Emindenini eminingi, leli holide akuyona kuphela usuku lokuzalwa kwengane, kodwa futhi usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe. Ngempela, kumaKristu lo mkhuba ubaluleke kakhulu, ngoba unikeza ingane ukuvikelwa futhi kungukuqala kokuphila okusha, okungokomoya komuntu. Njengomunye umkhuba, ukubhapathizwa kwe-Orthodox yengane esontweni kuncike emithethweni ethile, ukufezwa kweziningi zazo eziwela emahlombe wompristi, kodwa amanye amaphuzu okuziphatha okuhle okufanele kwenziwe ngalo mkhosi kufanele aziwe kwabankulunkulukazi nabazali bezinto eziphilayo.
Imithetho yobhapathizo lomntwana esontweni kubazali
Isiko lokubhapathiza abantwana abasanda kuzalwa sabonakala ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-6 (ngaphambili isakramente senziwa ngesikhathi esingazi kahle), futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umkhuba ubelokhu uzama ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngokuvamile, lokhu kwenziwa ngosuku lwama-40 emva kokuzalwa, ngoba unina wengane akavunyelwe ukuba yingxenye yesakramente ngaphambili, nakuba ezimweni ezikhethekile ubhapathizo lwama-Orthodox yengane engaphansi kwezinsuku ezingama-40 futhi lapho kuvunyelwe khona umama. Abazali banemithwalo yemfanelo ebalulekile ekulungiseleleni isakramente. Okokuqala, kufanele bakhethe igama lezinyane, elizobizwa ngalo ebhapathizweni. Lokhu kufanele kube igama lomsulwa wama-Orthodox, okukhethwe ngokungahleliwe, ohlonishwa kakhulu ngabazali noma okugubha usuku lokuzalwa (ubhapathizo) wengane.
Okwesibili, kubalulekile ukukhetha abakwa-godparents. Ngokusho kwemithetho ka-godfather, bakhetha ubulili obulodwa nosana olusanda kuzalwa, kodwa ngenxa yokwehluleka kwemisebenzi, isiko lokukhetha kokubili u-godfather no-unina womntwana wasungulwa. Ngeke kube izihlobo noma abantu abahlose ukushada. Kumelwe babhapathizwe futhi bakholwe. Abezizwe nabancane abakwazi ukuba yizingane. Nokho, kunoma yikuphi, kufanele uphenduke kumpristi ukuze uthole isibusiso sabankulunkulukazi abakhethiweyo.
Okwesithathu, abazali ngokwabo kufanele balungiselele umkhosi: ukudlulisa ingxoxo nompristi futhi bafeze zonke izidingo zakhe. Ngokuvamile, lokhu ulwazi lwemithandazo ebalulekile yamaKristu kanye nokulungiselela izifundo ezikhethekile zokubhapathizwa.
ISonto lilawula imithetho yokubhapathizwa kwengane kumama-godu
Othandana nabo kufanele bahlanganyele enkulumweni nompristi, lapho bazokwaziswa ngezenzo ezidingekayo. Bayodinga futhi ukwazi imithandazo eyisisekelo, ngoba bangacela
Lungiselela izinto zokubhapathizwa kufanele zibe abazali bomntwana, kodwa kaningi kakhulu kulokhu kusiza onkulunkulukazi ngokuvumelana, kunjalo. Kodwa umsebenzi omkhulu kunazo zonke ozoyiqala uzokuqala emva komkhuba, kufanele anakekele ukuthuthukiswa okungokomoya kwengane , amsize kukho konke, ikakhulukazi uma abazali bengenakukwenza ngokwabo.