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Communion Preparation
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[German Version]

(in the Orthodox Church). In reference to 1 Cor 11:27–29, the Orthodox Church only allows laypersons to receive communion (Eucharist/Communion) after they have been given express pemission to do so, the latter usually (but not necessarily always) being granted in confession. In some places, a week of fasting and frequent attendance at worship are required. The minimum requirement for priests and laypersons, which may only be departed from in situations of extreme emergency, calls for sexual abstinence and abstention fro…

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Felmy, Karl Christian, “Communion Preparation”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_12026>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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