Christening Gowns

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite, the baptismal garment is worn by the newly baptized for eight days, after which there is a special ceremony on the eighth daylight for the removal of the baptismal robe. For adults, the robe is a long, sleeved garment, homogeneous to the Western alb, tied at the Christening Gowns waist usually with a white cloth belt or rope. A woman may also clothing her head with a white veil (usually a simple kerchif). For infant baptisms, the robe may be a white gown and bonnet, and a white blanket.

He then sprinkles the newly-baptized with water and washes all of the places the chrism was applied, and performs the tonsure.