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Affusion is a method of baptism where water is poured on the head of the person being baptized. The word "affusion" comes from the Latin affusio , meaning "to pour on". [ 1 ] Affusion is one of four methods of baptism used by Christians, which also include total submersion baptism , partial immersion baptism , and aspersion or sprinkling.
The Seafair Pirates, depicted here at White Center Jubilee Days (2007) just south of Seattle, are longstanding fixtures of Seattle's Seafair-sanctioned parades. Seattle, Washington, United States has almost twenty neighborhoods that host one or more street fairs and/or parades.
A Yale University graduate, he came to Seattle in 1924 and remained until 1932; he later returned to St. Demetrios 1935–1939, after which he served at Seattle's new Church of the Assumption. As Washington State's only Greek Orthodox priest, he traveled widely to attend to a congregation that extended well beyond Seattle.
Held in October in 2011, the Arab Festival is of huge importance to Seattle, as Seattle holds one of the largest Arab American communities in the United States. Began in 1999, the festival includes all 22 of the Arab countries, with a souk marketplace, traditional and modern music, an authentic Arab coffeehouse , an Arabic spelling bee and ...
In an effort to show the value of various traditions, Tertullian describes the baptismal vow as practiced in his day: "When we are going to enter the water, but a little before, in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president, we solemnly profess that we disown the devil, and his pomp, and his angels."
Russell Brand has taken a step in his Christian faith by experiencing a sacrament of initiation. “Yesterday, I got baptized and it was an incredible, profound experience,” Brand, 48, wrote via ...
Denzel Washington just got baptized and became a minister — and no, it wasn’t in preparation for a movie role.. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the Gladiator II star, 69, was baptized at the Kelly ...
Golden Potlatch card showing images of Chief Seattle and his daughter Princess Angeline. The Golden Potlatch (or Potlatch Days) was a festival in Seattle, Washington, United States in 1911–1914 and 1934–1941. The idea of an annual Festival in Seattle followed the success of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909.