Sirate Tsion

Canon 9

Overview

This canon directs the celebration of the Lord’s Baptism on the eleventh of Ter, commemorating his baptism by John the Baptist.

1A commandment concerning Baptism.

2Let them celebrate the feast of the Baptism of our Lord, for it is a day of sanctification, when he was baptized by John the Baptist—that is, the eleventh of Ter.