Christian Initiation and Ordination Rites

Baptism (from Koine Greek: βάπτισμα, romanized: váptisma, lit. 'immersion, dipping in water') is a Christian rite of initiation almost invariably with the use of water.

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism.

First communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist.

In certain Christian denominations, holy orders are the ordained ministries of bishop, priest (presbyter), and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders.

In the theology of the Latter Day Saint movement, an endowment refers to a gift of "power from on high", typically associated with the ordinances performed in Latter Day Saint temples.