Modern parents more often pay a tribute to almost forgotten church traditions and christen the kid after the birth. The part of moral education, moral support of the child is assigned to godparents. The God parent is responsible for the godson. And to express the love, tender feelings to the little man, godfathers or Godfathers quite often give to the baby a silver spoon. From where did this custom undertake?
For the kid the baptism becomes the beginning of spiritual life therefore God mom and dad have to divide this touching ceremony with it and his parents. According to church custom, godfathers give to the child several gifts. Among them – a baptismal shirt and a cross, a kryzhma – a towel in which the kid will be wrapped after a font. These gifts are presented by the godmother. And God dad has to pay a treat for guests and a ceremony, present a cross and a chain.
Silver spoon – a gift on "teeth"
The church tradition to give to the godson a silver spoon appeared for a long time. I present a spoon from precious metal to the kid on the future that the child could eat food with this tableware. On a spoon quite often engrave a name of the baby or the image of the Guardian angel, an orthodox cross. It is also possible to write on a gift of a word of a prayer.
The traditional gift on a christening is usually used for the first time already in the temple. It serves for schooling of the kid to the Communion. By means of a silver spoon to the baby allow to try the bread soaked in pomegranate or any other red fruit juice. Silver spoons on a christening can be chosen with various finishing today. The products decorated with color enamel are widespread, it is worth picking up a beautiful case and a ribbon to an important gift.
Symbolical character of silver spoons
Spoons from silver give on "зубик" because when at the kid the first teeth are cut through, enter a feeding up into his diet at this time. At acquaintance to new food use of spoons from precious metal gives the disinfecting effect. All because ions of silver kill pathogenic microbes, causative agents of intestinal and other diseases. So the spoon can become very practical gift for the godson. Also the gift on a baptism allows to accustom the child to independence earlier. But for this purpose it is necessary to choose a spoon with the convenient handle – as curved. The baptismal spoon surely will be pleasant to the baby and will become his darling if to approach her choice intelligently. The spoons presented on a baptism have the small size, and here the appearance and a form of tableware from silver can differ. The popularity of baptismal spoons from precious metal especially increased in the 18th century. Today such gifts to kids are available at the price practically to everyone, they allow to express the special attitude towards the child.