A '''godparent''' ('''godfather''' or '''godmother''') is someone who sponsors a child's [[Baptism]] and is the person who "receives in his or her arms"<ref group="note">{{el icon}}: "αναδεχεται εκ της κολυμβηθρας".</ref> the newly [[Infant baptism|baptized infant]]. The child is the '''godchild''' ('''godson''', or '''goddaughter''').