Is it possible to baptize the first girl?

Among the common superstitions there is this: It is impossible to baptize the first girl to unmarried girls. Let's try to understand the reasons for this superstition and find out whether it is possible to baptize the first girl in fact. Also, let us quote the opinion of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on this matter.

Why can not you baptize the first girl?

On this account, there are two explanations: one is really from the realm of superstition, but the second is quite realistic, from which we will begin. It is believed that a young unmarried girl does not yet have enough life experience to be a full cross for a baby, take care of her for real in case of anything. However, here it is worth noting that, firstly, all people are different: someone already and by the age of 20 is fully mature in order to take care of others, and someone in 50 remains a child. That is why, if the girl is serious and wants to be godmother, and the mother of the baby also agrees, there is no hindrance for this her desire and can not be. Another thing is that the christians are often not taken seriously, they do not realize that this is a responsible matter, because, in fact, we become responsible for the fate of the baby.

The second explanation refers already to the fieldsuperstitions. Allegedly, if a young unmarried woman or girl becomes a godmother for a little girl, it means that she herself will not be able to give birth and will be unhappy in her personal life. To argue with people who are fanatically defending such a view, we will not. First, they are often deaf to the arguments of reason, and secondly, they will give you a lot of examples to confirm. So, on one of the forums I read literally the following: "There are many examples from life when the godmothers, being unmarried or without children, baptized the girls - and either remained with an unsettled personal life, or later had no children.I even say: too many such examples. " And on the other hand: "My sister has become a godfather at a friend at the age of 18. And it's okay: she got married and gave birth to her daughter!" - and I have counted such examples as much. From this suggests an obvious logical conclusion: the happiness or misfortune of a woman who baptized a girl before her marriage, does not depend on christenings. There are completely different reasons that are not the topic of our conversation. Therefore, the question of whether a girl can be baptized the first girl, you need to respond, not based on the signs, but on your own readiness for such a serious step.

The opinion of the church on this issue

The Church believed, believed and would consider thatsuch conversations are only stupid superstitions that have nothing to do with reality. Priests say that, of course, you can baptize the first girl, nothing terrible will happen to you. The only obstacle to this may be if the godfather is a young man, for whom the girl is going to marry. Since the godmother and godfather will breed after the christening, the relatives will not be able to marry. However, this applies only to the wedding, and there are not any biological or civil preconditions for this, and it can not be, so everything depends, again, on your superstition.