Patriarch: The sacrament of baptism is a spiritual birth, the beginning of a new life; in order to preserve this great grace, a person must live as the Lord instructs

Today is a celebration for the whole Church, because another seven hundred and ten newly baptised have joined the great family of our Church! - The sacrament of baptism is a spiritual birth, the beginning of a new life, - the Patriarch said in his sermon after the completion of the seventy-fifth stage of the universal baptism.