For a baptism
Ἡ πρώτη εἰκόνα
Their first icon
At the font a child receives a name and a saint who carries it. The baptismal candle burns once; the icon of that saint stays with them for life. Choose it, and write it a few words.
Choose the saintStep by step
The name, the saint, your words
1 · The saint
Not here? Find any name in the Hall of Names →
2 · Your words
You add these words as the written dedication on the icon’s page.
For Eleni, on the day of the baptism
Saints Constantine and Helen · 21 May
14 June · with love, her godmother
For the godparent
ὁ νονὸς · ἡ νονά
What the godparent brings
In Greece the godparent prepares the things the child needs at the font. The icon is the one that is still there twenty years later.
The baptismal candleThe lambada, tall and dressed with ribbons, lit during the service.
The white clothesThe new garment, and the cloths used after the anointing with oil.
The crossPut on the child after the baptism and worn from that day.
The icon of the saintTheir name made visible, to hang above the bed.
Beside the saint
For the child’s room
The Mother of God, Christ with the children, and the angel who guards them.
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