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Sigurno portret najmlađe osobe do sada. Jednog dana kada Ana odraste moći ćemo da se setimo dana kada se priključila zajednici hrišćana na krajnje autentičan način. Želja da bude krštena u pravoslavnoj crkvi se ostvarila u Ruskoj crkvi u Svetog Nikole u Beču. Ceo događaj je bio više nego mističan i za nas koji smo bili mnogo puta na krštenju. Samo je kumi ovo bilo sedmo krštenje. Iako je sveštenik bio Srbin cela ceremoniji je bila prema običajima ruske crkve i u mnogome se razlikovala od one u Srpskoj crkvi. Trajala je za nas neočekivano dugo i činilo se bila podeljena u dva dela. U drugom delu se sveštenik pojavio u svečano beloj odori i izgledao je kao na nekom starim slikama. Anu je bukvalno okupao kao da smo na reci Jordan i može se reći da joj je taj deo najviše prijao. Verovatno se može pripisati sreći da je Anu blagoslovio i Vladika koji je prošao. Na kraju je sveštenik i pričestio Anu i upisao joj to sveto ime na tkaninu kako se to verovatno od davnina radilo. A ono što Ani pripada je prezime Sikirica, koje će se nadam pomoći da bude oštra i uspešna kao i majka koja je rodila. A ja sam zahvalan u toliko što sam kroz reči i vodu na Aninom krštenju mogao ponovo da razmislim ko smo i čemu treba da stremimo.

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Indeed a portrait of the youngest person so far. One day when Ana grows up, we will be able to remember the day when she joined the Christian community in a highly authentic way. The wish to be baptized in the Orthodox Church came true in the Russian Church in St. Nicholas in Vienna. The whole event was more than authentic for those of us who have been to baptism many times. This was only the godmother’s seventh baptism. Although the priest was a Serb, the whole ceremony was according to the customs of the Russian church and differed in many ways from the one in the Serbian church. It lasted for us an unexpectedly long time and seemed to be divided into two parts. In the second part, the priest appeared in a ceremonial white uniform and looked like some old paintings. Ana literally bathed as if we were on the Jordan River, and it can be said that she liked that part the most. It can probably be attributed to the luckiness that Ana was blessed by the Bishop who passed away. In the end, the priest took communion with Ana and wrote her holy name on the cloth, as has probably been done since ancient times. And what belongs to Ana is the surname “Sikirica” (Hatchet), which I hope will help her be as sharp and successful as the mother who gave her birth. And I am so grateful that through words and water at Ana’s baptism, I was able to rethink who we are and what we should strive for.