TRANSLATION: IOSIF ROILIDES
At a time when the mysteries of Baptism and Anointing have become a private-individual matter, a ceremony attended by a few relatives and friends, separated from the mystery of the Eucharist and the social-eucharistic consciousness of the Church, following an individual invitation, is the this book to primarily remind us of the ancient practice and order of the Church, which is nevertheless constantly and always present in power and truth, despite its historical alienation. And this reason of the ancient Tradition tells us that Baptism and Anointing, and any other sanctifying action, is not a private matter that concerns our individual piety at best, or our social status and self-definition at worst, but it is unifying actions of the Church and concern the entire crew that participates in the Eucharistic assembly of Baptism or Marriage..