1 Corinthians 13:13

       Shells are often used to symbolize both baptism and confirmation. For those of you who do not know what a confirmation is - it is a profession of faith that Orthodox Christians make in order to make public/testify to an agreement (a covenant) their parents once made with God on the occasion of their infant's baptism. So Orthodox Christians do make individual, public professions of faith just as Protestants do, but they do it in a different order. During confirmation young people also display baptismal banners and decorate their churches with doves representing the Holy Spirit. This celebration also signifies the end of their formal training or schooling in the doctrines of their faith.

Shell reflected in water.

Description of Illustration: an baptismal shell reflected in water and a baptismal shell in teal and white, with the following scripture: "For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body--whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink." 1 Corinthians 12:13 In every confirmation ceremony, children are given a list of scripture to choose from in order that one may be read during their public profession. 

• 15 Scriptures frequently read aloud in confirmation of a older child's testimony of faith.
• Scriptures about Confirmation
• Scriptures for Confirmation
• What does the Bible say about Christian confirmation?

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