Versiune în Limba Română AICI.
In the Ukrainian community from Tulcea County,
before going to church for baptism, the baby sit
on a beautiful pillow,
on the doorstep
on which were sprinkled sugar and
flowers (to be
nice and smooth
to people). On return,
the child was given to mother who was sitting on the bed. Mother received a bitten slice of
bread, sprinkled with
salt, a cup of water or wine and a little
flower. Godparents were gifted
with a pair of round breads
and bouquets of flowers. Soaking them in water, grandmother sprinkled each compere, saying: Sunday by Sunday you must be in
a single work. Young women were also wished: This is the flower, receives it, to have a child
and call us
at baptism.
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| Sequence from the temporary exhibition Mother' s Dear Babies (Ethnographic and Folk Art Museum Tulcea) |
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| Sequence from the temporary exhibition Mother' s Dear Babies (Ethnographic and Folk Art Museum Tulcea) |
For Ukrainians,
as other Orthodox Christians, the main
event connected with the customs of birth is Holy Baptism in church. Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which the human, through triple immersion in holy water realized
by the priest, in the name of the Holy Trinity, obtains forgiveness of original sin; he is born again spiritually and became a member of the Church of Christ. Baptism is called
and the ''door of mysteries'',
because only through baptism we become children of God by gift, and we
can receive the other Sacraments. Baptism is founded
by the Savior in these words: "Therefore go and make disciples of
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit…" (Matthew 28,
19).
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| Sequence from the temporary exhibition Mother' s Dear Babies (Ethnographic and Folk Art Museum Tulcea) |
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| Detail from the temporary exhibition Mother' s Dear Babies (Ethnographic and Folk Art Museum Tulcea) |
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