Orthodox baptisms

[Filia Mariae]

Hi guys,

I was just looking at the pictures some of you have of your baptisms. Out of curiousity, are Orthodox baptisms usually done full immersion? Is this also the case for babies?

 

[Photini]

Hi guys,

I was just looking at the pictures some of you have of your baptisms. Out of curiousity, are Orthodox baptisms usually done full immersion? Is this also the case for babies?

Yes...full immersion. And also full immersion for babies. Three full immersions that is.

 

[Photini]

On a side note....we also get to spit at Satan.

 

[Suzannah]

On a side note....we also get to spit at Satan.

this is a bonus in Orthodoxy....not only that, but my priest says we can spit at him anytime...aaccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(just making it count)

 

[Filia Mariae]

On a side note....we also get to spit at Satan.

Seriously? That's cool! (I take it the babies don't do that though, right? )

 

[Photini]

Seriously? That's cool! (I take it the babies don't do that though, right? )

Seriously! The babies' godparents spit at Satan on behalf of the infant.

 

[Photini]

this is a bonus in Orthodoxy....not only that, but my priest says we can spit at him anytime...aaccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(just making it count)

LoL!

 

[Matrona]

Ya gotta love a religion that actually TELLS you to hock a loogie as part of a sacrament...

When I was baptized, I just did like "ttthtt!" with my teeth... I didn't want to make a productive spit inside a church, that would be nasty. But I still wanted Satan to know that I don't much care for him.

 

[vanshan]

My son Elijah was just under 1-year old when he was baptized and reacted in a surprising way when he was triple dunked. Normally he was a very touchy baby, crying at almost anything, but when he was dunked he seemed to smile each time showing no indication of fear. When we gave him baths at home he normally cried if we so much as sprinkled water on his head . . .

 

[Nikolas222]

the full immersion symbolizes death going under the water, and resurrection coming out of the water.

 

[Matthias]

Ugh, that can kind of cause diseases I imagine, if the spit accidently gets flung back at someone and hits them in the face...

 

[prodromos]

Well it is much more of a symbolic spit than actually producing something

 

[Nikolas222]

disease? Where did you get that idea? Its a light drop of spit that has little force on it, even if it got flung back at you, it would be like someone spitting while they talk to you.

 

[Suzannah]

Ugh, that can kind of cause diseases I imagine, if the spit accidently gets flung back at someone and hits them in the face...

Another reason to attend every catechumen class and to be on time! LOL

 

[Matthias]

I'm just saying if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and you get spat on, if the person spitting has any diseases or is even a carrier of a disease then you're in trouble.

 

[Suzannah]

Chapter 2 of the Catechism: LOOK before you spit...

 

[Matthias]

Heh...

 

[prodromos]

I'm just saying if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and you get spat on, if the person spitting has any diseases or is even a carrier of a disease then you're in trouble.

Seeing that it is part of a sacrament, you would be completely safe