Jugendweihe
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Jugendweihe or Jugendfeier is a secular coming of age ceremony for German 14-year-olds. It originated among the secular societies in the 19th century as an alternative to confirmation by the Roman Cat
Jugendfeier of the Humanistischer Verband in Berlin 2011
Celebration for Jugendweihe participants in Sonneberg, 1958
Jugendweihe ceremony in Berlin-Lichtenberg, March 1989
Confirmation
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In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. The ceremony typically
Jugendweihe
…ceremony") is a secular coming of age ceremony for German 14-year-olds. It originated among the secular societies in the 19th century as an alternative to confirmation by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, and was especially widespread in East Germany, where state atheism was encouraged under the SED. There…
A stained glass representation of a Lutheran confirmation. An elder lays hands on the confirmand.
German wood cut depicting confirmation service (1679)
Chrismation of a newly baptized infant at a Georgian Orthodox church
Confirmation in St. Mary's Church, Ystad, Sweden, 2011.