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Holy Eucharist

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Noun1.Holy Eucharist - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wineHoly Eucharist - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
sacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
Offertory - the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
Communion, Holy Communion, manduction, sacramental manduction - the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"


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The church -- a liberal, open and affirming congregation -- celebrates Holy Eucharist at 8:45 a.
In the act of distributing the Holy Eucharist, it means something different: that there has been a human connection as the true presence of Jesus is being celebrated and distributed.
Christ established the Holy Eucharist, or Communion, at the Seder that he shared with his 12 disciples on Holy Thursday, which Christians mark tomorrow.
 
 
 
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