Documents for baptism in Greece

Documents for baptism in Greece

For organizing  the sacrament of Baptism, it is necessary to provide the documents below:

1. The birth certificate of the child, the original one with the stamp Apostille Stamp
2. A photocopy of the child's passport (if the child doesn’t have a passport, then a photocopy of the passport of one of the parents into which the child is inscribed)
3. Certificate of baptism of the godparent, original
4. A photocopy of the godparent’s passport

* The birth certificate must be certified with the APOSTILLE, stamped by the parents themselves.

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Apostille is an international standardized form of filling out information on the legality of a document for presentation on the territory of countries recognizing such a form of legalization. The "Apostille" stamp is placed only on the original documents of the state (in some cases, notarized copies).

Apostille can be acquired in the following organizations:

In Russia: The Federal Archival Agency of Russia (Registry Office) - apostille on archival certificates, archival extracts and copies of archival documents prepared by the federal state archives.

More about Apostille

Departments of the Civil Registry Office put the Apostille on official documents on state registration of acts of civil status.

Obligatory presence of both parents and godparent.