How Is Communion Prepared? - Greek Orthodox 101

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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Rochester NY

5 жыл бұрын

Every week, people around the world receive Holy Communion as a sacred part of the Orthodox faith, but how is it prepared? What are the steps and rituals that must be performed to transfigure the wine and bread into holiness? What happens if a fly lands in the Communion wine?
All those answers and more await in Part Two of our multi-part series exploring the secrets and history behind why the Greek Orthodox Church does things the way they do.
Hosted by Father Angelo Maggos of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Rochester, NY.
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@stillstanding6031 4 жыл бұрын

Every movement is infused with meaning in the Orthodox liturgy. Truly amazing.

@RumAleks 2 жыл бұрын

It's quiet intresting to see that water is being used to dilute wine so that people won't get drunk,water helps wine (in a way). Back in the ancient time wine was used for sanitizing water ,wine used to help water ( in a way) . I liked the way he deals with the "drunk bug" it tells a lot.

@alanbourbeau24 4 жыл бұрын

I find the sacrament of Holy Communion fascinating and intriguing. Because in the Roman Catholic Christian Church, the sacrament of Holy Communion plays a vital part of the Catholic Church service or Mass.

@infinitereviews2079 Жыл бұрын

It’s so amazing how my Maronite Liturgy is so similar to the Greek Orthodox way of preparing for Divine Liturgy

@paulwilliams9207 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this clarification. Orthodoxy is the true faith

@GTP0ISON Ай бұрын

Isn't Christianity the true faith?

@user-hm4hi2wl5o Ай бұрын

Catholicism is the true faith. It's the first universal church

@janoycresva276 4 жыл бұрын

I love the beautiful little Orthodox churches in my home country of Serbia and all of the history of it but for theological reasons, I'm Catholic.

@sagesolomon7885 3 жыл бұрын

I respect your decision to be Catholic but am quite amazed that its on theological reasons.

@SlavaBogu7 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's possible to be Catholic next to Orthodox when you look at theology, actually it's the contrary, if one truly looks at the theology they will rather go to Orthodoxy.

@janoycresva276 3 жыл бұрын

@@SlavaBogu7 It’s not possible to be Orthodox when you look at theology. All the Orthodox saints like St. Leo, John Chrysostom, St Augustine, all taught the papacy. Only Catholicism has a Pope. The Marionite Catholics in Lebanon & the eastern Greek Catholics are the followers of Catholicism.

@BruceWayne-po5kf 3 жыл бұрын

@@SlavaBogu7 St. Peter is the Rock and the Church needs order for Canon law and evangelizing. It's why the Catholic Church was able to evangelize the world

@glorytofathersonandholyspirit 2 жыл бұрын

@@janoycresva276 i advise you to look up a KZfaq channel called “Jay Dyer”. He destroys that and the papacy

@kodeshmishkanministrygroup7372 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I get a lot of questions about this!

@DistributistHound 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, understanding this will help clarify about the holy comunion during the Pandemic and giving it on the hand vs the mouth in roman catholic rite

@markferguson6194 4 жыл бұрын

The original greek word for communion is koinonia but there is not a single church today that practices this today. Holy spirit koinonia is an expression of Gods agape love as in he gave up his life for us and so we should give up our lives for one another. This was expressed in the early church in acts 4 and 5 where they had all things in common. This was expressed in what the early churchs communion service where it was a meal with the taking of the bread and the wine after the meal. The meal was often put on my wealthy Christian's for poor Christians and was often done from house to house. Koinonia was also expressed by the Macedonian church when they took up money and sent it to the Christian's in Jerusalem. Communion was about Jesuss body broken for us but the bread also represents the body of Christ as a unity of believers

@diannecombs8433 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Father. Lay people never get to really see what's happening behind the iconostasis. It's hard to explain to catechumens if we never see it.

@amerikaansnieuws3248 5 ай бұрын

Exploring Orthodox Christianity has made me feel more excited to be alive than i have been in years. I plan to join the Church as soon as possible.

@user-ci3gk8um8l 4 ай бұрын

lol. what made you want to join such a schizo church

@eldavenetiku9867 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏 🙏🙏

@nickdixom543 3 жыл бұрын

very informative, and broken down and understandable. Thank you brother.

@ExVeritateLibertas Жыл бұрын

Possibly another reason for adding the water is that wine was in fact normally "watered down" in the ancient world. One of the reasons the Greeks considered considered Alexander's Macedonians semi-barbaric was they did not adulterate their wine.

@bibsann861 10 ай бұрын

In the Orthodox Anglican Church we add water to the wine.

@ioakimmakis9288 5 жыл бұрын

very informative and simple to comprehend..,but on 5.54, the church that is on the video is the Rotonda in Thessaloniki, Makedonia. Rotonda was built as a Roman temple-Pantheon for god Dias-Zeus. Later on it became a christian church. So, it is not a good example of an ancient christian church. thank you, Greetings from Pella-the heart of Makedonia.

@christabor4909 3 жыл бұрын

My church actually celebrates communion. This makes me think that we should hold a more dour service. I will mention it.

@livingweaponnightmare 2 ай бұрын

Orthodox?

@emmanuelcadelina1848 2 жыл бұрын

The eucharistic miracles in the church in several parts of the word that the host turn into visible flesh was made of unleavened bread..So, unleavened bread made of raw wheat flour is the exact right that used to.. Unleavened bread was used by Christ during last supper together with his disciples..

@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE 6 ай бұрын

It was not. Simple as that. Aren't you satisfied with the miracle of the eucharist in itself. Is your faith so frail that you need dangerous signs and wonders that lead you astray to reinforce your faith?

@mynameis......23 9 ай бұрын

3:36 4:36 6:31

@treygood6371 Жыл бұрын

Remember taking holy communion in the Lutheran Church

@user-vj9qz3br6l 5 жыл бұрын

What Liturgy does this follow?

@user-jh5ur5ft1w 3 жыл бұрын

Liturgy of st.John Chrysostom

@fire5736 4 жыл бұрын

What about the particles for the Communion of the faithful? I'm not Orthodox, forgive my ignorance.

@dtr5175 3 жыл бұрын

2:15 , the particles for the living and the ones for the deceased are all put together in the chalice. The priest cuts off as many crumbs as are the names that are written in the papers 2:52 If you notice the paper with the cross on it (+) contains names of the dead and the paper that says "υπέρ υγείας = for health" contains names of people who are alive. 2:54

@sataystick3937 3 жыл бұрын

i am from roman catholic, i want to ask why dont you make a bread like the roman one?

@godtable 3 жыл бұрын

We use raised bread, it symbolizes the resurrection of our Lord.

@Razamaniac Жыл бұрын

@@godtable aka living bread

@markevans9678 4 жыл бұрын

is the water blessed?

@Razamaniac Жыл бұрын

not pre-blessed, if you mean that, the water is boiled (called zeon), beofore added, to the whine because of the water and blood that came out of the wound of Christ was still warm on the cross. And the body of Christ in the Chalice is alive as ever (warmth=life)

@philiprees3937 4 жыл бұрын

@American-Jello Жыл бұрын

I'd eat the bug too. Gotta do what you gotta do.

@doradora4885 5 жыл бұрын

I belong to Jesus iam Indian Catholic Christian from India

@emy1975 3 жыл бұрын

Question. Jesus used unleavened bread. Is this bread thrle same

@enragedwombat2504 3 жыл бұрын

No this is leavened bread.

@hrd708 2 жыл бұрын

Well how do you know Jesus use unleavened bread? Last time i check, the greek word in the bible is Arthos, not Azymos

@bakura227 Жыл бұрын

@@hrd708 *Scripture tells us it was the feast of unleavened bread. The Hebrews fleeing Egypt in haste were commanded to use no leaven to symbolize that there was no time for the bread to rise. In the eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches, leavened or risen bread is used in honor of the rising of Christ from the dead and to also seperate Christians from the old covenant for they share in rising with Christ in the new covenant.*

@hrd708 Жыл бұрын

@@bakura227 well feast of unleavened bred is night after jewish passover. Jesus Died on passover.

@EverywhereAtOnce123 4 жыл бұрын

I guess it's essential to keep the area clean then. Couldn't have a bug infestation.

@Mark-yb1sp 3 жыл бұрын

AngelBlade A big infestation? Is that all you got out of this video? 😳

@Razamaniac Жыл бұрын

Correction: the blood of Christ is the mix of sweet wine and boiled water (zeon), not just water.

@Natalia-iq1vj 2 жыл бұрын

I know the wine is watered down but then doesn’t that significantly decrease it’s antibacterial action?

@josephsaab7208 2 жыл бұрын

It's no longer wine and bread at the end, but the true body and blood of Christ

@astrojoshy3135 2 жыл бұрын

The anti bacterial property's are not found in the wine, bc then it is no longer wine, it is the Blood of Jesus so even if it was 99% water you still wouldn't get sick. Do not be of little faith.

@1ChasingRays Жыл бұрын

*Leavened Bread* breaks the Law of God to uphold mere man-made tradition.

@bakura227 Жыл бұрын

*Scripture tells us it was the feast of unleavened bread. The Hebrews fleeing Egypt in haste were commanded to use no leaven to symbolize that there was no time for the bread to rise. In the eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches, leavened or risen bread is used in honor of the rising of Christ from the dead and to also seperate Christians from the old covenant for they share in rising with Christ in the new covenant.*

@1ChasingRays Жыл бұрын

@@bakura227 Your *tradition* breaks the *command of God.* Paul reinforced Passover/UNleavened Bread (1Cor. 5:7,8).

@user-hm4hi2wl5o Ай бұрын

I'll stick with my Anglican Catholic Church which is the only true universal church and the clergy doesn't hide behind partitions like orthodox does, keeping it hush hush what theyre doing. In the Catholic church the body and blood of Christ are prepared in front of the parishioners so thry can be part of it as well.

@erikrodrighez7742 27 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@user-hm4hi2wl5o 27 күн бұрын

@@erikrodrighez7742 you find that funny do you clown boy, tell us you're stupid without telling us you're stupid

@alexandersen1987 24 күн бұрын

"... I will not speak of thy mysteries to thine enemies, neither like Judas will I give thee a kiss..." you are failling the oath we say every communion. This should be taken down. The faithful should know but not the public in general.

@theromanbaron 3 жыл бұрын

It's very Latinized. Almost thought this was Uniate

@halfthehill4910 2 жыл бұрын

What is latinized?

@jamesrockford5145 4 жыл бұрын

Is it true god is made out of wine, bread and water? I thought God was a spirit. Is the recipe in the bible?

@AnnieB007 4 жыл бұрын

That means God dwells in every little thing in the world. He exists in everything except hatred that all these religious doctrines spread across the world in the name of who's is superior to others.

@putodango 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus is not a spirit. If you think so, that is heresy.

@dtr5175 3 жыл бұрын

He is 100% God and a 100% human. The blood is represented by the wine and the body by the bread and all human bodies contain water. Of course, I understand that you know all of the above and you just wanted to make a smart comment but try better next time...

@josephsaab7208 2 жыл бұрын

Wine and Bread is changed into Body and Blood of Christ

@bakura227 Жыл бұрын

@@putodango *The Lord Jesus is true God and true man. He is body, blood, soul, and divinity.*

@RensSpace Жыл бұрын

The bread has to be unleavened that’s what God commanded in exodus and that’s what Christ himself used during Passover. The Eucharistic miracles over the globe confirms this truth. There’s are no confirmed miracles associated with leavened bread used by the Orthodox Church

@orthoglobus 9 ай бұрын

Wrong. Plenty of miracles associated with Holy Communion have been testified in the Orthodox Church. Miracles including resurrection from the dead of a person just in order to receive the Holy Communion for one last time; or others regarding persons who disbelieved about the true nature of Holy Communion before they receive it and then suddenly found themselves chewing human flesh and blood...

@Tsumebleraar 3 жыл бұрын

We can't pray for people who have passed away. They are already either with Jesus ( and don't need prayers) or in torment ( prayers won't help)

@godtable 3 жыл бұрын

That's one of the differences between Orthodox and Catholics, we don't believe that the fires of purgatory can save people. We praying to Christ and do offerings (usually free food) on behalf of the dead. (commemoration) to save them.

@therealAZLN Жыл бұрын

God is not bound to time the way we humans are. God created time, after all. Think about it like this: I can’t pray that God will save Abraham Lincoln from being shot at Ford’s theater. In that sense God’s will has been revealed to us already. What I can do, however, is pray that Abraham Lincoln died in a state of grace, that he knew Jesus, was baptized and saved, and was not in a state of mortal sin when he died. God, being unbound to time, can see my prayer in the future and apply that to the past.

@therealAZLN Жыл бұрын

@@godtable We Catholics do not believe purgatory saves- but we do believe it purifies a soul of all venial (but not mortal) sins before they enter the kingdom of Heaven.