by Fr. Aidan WilcoxsonDo we baptize babies? Do we! As an Orthodox priest here in Central Texas, I get that question on a fairly regular basis. A lot of congregations in this area only baptize adults or children who are old enough to understand what happens in the ceremony, so folks are just … [Read more...]
Baptismal Sponsorship, Past and Present
by Fr. Lawrence FarleyThe parents may say, “Church is very, very important,” but if they do not go to church every week and devoutly receive Holy Communion, and say their private prayers, and pray at meal-times, such exhortations will be recognized by children for the hypocritical clap-trap it is. … [Read more...]
Death by Baptism
by Fr. Sergei SveshnikovNowadays, children get baptized for any number of reasons: because their family is Russian (Ukrainian/Greek/Serbian, etc.), because it is what they have “always done,” because the grandmother insists, because the parents want the child to be able to take communion or to go to … [Read more...]
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