Baptism - Revision history

Palmleaf: Per the Greek and Slavonic texts of the service of holy Baptism.

2026-03-13T03:38:38Z

Per the Greek and Slavonic texts of the service of holy Baptism.

Palmleaf: Adding the "amens" per the Greek text of the service of holy baptism.

2026-03-13T03:31:32Z

Adding the "amens" per the Greek text of the service of holy baptism.

Σταύρος at 19:47, May 20, 2023

2023-05-20T19:47:01Z

BALawrence: /* External links */ updated GOArch link

2018-08-13T15:06:57Z

‎External links: updated GOArch link

ForHisGlory: /* Baptism of Christ */

2014-10-17T11:55:04Z

‎Baptism of Christ

ForHisGlory: /* Baptism of Christ */

2014-10-17T11:53:01Z

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ForHisGlory: /* Baptism of Christ */

2014-10-17T11:51:15Z

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Kamasarye: interwiki it

2012-04-09T22:36:38Z

interwiki it

Angellight 888: see also;

2011-09-19T21:24:31Z

Angellight 888: /* External links */

2011-04-02T00:43:04Z

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 [[Image:Transfiguration_Baptism.jpg|thumb|150px|Full immersion is a hallmark of an Orthodox baptism.]]
-Baptism is normally performed by the three-fold immersion of a person in the name of the [[Holy Trinity]]; in other words, a person is immersed "in the name of the Father, Amen; and of the Son, Amen; and of the Holy Spirit, Amen." with one immersion at the mention of each person of the Holy Trinity. Baptism by pouring of water, instead of by full immersion, is not the norm for baptism in the Orthodox Church as it is in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and in some Protestant churches, except in cases of necessity, where no alternative exists (please see below). Baptism is immediately followed by [[chrismation]] and [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]] at the next [[Divine Liturgy]], regardless of age. Although baptism is a separate mystery (sacrament) from chrismation, normally when it is said that someone "has been baptized" this is understood to include not only baptism but chrismation as well. In some practices, first communion is also administered at once.
+Baptism is normally performed by the three-fold immersion of a person in the name of the [[Holy Trinity]]; in other words, a person is immersed "in the name of the Father, Amen; and of the Son, Amen; and of the Holy Spirit, Amen" with one immersion at the mention of each person of the Holy Trinity. Baptism by pouring of water, instead of by full immersion, is not the norm for baptism in the Orthodox Church as it is in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and in some Protestant churches, except in cases of necessity, where no alternative exists (please see below). Baptism is immediately followed by [[chrismation]] and [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]] at the next [[Divine Liturgy]], regardless of age. Although baptism is a separate mystery (sacrament) from chrismation, normally when it is said that someone "has been baptized" this is understood to include not only baptism but chrismation as well. In some practices, first communion is also administered at once.
 ===Catechumen===

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 [[Image:Transfiguration_Baptism.jpg|thumb|150px|Full immersion is a hallmark of an Orthodox baptism.]]
-Baptism is normally performed by the three-fold immersion of a person in the name of the [[Holy Trinity]]; in other words, a person is immersed "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," with one immersion at the mention of each person of the Holy Trinity. Baptism by pouring of water, instead of by full immersion, is not the norm for baptism in the Orthodox Church as it is in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and in some Protestant churches, except in cases of necessity, where no alternative exists (please see below). Baptism is immediately followed by [[chrismation]] and [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]] at the next [[Divine Liturgy]], regardless of age. Although baptism is a separate mystery (sacrament) from chrismation, normally when it is said that someone "has been baptized" this is understood to include not only baptism but chrismation as well. In some practices, first communion is also administered at once.
+Baptism is normally performed by the three-fold immersion of a person in the name of the [[Holy Trinity]]; in other words, a person is immersed "in the name of the Father, Amen; and of the Son, Amen; and of the Holy Spirit, Amen." with one immersion at the mention of each person of the Holy Trinity. Baptism by pouring of water, instead of by full immersion, is not the norm for baptism in the Orthodox Church as it is in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and in some Protestant churches, except in cases of necessity, where no alternative exists (please see below). Baptism is immediately followed by [[chrismation]] and [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]] at the next [[Divine Liturgy]], regardless of age. Although baptism is a separate mystery (sacrament) from chrismation, normally when it is said that someone "has been baptized" this is understood to include not only baptism but chrismation as well. In some practices, first communion is also administered at once.
 ===Catechumen===

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 [[fr:Baptême]]
 [[it:Battesimo]]
 [[ro:Botez]]

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 ==External links==
 * [http://bible.gospelcom.net/quicksearch/?quicksearch=baptize&qs_version=9 Bible search on baptize]
-* [http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/liturgical_texts/baptism.asp The Service of Holy Baptism] ([[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]])
+* [https://www.goarch.org/-/the-service-of-holy-bapti-1 The Service of Holy Baptism] ([[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]])
 * [http://oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=51 Baptism] ''The Orthodox Faith'' by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]]
 * [http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/ The Baptism of Christ - Uncovering Bethany beyond the Jordan - 47 min Documentary; includes interviews with various Eastern Orthodox representatives, incl. Greek Orthodox Bishop Vindictus of Jordan]

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 :"And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God." ([http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John%201:32-34;&version=9; John 1:32-34 KJV], also see [http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Matthew%203:13-17;&version=9; Matthew 3:13-17], [http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=Mark%201:9-11;&version=9; Mark 1:9-11])
-There also seems to be some reference to Jesus and/or his disciples baptizing individuals, before His death on the cross - although it appears Jesus Himself Baptized no one {John 4:2}  (see [http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John%203:22-26;&version=9; John 3:22-26], [http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John%204:1-3;&version=9; John 4:1-3]).
+There also seems to be some reference to Jesus and/or his disciples baptizing individuals, before His death on the cross - although it appears Jesus Himself Baptized no one {John 4:2} - (see [http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John%203:22-26;&version=9; John 3:22-26], [http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John%204:1-3;&version=9; John 4:1-3]).
 ===The Great Commission===

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 <blockquote>"To put it most simply, the power, effect, benefit, fruit, and purpose of Baptism is to save. No one is baptized in order to become a prince, but as the words say, to 'be saved.' To be saved, we know, is nothing else than to be delivered from sin, death, and the devil and to enter into the kingdom of Christ and live with him forever."</blockquote>
 ==External links==
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 * [http://oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=51 Baptism] ''The Orthodox Faith'' by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]]
 * [http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/ The Baptism of Christ - Uncovering Bethany beyond the Jordan - 47 min Documentary; includes interviews with various Eastern Orthodox representatives, incl. Greek Orthodox Bishop Vindictus of Jordan]
 ===Baptism and Ecumenism===

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 * Archimandrite Ambrosius (Pogodin). [http://www.holy-trinity.org/ecclesiology/pogodin-reception/reception-ch4.html On the Question of the Order of Reception of Persons into the Orthodox Church, Coming to Her from Other Christian Churches]. Transl. from the Russian by Alvian N. Smirensky. '''Vestnik Russkogo Khristianskogo Dvizheniya (Messenger of the Russian Christian Movement).''' Paris-New York-Moscow, Nos. 173 (I-1996) and 174 (II-1996/I-1997).
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