How does the Eucharist shape the Church and the faithful? What is the importance of the assembly-or synaxis? Can there be an individual Eucharist? This is the second in a series of talks given by Fr. Maxym on the nature of the Orthodox Church. This talk was given on September 22, 2021.
00:00 - Significance of the word "assembly"
01:08 - Other words for Eucharist in the New Testament
08:53 - The Eucharist in St. Paul
10:27 - Early Fathers
11:01 - St Ignatius of Antioch - Medicine of Immortality
14:00 - St Irenaeus of Lyons - Eucharist as expression of the faith
19:31 - Later commentators: Dionysius, Maximos, Germanos, Symeon, Cabasilas
21:16 - Summary of Eucharistic theology
27:06 - How the Eucharistic assembly applies to clergy
28:21 - Contemporary Orthodox Theologians
30:00 - Implications of this Eucharistic theology to our lives
36:46 - Asceticism guards the integrity of the Eucharist
37:46 - Final implications and concluding remarks
Father Maxym is the pastor of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, a parish of the Patriarchate of Constantinople located in the heart of Canada’s capital.
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