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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 17. The Sacrament of Baptism

What is the sacrament of baptism?

The answer

First: This sacrament is declared by the faith of the Church in the Orthodox Creed.

Second: The one who being baptized is immersed in water three times in the name of the Holy Trinity.

Third: He accepts being buried with Christ to enjoy the resurrected life and dies to the life of lustful sin. He then lives a life that is appropriate of the children of God with respect to Christ’s holiness and righteousness by the power of the divine grace. Christ Himself declared that no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit (John 3:5).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.