| As in the West, baptism was delegated to presbyters, but so, too, was the chrismation rite. |
| In a parallel way, when you came up from the font and its holy waters, you received chrismation and the mark with which Christ was chrismated. |
| The rite therefore appears to have been understood as part of a process of reconciliation, rather than as a reiteration of post-baptismal chrismation. |
| Then, in due course, they are baptized and undergo chrismation, a sacrament similar to confirmation. |
| This is one of the reasons why Chrismation has never been performed separately in the Orthodox Church. |
| The chrismation effects as well as symbolizes the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
