Abazali abaninzi banamalungu amatsha ecawa (oko kukuthi, abo bahamba ecaweni, kodwa abahlali ubomi bamakholwa), ngoko ke akubona wonke umntu owaziyo ukwenza ngendlela efanelekileyo ngokubhekiselele kwimeko ethile. Ngoko, abazali abafuna ukubhaptiza umntwana bahlala bebuza ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba ubhaptize umntwana ngokuzila ukutya.
Ewe, ubhaptizo lomntwana kwisithuba luvunyelwe ngummiselo. Isakramente yobhaptizo inokubakho kokubili ngosuku olukhawulezayo, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo okanye kwimikhosi. Nangona kunjalo, phambi kokuba ubeke umhla othile, kufuneka udibane nombingeleli webandla apho uya kubhaptiza umntwana - nokuba kuya kuba lula ukuba ubhaptizwe kule nto okanye ngaloo mini.
Iimfuno zoothixo
Ukongeza kwimibuzo yokuba ngaba abantwana babhaptizwa ngokuzila ukudla, omnye uvela: zeziphi iimpawu zokubhiyozela ezi ntsuku kunye nendlela yokuzilungiselela. Ukuba uceba ukubhaptiza umntwana ngosuku lokuzila ukudla (umzekelo, kwiKrisimesi ngokukhawuleza), zama ukuchazela oothixo babantwana ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba bazila ukudla ngokubhaptizwa. Ukususela ngaphambi kokuba kubhaptizwe kwabazali bomntwana wengane i-Orthodox yeCawa ayifuni nantoni na imbopheleleko ekhethekileyo, ngexesha elifanayo ezi zinto zilandelayo zifunyanwe kubazali bakaThixo:
- Bamele babe ngamakholwa, abazalwana beCawa yamaOthodoki,
- kufuneka bazile ukutya (ingakumbi xa ubhaptizo luhlelelwe ukuba luninzi lweentsuku zokuzila),
- ngobusuku bokuvuma kunye nobudlelane,
- Ukongeza, kufuneka bafunde i-Orthodox "Uphawu lwesiThemba" ngentliziyo.
Ukugcinwa kokuzila kukuvavanyo kumakholwa, ebonisa ubungqina beenkolelo zakhe. Kodwa ekubeni isabelo sokubhaptizwa sivame ukubonwa njengetyala kwisithethe, ukuvavanywa koothixo abanokukwazi ukujonga ngokukhawuleza kubonwa ngabaninzi njengebango elingenangqiqo. Nangona kunjalo, oku akunjalo, le meko yimivavanyo elula kunokuba umntu unako ukuba ngumfundisi wenyaniso wengane yakho, okanye isakramente yobhaptizo bakho oothixo banomdla omhle.