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Christening Photography at Palaiopanagia Church, Kantza

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Five dark wooden letters suspended by strings from wall transfers of flying swallows, used as decorations for a Greek Orthodox christening in Athens.
Colourful toy vehicles and building blocks scattered on a wooden floor during a Greek Orthodox christening in Athens.
Light grey children’s shorts with matching elastic braces, designed for Greek Orthodox christening attire.
White christening baby shoes displayed on a bookshelf between travel guidebooks, with a light-coloured flat cap resting on a globe.
A parent feeds a young child with a spoon in a highchair during a christening at Palaiopanagia Church in Kantza.
A child’s feet dangling from a highchair with hands resting on a green tray, photographed during a christening in Athens.
Viewed through a doorway, a woman changes a baby with a dummy on a changing table at a christening in Athens.
A toddler in a blue bro bodysuit stands in a wooden doorway at a Greek Orthodox christening in Athens.
A baby in a blue babygrow sleeping on their stomach in a cot after a Greek Orthodox christening.
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A woman holds a child with a dummy over her shoulder in an Athens bedroom following a Greek Orthodox christening.
A young child with a dummy sits inside a cot during a Manos christening, looking up at the camera.
A mother holding a toddler with a dummy stands beside a man outside Palaiopanagia Church in Kantza, with a second view of the pair shown to the right during an Athens christening.
A smiling woman holding two toddlers outdoors in front of the Byzantine Palaiopanagia Church in Paiania.
A toddler in a Little Rock Star t-shirt standing by a wooden park bench during a Greek Orthodox baptism photoshoot in Athens.
On the left, a smiling young boy wearing yellow trousers stands among laughing adults. On the right, a little girl in a white dress holds an adult’s hand and gazes thoughtfully to the side during a christening in Athens.
A decorative oil bottle and a floral-adorned silver drinks cooler sit inside the stone chapel at Palaiopanagia Church in Kantza for a Greek Orthodox baptism.
Blue whale-themed baptismal items for a Greek Orthodox ceremony at Palaiopanagia Church, featuring three candles with whale ornaments, a painted stone with a gold cross, a guest book, and a decorated storage box.
A young girl peeks over the rim of a large, silver hammered bowl adorned with small blue and white flowers, during a christening in Athens.
A woman holding a toddler with a dummy during a crowded Greek Orthodox baptism at Palaiopanagia Church.
A bearded priest in liturgical vestments reads from a book to a young child held by two women during a Greek Orthodox baptism at Palaiopanagia Church in Kantza.
Adults and children gathered outdoors under trees at the Palaiopanagia Church in Kantza for a christening.
A woman holding a toddler with a dummy during a Greek Orthodox baptism at Palaiopanagia Church in Kantza.
A toddler with a dummy rests on whale-themed fabric, then sits upright during a Greek Orthodox baptism in Athens, with family blurred in the background.
A woman holding a baby with a dummy stands with a man inside an historic Byzantine church during a christening, with guests in the background.
A priest prepares to baptise a baby held by a woman during a christening at the historic Byzantine church of Palaiopanagia Kantza, surrounded by observers.
A woman smiling whilst holding a baby during an outdoor christening ceremony in front of a stone wall.
A person holds a baby during a christening at the historic Palaiopanagia Church in Paiania.
A priest performs a christening for a young child outdoors beneath a tree at Palaiopanagia Kantza, observed by family members.
A person washing a crying toddler’s hair in a large metal basin during a christening at Palaiopanagia Kantza.
A crying baby being held by a priest in a metal basin during a christening ceremony, with witnesses watching in the background of a historic Byzantine church.
A priest performs a Greek Orthodox baptism in Athens, immersing an infant in a baptismal font while family and friends watch the ceremony.
A woman holding a crying baby wrapped in a towel embroidered with the name Mάριος during a Greek Orthodox baptism at Palaiopanagia Church in Paiania.
Adults dressing a baby wrapped in a white towel during a christening at Palaiopanagia Kantza.
A woman holding a young child with messy hair and a dummy during a Greek Orthodox baptism in Athens.
A woman in a blue patterned dress adjusts the braces of a toddler wearing a formal waistcoat and flat cap at a christening in Athens, while an older man watches nearby.
A priest performing a baptism at the historic Palaiopanagia Kantza Byzantine church, with a woman holding an infant wearing a flat cap and a dummy.
Three children sit together at a Greek Orthodox christening in Athens, eating from light green paper cones.
A couple and their toddler sit on the stone steps of Palaiopanagia Church in Paiania.
A father lifts his baby into the air as the mother watches in front of two large hanging bells at the historic Palaiopanagia Byzantine church in Kantza.

 

A father lifts his baby into the air as the mother watches in front of two large hanging bells at the historic Palaiopanagia Byzantine church in Kantza.

Christening Photography in Kantza: Palaiopanagia Church, Paiania

A centuries-old church, a family together, and a new beginning.

Christening photography in Kantza, near Athens, means working in places full of history. This baptism took place at the Byzantine church of Palaiopanagia, in the Paiania area. Inside its peaceful walls, faith, tradition and tenderness came together as the family celebrated their little one.

Christening photography in Kantza: a Greek Orthodox baptism

First came the priest’s blessing. Then the baby was immersed in the font, followed by the washing of the hair and the dressing in fresh clothes. Throughout the ceremony, I stayed quiet and unobtrusive, so the family could simply be present. The small details are part of the story too: the embroidered towel, the little waistcoat and flat cap, and the two large bells hanging outside the church.

Family moments outside the church

After the ceremony, the family gathered outside. A father lifted his baby into the air in front of the bells. Meanwhile, children shared treats from paper cones, and a couple sat on the stone steps with their toddler. Instead of posed portraits, these are the unplanned moments I love most.

Planning a christening in Athens or Attica? I photograph baptisms in churches and venues around Athens, as well as on the islands. Get in touch to check availability, or see more christening photography, like this seaside christening in Tinos.

Photography by Panagiotis Chalkias

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18 Απριλίου 2025

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