Which had always been understood by the Church to be a literal physical full immersion baptism (preferably triple). Gnostic nonsense with spiritual baptism only recent fad. Same with spiritualizing/abstracting away communion.
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Yep. The sacramental life is incarnational because Jesus, the 2nd person of the Trinity, is incarnational. This is true of the entirety of the Church.
That "recent fad" is older than the Orthodox church.
Claiming to know what "had always been" is a red herring. My claim is not founded on Gnosticism, that is an assumption on your part. And you conflate communion with water baptism. These are not arguments, they are an admixture of phrases you heard.