How Is Communion Prepared? - Greek Orthodox 101

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.
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[@stillstanding6031]

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

[@RumAleks]

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]

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]

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

[@paulwilliams9207]

Thank you for this clarification. Orthodoxy is the true faith

[@GTP0ISON]

Isn't Christianity the true faith?

[@user-hm4hi2wl5o]

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

[@janoycresva276]

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]

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

[@SlavaBogu7]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@markferguson6194]

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

[@eldavenetiku9867]

Thanks 🙏 🙏🙏

[@kodeshmishkanministrygroup7372]

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

[@amerikaansnieuws3248]

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]

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

[@DistributistHound]

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

[@diannecombs8433]

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.

[@nickdixom543]

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

[@emmanuelcadelina1848]

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]

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?

[@ioakimmakis9288]

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]

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

[@livingweaponnightmare]

Orthodox?

[@ExVeritateLibertas]

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]

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

[@mynameis......23]

3:36 4:36 6:31

[@treygood6371]

Remember taking holy communion in the Lutheran Church

[@user-vj9qz3br6l]

What Liturgy does this follow?

[@user-jh5ur5ft1w]

Liturgy of st.John Chrysostom

[@fire5736]

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

[@dtr5175]

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

[@markevans9678]

is the water blessed?

[@Razamaniac]

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)

[@sataystick3937]

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

[@godtable]

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

[@Razamaniac]

@@godtable aka living bread

[@philiprees3937]

W

[@American-Jello]

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

[@doradora4885]

I belong to Jesus iam Indian Catholic Christian from India

[@emy1975]

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

[@enragedwombat2504]

No this is leavened bread.

[@hrd708]

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

[@bakura227]

@@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]

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

[@EverywhereAtOnce123]

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

[@Mark-yb1sp]

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

[@Natalia-iq1vj]

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

[@josephsaab7208]

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

[@astrojoshy3135]

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.

[@Razamaniac]

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

[@1ChasingRays]

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

[@bakura227]

*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]

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

[@user-hm4hi2wl5o]

I'll stick with my Anglican Catholic Church which is the only true universal church and the clergy doesn't hide behind partitions partitions lije 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 csn be part of it as well.

[@theromanbaron]

It's very Latinized. Almost thought this was Uniate

[@halfthehill4910]

What is latinized?

[@jamesrockford5145]

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]

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]

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

[@dtr5175]

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]

Wine and Bread is changed into Body and Blood of Christ

[@bakura227]

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

[@RensSpace]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@mrjemes1597]

Giving Communion to unbelivers is a sin which your church doing still now. God will punish your church for this.

[@timothy9434]

Why "Greek"??? Do other Orthodox do things differently? No. Greek nationalism is a danger to the Church.

[@dtr5175]

YES, we have different traditions and customs. And every country/nation should stick on them. Pluralism is healthy.

[@user-pj7sq7ce1f]

Greek is called for the language go educate yourself correct

[@Razamaniac]

Greek because this is the Language of the new testment