baby baptism - a great event, and when the Mystery happen, decide in advance: choose godparents buy baby baptismal outfit, invited guests.
But what if it coincided with the days of fasting before Easter? Whether children are baptized in these special days? The answer to this question is found version of the site Kolobok.ua.
Baptized there in Lent?
Children and adults can be baptized at any time - for no taboo churched weekdays or weekends. By the way, the first orthodox Christians, who took faith deliberately, under the threat of death, baptized it in the big holidays - in the days of Easter, Christmas. And Baptism - is one of the seven great mysteries of Christianity, when, after bathing, and if the rite person is born again - he is pure from sins and with a light heart is attached to the new faith.
Therefore, the church does not put a ban on child baptized in the post, but did not agree to all the priests to perform the ceremony, because it is very busy in the post service.
TIP.It's wise to discuss all the issues of baptism, the organization with the priests in several churches.
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It happens that the priests are reluctant to conduct baptisms in the post before Easter, because these days it is important to adhere to the limits for food, excluding alcoholic beverages, as well as loud celebrations. If instead skoromnogo dinner with meatless dishes and blond kid wishes to arrange a noisy banquet, when the baptism of the least remembered, then committed a new sin. Especially during Lent.
But the purpose of baptism - the cleansing of original sin, the introduction of the child to the church, finding godparents. And the parents themselves toddler decide whether to adhere to the norms of the holiday special days - not to make noisy festivities, cook lean modest meal - or move to another child's baptism time.
IMPORTANT. Church law on holidays, which coincides with the days of fasting (for example, SATURDAY, Annunciation) allow to drink a little wine, but not to drunkenness. Such a degree of allowance can be made into a holiday baby baptism, when a small (!) Amount of red wine is acceptable.
