... Godparents are chosen for the child. The parents and godparents at baptism make promises on behalf of the baby and encourage the child in their Christian faith as they grow up, until they are able to make promises of their own. The ceremony of infant baptism begins when the priest welcomes the parents and godparents at the church entrance. Here the priest asks the child's name and what the parents want for the child from the church. The priest, parents and godparents trace the sign of the cross on the forehead as a sign that the child now belongs to god and is a sign of the saving power of Jesus' crucifixion. During infant Baptism the priest anoints the child twice. Firstly with the oil of Catechumens, as a sign of strength against temptation, sin and evil. Then with the oil of chrism, which is, the royal oil used in ...

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