Editing Chrismation (section)

====At the reconciliation of apostates====

In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] the mystery may be conferred more than once as it is customary to receive apostates by repeating chrismation;<ref>[http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith7101] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108184051/http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith7101|date=2012-01-08}} "Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America — The Stand of the Orthodox Church on Controversial Issues", Retrieved 2011-12-28</ref><ref>[http://www.orthodox.net/articles/baptism.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111055639/http://www.orthodox.net/articles/baptism.html|date=2012-01-11}} "St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas — Chrismation and special circumstances", Retrieved 2011-12-28</ref> according to the ''Book of Needs'', the priest "taking the Holy Chrism, he anoints him (her) according to the order of those who are baptized ..." towards the end of the "Prayers of Purification for One Returning to the True Faith from Apostasy".{{sfn|''The Great Book of Needs''|2000|pp=115–119}}

This practice is thus attested to in the ninth century by [[Methodios I of Constantinople|Saint Methodius of Constantinople]] in "The Rule of Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople, Concerning the Return from Apostasy of Various Persons to the True Orthodox Faith":
<blockquote>
If a child ... is in apostasy ... let him be washed. Upon leaving the bath, girded with a linen cloth, let him be anointed with Chrism, as one who is baptized.  And let him put on a new robe in the manner of those who have been baptized.

If ... one who is of age has renounced his impending torment ... then let him be washed and anointed with Chrism according to the accepted Rite. And when the Liturgy is celebrated, let him be counted worthy of the Holy Things, occupying himself in Church and the Liturgy, as them that are baptized ...{{sfn|''The Great Book of Needs''|2000|pp=113–114}}
</blockquote>