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The Eucharist
The Orthodox Eucharist Service
The Holy Eucharist is the oldest experience of Christian Worship as
well as the most distinctive. Eucharist comes from the Greek word
which means "thanksgiving." The word describes the most important form
of the Church's attitude toward all of life. The origin of the
Eucharist is traced to the Last Supper at which Christ instructed His
disciples to offer bread and wine in His memory. The Eucharist is the
most distinctive event of Orthodox worship because in it the Church
gathers to remember and celebrate the Life, Death, and Resurrection of
Christ.
Before the Orthodox Eucharist service can take place, they believe
that you must prepare yourself for "holy communion" because they
believe it helps them to acquire the right attitude toward the
Sacrament. St. Paul writes, "Let a man examine himself and so eat of
that Bread and drink of that Cup" (1 Cor. 11:28). There are five
stages:
1. Self-examination - It is believed that this should be done
regularly by Christians in following God's path and is done to raise
awareness and lead to improvement, it is especially important when
approaching the chalice to receive communion.
2. Abstinence - On the morning of communion you should not eat or
drink anything because The Church Fathers emphasized that true fasting
is to abstain from sin and evil.
3. Prayers - Prayers that are designed to be read before and after
Communion should be read so that you can be in the proper attitude for
the reception of Communion.
4. Repentance - You should approach Jesus with a plea for mercy and
forgiveness because it is only faith and repentan...
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...e church is doing Sunday schools and
family services so that more of the youth can be shown Christ's
influence at an early age. Or to appeal to the younger generation's
music like brining in electric guitars to church and this I believe is
defiantly important to make kids more participant in church today.
On the other side of the story we come to pray for the very reason
that is in the prayer. "We have come together in the name of Christ to
offer our praise and thanksgiving to hear and receive Gods word to
pray for the needs of the world and to seek the forgiveness of our
sins, that by the power of the holy spirit we may give ourselves to
the service of God". In this prayer it shows that we come to prayer
for the needs of others as well as ourselves. So we should be thinking
of others and not worry about being bored.
· Thanks – this is when we say thank you to God and Jesus in prayer
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J.R.R. Tolkien's use of waybread takes on the properties of the Catholic Eucharist in The Lord of the Rings. He creates lembas, a special kind of dried bread and made it the primary food source for the main characters. This special food is, in certain ways, a type of Eucharist, as defined by the Catholic church. Specifically, the parralells can be found in the outward similarities and the surrounding effects.
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