The baptism of a newborn baby is one of the most solemn and memorable events in the life of each family. In the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, a little man receives the cleansing and grace of the Holy Spirit, and also becomes a new member of the Church of Christ. Required oaths and vows for the baptized bring his godparents or recipients. Usually the godparents help in preparing for baptism and prepare small presents. A good gift to this event can be a beautiful painted icon. What kind of icon you can give to your godson, we have to find out.
The icon is an image of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Most Pure Mother or Saints, which reflects the Personality of the Person to whom we set our prayers. To such an event as the baptism of a child, you can choose several options for the gift image. Some of them are known in ancient times, for example, the tradition of ordering a measuring icon for a newborn. Under the dimensional icon usually should be understood the image of the holy heavenly patron (or patroness) of the baby, after which he will receive the name. This icon is made on a board, which corresponds to the size of a newborn, hence its name - dimensional, made by the standards. Such images were distributed in the royal family in the XVI - XVIII century, and were ordered for each of the born children of the monarch. Subsequently, in the XIX century, many wealthy people adopted this tradition. After 1917, the practice of writing such icons stopped, but in our time it is again popular. You can easily order a dimensional icon of the saint you need on our website. 
A good version of the gift icon for the godson will be the standard image of his holy heavenly patron (or patroness), on whose day of memory he will celebrate his Angel Day. Unlike the dimensional icon, which depicts the saint in full growth and accordingly has disproportionate dimensions, the image of standard sizes, as a rule, shows the face and upper part of the figure close-up. At such an icon, with further education, the child is taught daily to pray to his heavenly intercessor and ask for his help.
If your future godson or goddaughter were born on the day of celebrating the memory of one of the miraculous icons of the Mother of God , then you can give a list (copy) of this very image of the Most Blessed Virgin. Sometimes on the day of baptism, parents are also presented with a gift of the Baptism of the Lord as a gift, so that this icon reminds them of this event in the life of their children and encourages them to educate them in the spirit of Christian love and mercy.
In general, it should be noted that there are no strict rules on the question of which icon to give for baptism in the Church. There are only the above recommendations, but they do not in any way abolish your free choice and will. Do not forget that the main thing is not what image you present, but how responsible you will perform the duties of godparents - to educate your godson in faith and piety. If you succeed in this obedience, then the image you presented will not just be an adornment of a children's room, but it will become a window leading a young soul into the Upper World.
