when the baptism was
founded
 The baptism was founded by our lord Jesus Christ at the Jordan river when
he got baptized by saint john the baptizer.

8. An interesting fact
 Our present procession around the church building on Easter night is
nothing more than our remembrance that we are baptized

9.  Each year on 6 January when the lord Jesus Christ was baptized the
Jordan river goes back

10. Why I chose that ritual
 One of my friends just got baptized
 One day I may baptize the kids of one of one of my friends
 This summer my cousin is going to be baptized

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