Text: The Service of Holy Baptism
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(Coming Soon) About: Holy Baptism and Chrismation
The Role of a Godparent & The Creed
AUDIO – Our Baptisimal Garment after Baptism must be White… White is the symbol of purity, white means that we are cleansed, that we are stainless…
AUDIO – the Confession a Godparent makes on behalf of the child…
Quotes: Holy Baptism
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Becoming an Orthodox Christian
“Master, shine Your Face on those who are preparing for Holy Illumination, who strongly desire to shake off the defilement of sin. Clear their mind. Confirm them in Faith. Strengthen them in hope. Perfect them in love. Make them precious members of Your Christ Who gave Himself as ransom for our Souls.”
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If you would like to become an Orthodox Christian, and a member of the Holy Body of Christ, please come to the Church and speak to us, we would love to welcome you home! For more information and to apply for Catechism Classes, click the link below. God be with you! Becoming an Orthodox Christian
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A Prayer for Catechumens: God, our God, Creator and Maker of all, as You Will that everyone be Saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth, look upon your servants, the Catechumens, and rescue them from the ancient error and from the devil’s devices. Invite them to Eternal Life; illumine their Souls and bodies; and include them in Your rational flock, over which Your Holy Name has been invoked.
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Saint Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kiev
Upon finding out that other faiths existed beyond his own paganism, he decided to send his envoys out into the world to find out what was true faith on earth. His envoys met with Muslims, but felt that there was no joy among them, and that their faith was very mechanical. The envoys also met with Jews and Catholics, but were still unimpressed. Everything changed, however, when the envoys arrived in Constantinople. Upon attending Divine Liturgy in Hagia Sophia, the envoys said, “We no longer knew whether we were in heaven or on earth.” Taking the word of his envoys, Saint Vladimir had himself and his nation Baptized into the Orthodox Christian Church. Saint Vladimir changed completely after his Baptism. He destroyed all the pagan statues that stood in Kievan Rus’, and replaced them with Churches…
