Kwiintsapho ezininzi, iholide ayikho kuphela ukuzalwa komntwana, kodwa kwakhona umhla wokuzalwa kwakhe. Enyanisweni, kumaKristu le masiko ibaluleke gqitha, kuba inika umntwana ukhuseleko kwaye iyisiqalo sobomi obutsha bomntu. Njengeyiphi na isithethe, ubhapathizo lwama-Orthodox yomntwana ecaweni lugxininiswe kwimithetho ethile, ukuphunyezwa kwezona zininzi eziwela kumagxa ombingeleli, kodwa ezinye izinto ezibhekiselele ekusebenzeni kakuhle kwimizi kufuneka ziyaziwa ngabazali bakaThixo kunye nabazali be-biological.
Imithetho yobhaptizo lomntwana ebandleni kubazali
Isithethe sokubhaptiza iintsana esabonakalayo sasivela malunga nekhulu le-6 (ngaphambili isakramente senziwa ngexesha eliqhelekileyo), kwaye ukususela ngaloo ndlela isithethe siye sazama ngokukhawuleza. Ngokuqhelekileyo, oku kwenziwa ngomhla wama-40 emva kokuzalwa, ekubeni umama womntwana akavunyelwe ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwisigramente ngaphambili, nangona ubhaptizo lwase-Orthodox yomntwana oneminyaka engaphantsi kweentsuku ezingama-40 kwaye phambi komama kuvunyelwe. Abazali banemithwalo ebonakalayo ebalulekileyo ekulungiseleleni isakramente. Okokuqala, kufuneka bakhethe igama lebhokhwe, eliya kubizwa ngalo xa ubhaptizwa. Oku kufuneka kube negama le-Orthodox ingcwele, okhethwe ngokukhethiweyo, ininzi ihlonishwa ngabazali okanye ikhunjulwe ngosuku lokuzalwa (ubhaptizo) lomntwana.
Okwesibini, kubalulekile ukukhetha oothixo. Ngokwemigaqo yootata, bakhetha isondo esinye ngesana, kodwa ngenxa yokuxakeka kwemisebenzi, isithethe sokhetho loothixo kunye nomama onyana kumntwana wasungulwa. Akunakuba nezihlobo okanye abantu abafuna ukutshata. Kufuneka babhaptizwe kunye namakholwa. Iintlanga kunye nabantwana abakwazi ukuba ngabazali. Nangona kunjalo, nakweyiphi na imeko, kufuneka ujike kumbingeleli ngensikelelo yabantwana bakaThixo abakhethiweyo.
Okwesithathu, abazali ngokwabo kufuneka balungiselele umkhosi: udlule udliwano-ndlebe kunye nombingeleli aze afeze zonke iimfuno zakhe. Ngokuqhelekileyo, lo lulwazi lwemithandazo ebalulekileyo yamaKristu kunye nokulungiselela izifundo ezizodwa zokubhaptizwa.
Icawa ilawula imithetho yokubhaptizwa komntwana kubantwana bakaThixo
Oothixo mabafanele ukuza kudliwano-ndlebe nombingeleli, apho baya kuxelelwa malunga nezenzo eziyimfuneko. Baya kufuneka kwakhona baqonde imithandazo eyimfuneko, kuba banokucelwa ukuba
Ukulungelelanisa izinto zokubhaptizwa kufuneka ngabazali bomntwana, kodwa baninzi bancedisa oothixo abanesivumelano, ngokuqinisekileyo. Kodwa umsebenzi omkhulu kunawo onke oza kubakho emva kwesiko, kufuneka banakekele ukuphuhliswa kokomoya , ncedise kuyo yonke into, ngakumbi ukuba abazali abanako ukwenza oko ngokwabo.