What are the similarities between confirmation and bar mitzvah?

Answer 1

The similarities are that they are both to do with becoming responsible of the christian/jewish orders of the church/synagogue and being responsible for you actions. They are both celebrated around the age of 13 although bat/bar mitzvahs is a single event and confirmation is mostly a group event. Other then that there isn't many more...

Answer 2

They are two separate things. In many churches (Roman Catholics and Anglicans as examples) baptism of babies is practised. In that baptism the godparents make promises regarding the upbringing of that child in the Christian faith until the child is old enough to answer for him/herself. When this happens the young adult can ask for 'confirmation' - confirming the vows made on his/her behalf when a baby. This confirmation is a public statement of ones beliefs. Communion, however, is the sacrament that commemorates the death and passion of Jesus and reenacts the Last Supper where Jesus broke bread and drank wine as a sign of a new covenant between God and his people - that took the place of the old covenant between God and Moses. In the communion serve most Christians feel closest to God as it is a holy and blessed time. Roman Catholics call communion 'mass' and they have their own ideas about what actually happens at the mass, but most other denominations - especially protestant denominations, regard it as a memorial of Christ's death and passion, and obedience to his will - as he asked us all to do it in remembrance of him. In some churches - notably the Roman Catholic church, you are not able to receive the bread and wine in church unless you are confirmed. In the Anglican Church, this used to be the case, but more frequently now the Anglicans are going back to the early church practices and stating that baptism is sufficient to receive communion, regarding confirmation as a separate issue. in my own church we are even more inclusive - all who love the Lord, baptised or not, are welcome to come to his table to receive the bread and wine in the communion, as, unlike Roman Catholics, we do not revere the consecrated bread and wine as something special; instead, we believe the miracle is in receiving the bread and wine by faith. As we cannot tell what goes on in someone's mind at the receipt of the bread and wine we leave the miracle to God. Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion (Eucharist) are the three "Sacraments of Initiation". Historically imparted in that order (in the early church at baptism - usually adults) . When infant baptism became the norm, confirmation was imparted at a later age (16 or so), and Eucharist followed. Saint Pope Pius X reordered the reception of the sacraments to enable children to receive Eucharist prior to the reception of Confirmation. The Orthodox Church retained the original order and infants are baptized, confirmed and receive the Eucharist during the same ceremony (?) The reception of the Holy Spirit is what binds the Sacraments of initiation together as one.