Ritual purity in Christianity

thumb|Baptism by immersion in the Jordan River.

washing of the feet as a religious rite in Christianity

thumb|16th-century double piscina at the Franciscan friary in Kilconnell, Ireland A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Lutherans and Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Catholics and Lutherans, a sacrarium is "special sink used for the reverent disposal of sacred substances. This sink has a cover, a basin, and a special pipe and drain that empty directly into the earth, rather than into the sewer system" (USCCB, Built of Living Sto

both 'baptism' and 'footwashing' are forms of ablution

spring or other small body of water revered either in a Pagan or Christian context, often both

thumb|A 14th-century lavabo as a niche (architecture)|niche recessed into the side wall of a sanctuary in [[Amblie, Normandy]] A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands. In ecclesiastical usage it refers to all of: the basin in which the priest washes their hands; the ritual that surrounds this action in the Catholic Mass; and the architectural feature or fitting where a basin or place for one is recessed into the side wall of the sanctuary,

role of holy water in Eastern Christianity

Greek palindrome

Fountain used by Christians for ablution before entering a church