Baptism brings about the birth of new life in Christ. The Orthodox Church practices infant baptism because, historically, the Church never required “understanding” as a precondition.
To know God is the fruit of baptism. Baptism makes a person a participant in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and a member of His body, the Church. This is the first step in becoming a follower of Jesus Christ.
The Church does have a responsibility to administer the sacrament only to those who have shown that this is the primary purpose for the baptism.
Or are you ignorant that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him by the baptism into the death, that even as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, thus also we should walk in newness of life (Romans 6).
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Saint Sophia Cathedral
2401 SW 3rd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
Sunday Service Hours
8:30 am – Matins
9:30 am – Divine Liturgy
Saint Sophia Office
244 SW 24th Road
Miami, Florida 33129
Office Hours
Monday–Friday
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Office Telephone
(305) 854-2922
Email Contacts
General Office Staff – office@stsophiamiami.org
Reverend Father Spiro D. Bobotas – frspiro@stsophiamiami.org
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