Holy Baptism is the first of seven Sacraments in the Christian Church. The Sacrament of Baptism incorporates us into the Church, the Body of Christ and is our introduction to the life of the Holy Trinity. Water is a natural symbol of cleansing and newness of life. Through the three-fold immersion in the waters of Baptism in the Name of the Holy Trinity, one dies to the old ways of sin and is born to a new life in Christ. Baptism is one's public identification with Christ Death and victorious Resurrection. The baptismal font in the language of the Church Fathers is the Divine Womb whence we receive the second birth as children of God.

The Priest blesses the Baptismal waters in the Font by calling on the Holy Trinity. Once the blessing of the water is complete, the Godparent will offer a small bottle of olive oil over which a prayer for the banishment of evil is read to make it "an anointing of incorruption, a weapon of justice, a renewal of soul and body, a defense against every influence of the Devil and a release from evil to all those who are anointed with it, or partake of it." Some of this oil is then poured crosswise three times on the water in the font in order to render the consecration of the water complete. The child (now naked) will be anointed with the blessed oil on the forehead, nose, ears, mouth, chest, legs, feet, hands and back. The Godparent will then anoint the child, to prepare him, just as an athlete prepares, to battle the demon whom he has just renounced and to slip away from the grip of sin. After that the child will be immersed in the font three times with prayers, and then handed to the Godparent who is waiting for him with the Lathopana- a white sheet and towel.