Your Baby's Baptism in the Orthodox Church

by Anthony M. Coniaris

Overview

Includes step-by-step explanations of the entire baptism ceremony, with photos and excellent art work. This handsomely illustrated book may be used as a study text for parents and godparents before their children's baptism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781667854465
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	08/19/2022
Pages:	60
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Rev. Anthony M. Coniaris, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1926, and attended Boston Latin School and subsequently graduated from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological Seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts. Coniaris received a Masters of Divinity from Northwestern Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, and continued studies in the fields of religion and psychiatry at the University of Minnesota and at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Coniaris served as pastor of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, from 1953 – 1992 – his only parish assignment. After his retirement in January 1993 he devoted most of his time to Light & Life Publishing Company which he founded in 1968. He authored more than 75 books, pamphlets and brochures. Light & Life became one of the largest distributors of Orthodox materials in the world. He also lectured at retreats and seminars at several Orthodox parishes in the US as well as in Canada. In addition, Coniaris was an Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts and taught there during his retirement.

He is past President of the Minneapolis Ministerial Association, the Twin Cities Metropolitan Church Commission, the Minneapolis Professional Men's Club, the Minneapolis Kiwanis, and the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. He was a member of the Board of the Children's Heart Fund, and was listed in WHO'S WHO in RELIGION 1976-77. He received the WCCO Good Neighbor Award in 1973 and the Alumnus of the Year from Holy Cross Seminary. In 2018, he was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.

He passed away at the age of 93 in 2020.

Table of Contents

Special Word to the Parents 1

Your Own Preparation 2

The Loving Outreach of God 3

Why Infant Baptism 3

Not Just Your Child 4

Baptism As A Covenant 5

A Personal Response 6

We Are Attached to Christ 8

Explanation of the Ceremony 9

Exorcisms 9

The Sign of the Cross 11

The Creed 11

The Naming 12

Identity 13

The Baptismal Font 13

The Triple Immersion 14

The Water 15

Guardian Angel Assigned 16

The Naked Infant 16

The Anointing With Oil 17

New Clothes 19

The Candles 20

The Sacrament of Chrismation or Confirmation 21

The Cutting of Hair 24

The Procession 25

The Eucharist 26

From Being to Doing 27

Why Baptism? 28

What is Baptism? 29

God Claims You 30

Liberation 31

Clothed With Christ's Strength 32

No Longer Mere Man 32

Illumination 33

Baptism is Positive 33

Adoption 34

Wanted 34

Pinned With Tags 35

A Personal Easter 35

Sponsors 36

What the Godparent Brings to the Service 37

The "Second" Baptism 38

Daily Reminders of Baptism 38

A Sponsors' Letter to Their Godchild 39

What the Early Church Fathers Say About Baptism 40

The Scripture Readings 42

Bring Christ Into the Home 44

Leave Them a Legacy of Happy Memories 45

Baptism As Thirty Celebrations 47

Your Record of Baptism 51

Baptism Poem 52