Baptism is the Sacrament through which a person is born again and accepted into the membership
of the Church after being dipped into the Holy Water three times in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Those who have been validly baptized must not be baptized again.
It is by order of our Lord Jesus Christ that Baptism is administered. Infants and adults are baptized.

A boy infant's baptism takes place forty days after birth whereas a girl infant's baptism takes place
eighty days after birth. Baptism may be administered any time if the child is in danger of dying.
The rite is long, including the churching of the mother and purification of the child. Then the priest
consecrates the oil and anoints the child, he also blows into its face, signifying the giving of
the Holy Ghost. The child is anointed thirty times upon its different parts of the body. Later
the priest baptizes the child by immersing it three times - " I baptize you (name) in the name off
the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen" This may be said to be the end of the baptismal rite.

If the infant is ill, affusion is used in place of immersion. The baptismal rite is not repeated upon
the Feast of Epiphany. "We believe in one baptism for the remission of sins". The rite practised
on Epiphany is merely a renewal of baptismal vows and a commemoration of the Baptism of
Jesus Christ in the River Jordan. Baptism by laymen, even deacons, is not allowed under any
circumstances. Sponsors or godparents are a requirement.