Longer Catechism (Orthodox) 3.1

Chapter 3 — Of Baptism

Section 1. Q. What is Baptism? A. Baptism is a Sacrament in which a man who believes, having his body thrice immersed in water in the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, dies to the life of sinful flesh, and is born again of the Holy Ghost to a life spiritual and holy.