COVERING THE GIFTS!

As I mentioned in my last post (click here to read), the priest prepares the bread, called prosphora, for the Divine Liturgy in a special serviced called Proskomedia. During that service he cuts out a section of the bread that

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HOW DO WE REMEMBER CHRIST’S SACRIFICE?

One of the most popular posts, so far, was the post entitled, “Stamping Bread” (click here to read it). There I talked about the different parts of the bread used for the Orthodox Eucharist. I spoke about the lamb that

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