Tag: Godparent
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On Becoming an Orthodox Godparent
Becoming a Godparent by Chrismation My husband, Mark, and I were blessed to become godparents for the first time on Christmas 2015 when our friends the Mathwin family converted to Orthodoxy from Anglicanism. Like us, the Mathwins followed the lead of the father of their family, a man who had wanted to become Orthodox for…
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On Choosing Godparents: New Convert Probs
As a former evangelical Protestant, I didn’t grow up with godparents, but I had seen them in the movies, so I figured I pretty much understood what it was all about. To me, godparents seemed to be close family friends or extended family members who would be willing to adopt your child in the event…