Christening Gifts

• In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite, the baptismal garment is worn by the newly baptized for eight days, after which there is a different ceremony on the eighth day for the removal of the baptismal robe

• For adults, the robe is a long, sleeved garment, identical to the Western alb, tied at the waist commonly with a white goods belt or rope
• A gal may Visit Site also clothing her head with a white veil (usually a simple kerchif)
• For infant baptisms, the robe may be a white gown and bonnet, and a white blanket.

Someone who bomb been baptized as an adult will often be buried in their baptismal robe, if they have not advanced to some fewer than ministry within the church.