September 26Th, 2010. We had the pleasure to be invited by the organizers to capture a few photos with the participant teams at the very first Balkan Orthodox Festival.
There were 8 European teams from various countries like Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania.
Vibrant colors and superb traditional music had entertained the guests for a few hours at St. Mary Romanian Orthodox Church.
The children are our future and they must carry on our legacy and traditions. They were just wonderful!
Remember this baby doll? Well, she’s a big girl now, and it is the time for Christening.
Christening, or baptism, is one of the most important events in a Christian’s life. And she is such a lucky baby girl, who has not two, but four god parents.
She received the mystery of communion with such a joy..
With her mommy..
and grandparents..
and daddy..
How lovely is to see three generations together?
Dana, Vili, grandparents, godparents and all other friends.. we hope you enjoyed this sneak preview.
In Christianity, christening or baptism is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which a person is admitted to membership of the Church.
It is the second baptism after Lent, and despite a long ceremony, everything was charged with powerful emotions and happiness. The Baptism or Christening is a very important event in the Christian religion.
Baptism is immediately followed by chrismation and Holy Communion the next Liturgy, regardless of age.
Because the Sacrament of Baptism has genuine spiritual effect, certain criteria is required to fulfill to ensure its validity (ie to have really effect). Water baptism is one of these default rules.
Lent is over. Luca Cornel’s baptism marks the beginning of the summer event season.
It was a nice and warm May day. The event took place in Chicago Holly Nativity Church for the church and priest had a special significance forthe parents, Mirela and Cornel.
The ceremony was warm, made with grace and little Cornel-Luca received quiet the mystery of baptism. He actually was the first baby, that enjoyed so much the “bath”, I’ve ever seen.
We hope to repeat this experience at least one more baptism, if we give credence to the young parents of Luca.. they boast that they want a big family.
God help them!
