Chrismation
Chrismation is the second stage of the rite of initiation into the Church, and immediately follows the Sacrament of Baptism. Just as Baptism is our personal participation in the events of the death and resurrection of Christ, Chrismation is our reflects our participation in Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Once baptised, the new illumined member is anointed with the Holy Chrism, thus receiving the ‘Seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit’.
Although the Church's aptism is one and cannot be repeated, the sacrament of chrismation may be administered again on specific circumstances. This occurs for example when an Orthodox Christian after leaving the church to embrace other beliefs, reunites with Orthodoxy. In this case, the sacrament of Chrismation is administered after the person has formally renounced the faith or beliefs which they had embraced.
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Reception of Converts by Chrismation
The ordinary mode of reception of converts into the Church is by baptism. However, the Church allows for the reception of converts from certain Christian denominations by chrismation alone as an act of oikonomía (pastoral exception), as long as the baptism they received in their former denomination has been performed ‘In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’, as per Matthew 28:19;