The female Order of the Living Passion of Christ consists of 1,056 virgins aged 18 - 25 (the older ones belong to the congregation of Priestesses of the Living Passion of Christ). Every 30 days (that's how old Jesus was when he was baptized in the Jordan River), 12 young 18-year-old virgins join the religious congregation of the Living Passion of Christ. After entering the monastery walls, each of them undergoes religious initiation. After stripping naked, including jewelry, hair bands and glasses, which are given to the family (women with visual impairments receive corrective glasses), the naked novices of the Order of the Living Passion of Christ enter with folded hands in the presence of the gathered members of the Order, through the nave in front of the a tank of cold water on the altar. There, in the presence of the main Priestess of the Order of the Living Passion of Christ, they kneel and confess their sins from their previous lives, asking Christ to forgive their sins. After confessing her sins, the naked novice of the Order enters with folded hands into a tank of water up to her thighs, and then when the main Priestess of the Order of the Living Passion of Christ says: "O Christ, accept this sinner, who sincerely regrets her sinful life, into our Order, so that she can repent after "always serving you forever" the novice immersed herself in cold water for a moment, then came out and, naked and wet, with folded hands, went to kneel in front of the altar to take vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, after which she was dressed in "robes" monastic, which was a brown loincloth, a brown band around the chest, a bronze prayer cross around the neck and a crown of thorns on the temples (with the thorns extending outside, not hurting the head).
