How to know my middle name

Lately, the Internet is literally full of a variety of tests and half of the programs, allowing to define the second name". Curious users arrogate to themselves the names ofallegedly "appropriate spirit", take as aliases the names of mythological characters, and even spell translateresult their names to Japanese names. However, the only "real" second namewhich is given to man and recorded in the official documents is the namethat is given to a person at baptism.

Instruction

1. It is widely believed that the namegiven to man in the sacrament of baptism, is kept secret. However, this view is a fallacy. This is nothing more than a superstition associated with erroneous view of the sacrament of baptism as a mystical ritual, baptized protecting from distress and exposure to dark magical forces. Naming a person's name at baptism is primarily a sign of the introduction of personality "in the Church": name "world" should match name "in the Church." Thus the name "in the world" and the name "Church" differ generally only in the case that the name given to man at birth and was in the relevant evidence is not in the calendar. In this case, the name-giving at baptism chosen a nameclose to "worldly". For example, the name "Pauline" which is not in the calendar, often correspond to present there names "Pelagia" and "Apollinaire". So, the second namedifferent from the official, is not at all. But in any case, the nameassigned to a person at baptism is not a mystery, and pronounced publicly and recorded in specific documents.
2. Thus, the first and the easiest way to get to know his real second name is to ask about the godparents, directly present at your christening, or other close relatives who may have this information.
3. The second way is to find a baptism certificate that shows this information. A baptism certificate can be stored as direct and godparents are baptized.
4. If the required information zapamatovat family, a baptism certificate is lost, you need to find a Church in which the baptism was carried out, and to go to the stored metric lists, which contains data on all persons baptized in this Church.