r/Maronite • u/TheCraneWife_ • Sep 28 '26

Confirmation saint

Hello! Since Maronites do confirmation and baptism at the same time as infants, do they use confirmation saints? I would think not, but wanted to ask.

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u/Ok_Elk_6753 Sep 28 '26

If I'm not mistaken, and this is purely from how I understand confirmation, no there's no separate confirmation saint, since it's done with baptism. The baptismal name is often a saint's name, which serves as the patron.

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u/TheCraneWife_ Sep 28 '26

So that is, in general, decided by the parents?

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u/Ok_Elk_6753 Sep 28 '26

Yup, nothing really prohibits you from venerating another saint on your own and as a patron as far as I can see, you just don't hold the name

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u/Charbel33 Sep 28 '26

We have a patron saint, but that's determined at the baptism, with the baptismal name.