Girls Christening Gowns

In Page Orthodox theology the baptismal robe symbolizes the "Garments of Light" (i.e., the fullness of Divine grace) with which Adam and Eve were clothed in the Garden of Eden before the Fall of Man. Baptism is believed to cleanse the believer of all the sinful defilements both of original sin and personal sins and the white garment is symbolic of this

The Anglican church grew from its father the Church of England and includes the Episcopal Church in the United States. It views itself as the 'unbroken continuation of the prevenient apostolic and later medieval' "universal church", rather than as a 'new formation'. Myriad of the early traditions are therefore the same as the Roman Catholic and the family heirloom long white gown is still used by many families. The fresh church allows for much diversity, but routinely the clothing is still white for the infant or childish child.