Nowadays there is a practice to baptize babies with godparents. Many physiological dads and mothers are very careful about the choice of godparents. However, sometimes some superstitions regarding godparents and godchildren can interfere with the choice.
There is an opinion that it is impossible to choose a godmother who is a widow for a female baby. Otherwise, the fate of the godmother may be passed on to the goddaughter herself. The Orthodox Church clearly gives its vision of this issue - there is no transfer of "curse" and "fate" from the recipients (godparents) to godchildren.
In Orthodox theology, there is no concept of "fate" as such. Therefore, there is no sense in talking about destiny as something independent directly from man and from the Divine will (in the context of the Christian doctrine). Orthodox people do not believe in rock. Moreover, there is no need to talk about the transfer of fate from godmother to goddaughter. This is an absurd, completely non-Orthodox opinion. Indeed, in the sacrament of baptism, there is some spiritual relationship between godparents and godchildren, but this does not mean the connection of "destinies".
The Orthodox Church gives clear instructions on who can be godparents and who cannot. Nothing is said about widowers and widows. This category of people does not fall under the prohibition to be godparents. Consistent with the Christian worldview, it is necessary to remember that godparents should not be married to each other (godmother and dad), physiological parents, atheists, sectarians, representatives of heterodox cannot be godparents; it is undesirable to choose baptized, but unchurched people as godparents. The Orthodox Church advises to choose as godparents those people who are aware of the doctrine of the Church, because the recipients are responsible for raising a child in the Orthodox faith.
Thus, an Orthodox person should not pay attention to superstitions associated with the transfer of "fate" from the recipients to the godchildren.
