>Jim Bugslag wrote:
>Does anyone know, generally, when the baptism of catechumens stopped
>being a regular part of the Easter liturgy? This had a great deal to
>do with the practice of baptizing infants at all times of the year,
>rather than converts just at Easter. Presumably, too, this changed
>the ritual of baptism?
>Curiously,
Dear Curious:
Speaking only for the Paschal Liturgies ( which by extension__ that
is, from the appointed Gosel and Epistle readings, Resurrectional stikhera,
troparia, etc___ include the Eucharistic Liturgy of Holy Saturday) in the
Eastern Orthodox Church, the baptism of catechumens remains to this day a
common practice.
Josef Gulka
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