Holy Communion Myths | Orthodoxy Fact vs Fiction 

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Forget this protestant nonsense

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@@annunciationorthodox This was not a question!

@@alexpanagiotis4706 St. Gregory to St. Augustine: Therefore when women, after due consideration, do not presume to approach the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord during their monthly period, they are to be commended. But if they are moved by devout love of this Holy Mystery to receive it as pious practice suggests that they do, they are not to be discouraged.

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My diocese mandates fasting for at least eight hours prior to receiving Holy Communion so as to fully empty the stomach. Water is always allowed.

Indeed!

Ukrainian Orthodox That does not tally with the Creed: ."..I believe in the Resurrection of the dead..." Who are we to say that our bodies will not //cannot be resurrected by the Lord our Creator and Saviour. We live in the faith that we are made free of our sin by our Baptism and the Eucharist, and that we keep things 'up-to-date' by our Confession[s] and absolution[s]. And it is the Gift of the Holy Spirit that inspires us to do so.

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No, one shouldn't recieve when they are bleeding male or female because it is a bloodless sacrifice.

My spiritual father, who was a spiritual child of Elder Ephraim of Arizona, told me not to receive Holy Communion during my time of the month. I don't know where this priest is getting this from. Just like a mother is not to enter Church during her 40 s days after childbirth, likewise, we are not to receive Holy Communion during menstruation. Lord have mercy.

Let us firstly take a look at the 2nd Canon by Saint Dionysios of Alexandria, which is the only Canon that focuses specifically on the matter and is also included in the “Pedalion” (The Rudder). It says in the Pedalion: “Being questioned as to whether women during their menstrual period can enter the temple of God, the saint replied that there was no need for that question to be posed at all, because if those women possess the appropriate piety for divine things, they will of their own accord not dare to approach the Holy Altar and receive the Body and Blood of Christ while still in the state of menstruation. Because they should bring to mind that hemorrhaging woman in the Gospel, who, out of excessive piety did not dare to touch Christ’s body (to be healed) and touched only the hem of His garment. They can, however, either pray at home, or when they are in the Narthex (vestibule) of the Temple beseeching God, asking for help and salvation from Him. One is, however, hindered from approaching the Holy of Holies - that is, the partaking of the Body and the Blood of Christ - if that person is unclean in soul and in body, just as unclean in body is the woman who is in the state of menstruation”. (Pedalion, p.445-446

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@@annunciationorthodox have you made that video yet? The last statement was confusing to me? Obviously, no one can be worthy of taking the Holy Communion but shouldn't there be special preparations?

What rituals?

Buddy you have the Orthodox Church confused with something else.

What are you talking about

The Holy communion is "the Ritual cannibalism" "The New Testament jesus" in the Light of Old Testament is an impostor a Liar and some people also call him a Lunatic....And Christian missionaries believe that the opposite word for Lunatic is God so jesus is a god 😀 😄 The Book of Revelations is Based on an Anonymous Person's Dream, And in His Dream He saw (A Polycephaly) Multiple Heads Animal with Horns in and Horns out, Most probably that Dream occurred because of His excessive Eating 🍖🥩🥓🌭 and Drinking 🍺🍷🍾🍻🍸 .. How could christians Rely on such a Dream ?????

The Eucharist doesn’t transmit disease

@@lemon3897 no the Eucharist doesn't but the sick people sharing the same 🥄 definitely will. Don't kid yourself.

Anglican "Catholic" church LOL. No, you're a Prot heretic.

@@user-hm4hi2wl5o Covid is a respiratory virus. Respiratory viruses are transmitted through the air, not from surfaces like door handles and Communion spoons. (And, btw, masks don't stop transmission because the virus particles are smaller than the weave of the mask). Besides, we Orthodox have used single Communion spoons for 2,000+ years. If the practice were as dangerous as you seem to think it is, we'd have died off by now. Yet here we are😀