First Holy Communion is a ceremony of initiation in Christian churches, generally done simply by anointing and/or the laying on of hands and prayer with regards to bestowing the Power of the Sacred Spirit.
There’s a similar ceremony also referred to as confirmation in Reform Judaism, probably the most theologically liberal denomination within Judaism.
Inside of the Christian church, confirmation is viewed as the finalizing of the agreement created in Holy Baptism. In some variations, confirmation also grants full membership in a local congregation upon the recipient. In others, just like the Roman Catholic Church, confirmation is a symbol of improving the connection in between the boy or girl and the religious organization, because a baptized individual is already a full member.
Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, and many Anglicans view Confirmation as a sacrament. In the East it is usually conferred right after baptism. In the western world, this practice is observed when men and women are baptized, but in the situation of newborns not at risk of dying it’s given, ordinarily by a bishop, only when the child reaches the age of reason or early adolescence.
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In Protestant churches, the ceremony tends to be observed rather as a mature declaration of faith by a previously baptized individual. It is also required by most Protestant denominations for membership in the respective church, especially for conventional Protestant churches. In conventional Protestant churches (Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, etc.) it is recognized by a coming of age ceremony. Confirmation is not put to use in Baptist, Anabaptist as well as other organizations that teach believer’s baptism.
The origins of confirmation can be found within the New Testament. As an example, in the Gospel of John, Chapter 14, Christ talks about the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles (John 14:15-26). Later, after his Resurrection, Jesus breathed upon them and they acquired the Holy Spirit (John 20:22), a process done at the time of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4). Following this point, the New Testament records the apostles bestowing the Holy Spirit upon others through the laying on of hands.
Also, in the Acts of the Apostles 8:14-17:
Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the holy Spirit.
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