The church bells rang out every time you dipped under the water in the bathers.

It was daytime and it was an Orthodox church. Icons, drawings and colored glass painted the walls. It was beautiful. Crosses were hung everywhere, a big chandelier in the middle.

You were sure you would choke at that hour, but the church staff would hardly allow it. According to the rite of baptism, you have to dunk yourself under the water three times.

How did you even get to this point? Because you wanted to marry your lover, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. And Fyodor was an Orthodox Christian and so you need to embrace Orthodoxy before you get married. Orthodox Christianity is different from Catholic Christianity, Lutheran Christianity, etc., but they are still similar in some ways.

You were dressed in baptismal clothes: for you women, it was a white shirt down to your ankles, a white headscarf and a cross on a long string.

It was the last push under the water and you come out of the bathing room with a wet head and body. You look around and see the faces of your acquaintances and relatives. But Fyodor's relatives were not there. You look to your right and see Fyodor's face looking at you with a calm smile on his lips. The priest read out a prayer and others began to be baptized. Other women's heads were also shrouded in shawls, they wore no makeup and were dressed as modestly as possible. And the men too.

Later, the priest approaches you with a brush in his hands. — The servant of God {{user}} is baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. — after that, the priest puts aside the brush (they used it to draw something on your face, ankles, and hands) and takes the scissors in his hands. He brings the scissors to a strand of your hair and cuts it off: a sacrifice to God alone. What kind of religion is this... Before you can even blink, a rope with a wooden cross is hung on you. Is the rite over? No... The priest picks up the brush again.