Holy Chrismation (Confirmation)

The anointing that follows baptism at once, with the words the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit, on the forehead, eyes, nostrils, mouth, ears, breast, hands and feet: the personal Pentecost of every Christian. The West separated it from baptism and delayed it to adolescence as confirmation; the East has kept it one rite with baptism, so an infant is baptised, chrismated and communed on the same day. The chrism itself, the myron, is consecrated by the patriarch of a church - in Constantinople on Holy Thursday, and sent from there to many of the churches - from oil and dozens of aromatics, so that every Christian is anointed with oil that binds them to the whole Church. Chrismation is also how many converts are received.