La Scala's loggione is considered a baptism of fire in the opera world, and fiascos are long remembered.

* Grenoble, July 5, 1815 ( baptism of fire )

Instead, Franz was sent to the front in Italy, joining Field Marshal Radetzky on campaign on 29 April, receiving his baptism of fire on 5 May at Santa Lucia.

The “ baptism by fire ” of Old Believer leader Avvakum in 1682.

Their second show was a baptism by fire at the Woodstock Festival.

On the same day Hungarian CR. 42s had their baptism of fire, when 2 / 3.

As the game is intended to be played by those who have successfully completed the first game, the difficulty level is intended for characters of at least level 13, and no training area means that lower level characters will go through a " baptism by fire ".

: Sing Tao Daily editorialized: " The desperate capture of Iraqi former president Saddam symbolizes the bad fate of a corrupt dictator and also the best Christmas present this year for US President George Bush, but for the Iraqis who have undergone a baptism of fire in the war, the days of peace are still far away, and the road of reconstruction is as long and arduous as before.

As a Pentecostal church, the PHC believes the " baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire is obtainable by a definite act of appropriating faith on the part of the fully cleansed believer ".

The most dramatic manifestations of the Raskol included the practice of the so-called ognenniye kreshcheniya ( огненные крещения, or baptism by fire ), or self-immolation, practiced by the most radical elements in the Old Believers ' movement, who thought that the end of the world was near.

The U. S. Armys helicopter assault concept has made its combat debut as the 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) undergoes its baptism of fire, losing only four helicopters to North Vietnamese fire during the campaign.

At first the Cruise character and the Proto-Enemy dislike each other, but eventually through a baptism of fire they learn to love one another.

During the Great Schism of the Russian Church, entire villages of Old Believers burned themselves to death in an act known as " fire baptism ".

He focused on " salvation by faith ; healing by faith ; laying on of hands and prayer ; sanctification by faith ; coming ( premillennial ) of Christ ; the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire, which seals the bride and bestows the gifts ".

This was Wald ’ s first experience with poverty ; she called the episode her " baptism by fire " and dedicated herself to bringing nursing care, and eventually education and access to the arts, to the immigrant poor on Manhattan ’ s Lower East Side.

Handy wrote, “ The man who had just come through the baptism of war ’ s fire and steel without a mark had been stabbed by one of his own musicians … The sun was in the sky.

His Gunners career started with a baptism of fire, as Thomas made his debut in the first leg of a League Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur at Highbury on 8 February 1987.

Their " baptism of fire " is at the Battle of Kasserine Pass, a bloody chaotic defeat.

At the time of the Spanish-American War, Upham was on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Squadron, Commodore George Dewey ; and the young officer received his baptism of fire during the Battle of Manila Bay.

The new navy's baptism of fire came on 20 July 1866 at the Battle of Lissa during the Third Italian War of Independence ( parallel to the Seven Weeks War ).

In the New Testament, John the Baptist preached a " baptism with water ", not of forgiveness but of penance or repentance for the remission of sins (), and declared himself a forerunner to one who would baptize ' with the Holy Spirit and with fire ' ().

England eventually won the game 25-12 ; it proved a baptism of fire for the young Leonard.

Merseyside Mustangs were the inaugural challengers, though it wasn ’ t a baptism of fire some were expecting, instead Raiders succumbed to a narrow one-point defeat, with the game finishing 75-76 in Mustangs ’ favour.

In 1250, Mindaugas entered into an agreement with the Teutonic Order ; he consented to receive baptism ( the act took place in 1251 ) and relinquish control over some lands in western Lithuania, for which he was to receive a crown in return.

It is generally recognized that the baptism of Mieszko I took place in 966.

A telling incident took place after the battle, a testimony to Mieszko's high standing among the Empire's dignitaries, just one year after his baptism: Widukind of Corvey reported that the dying Wichmann asked Mieszko to hand over Wichmann's weapons to Emperor Otto I, to whom Wichmann was related.

Following her baptism she took the Christian name Yelena, after the reigning Empress Helena Lekapena.

The first baptism took place on September 2, 1797, when 24-year old Gilpae from the Palos Colorados ( redwoods ), probably the San Leandro area, was baptized.

The first convert baptism, that of Samuel H. Smith, took place there ten days after Smith and Cowdery had baptized each other.

On 19 July, a few hours before Queen Mary's proclamation in London, the baptism of one of the Gentlemen Pensioners ' children took place.

On the day of his baptism, Mirat took on the name of Lorus, which was given to the town, now known as Lourdes.

Her baptism took place at St Mary Magdalene's Church near Sandringham on 7 June 1897 by William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York.

This took place in December 1927, with conditional baptism ( due to her prior baptism in the Episcopalian Church ) at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish on Staten Island.

Aitken's baptism took place on 16 October 1942 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, an Anglican church, at which he was named " Jonathan William Patrick Aitken ".

Mortara was born and raised Jewish during the first six years of his life, until he was taken from his family by Church authorities who took custody of the boy after receiving a report that he had been given emergency baptism by a domestic servant during a serious infantile illness.

David Kertzer has questioned whether the baptism, which had no witnesses, actually took place.

The 4th General Council of 1916 took a strong stand against the Oneness teaching and upheld the position that speaking in tongues was the initial evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit.

On Saturday, 23 April, the Queen was present for Savannah Phillips's baptism, which took place at Holy Cross Church in Avening, Gloucestershire, near Gatcombe Park, the home of his mother.

Lady Mary Pierrepont was born in London on May 15, 1689 ; her baptism took place on May 26 at St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden.

The college says the painting is one of the school's most popular tourist destinations and takes no stance on whether the baptism of Washington ( who was Episcopalian ) actually took place.

The first church service took place in May 1951, and the first baptism was in August of that same year.

The baptism took place in at Xasáuan, 10 leagues ( about ) southeast of the mission, in an area now named Cachagua, a close approximation of the Esselen name.

He was the principal baptiser during the famous duckings at Nottingham in 1794, where the River Leen and the local canal served as the River Jordan, in which the baptism by immersion took place.

The coincidence in names can be explained by the fact that the early Christians often ( according to Italian archaeologist Giovanni Battista De Rossi ) took in baptism mystical names indicative of Christian virtues, etc.

At the baptism ceremony, he took the name William Henry, supposedly to honor a man who had rescued him during the French and Indian War.

The first paragraph indicates that the baptism took place at 10: 30 in the morning, and that Mozart had been born at 8: 00 the night before.