Holy Communion, also known as the Eucharist and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches. The elements of...

1920 Holy Communion girls, Dublin, Ireland, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, 1969 Catholicism portal Communion and the developmentally disabled Confirmation...

Christianity portal Communion and the developmentally disabled Infant baptism Father's quotations, Paedocommunion. Youth Confirmation & First Communion (PDF), LCMS...

A communion-plate is a metal plate held under the chin of a communicant while receiving Holy Communion in the Catholic Church. Its purpose is to catch...

these pure and holy sacraments have refreshed." Communion Antiphon and Postcommunion The communion antiphon is normally a portion of a Psalm. The Postcommunion...

An extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is, under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, "an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed"...

called Communion bread, Communion wafer, Sacred host, Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (Latin: hostia, lit. 'sacrificial victim'), is the bread...

stresses the unity of the universal Catholic Church, formed by both the Eastern and the Western (Latin Church) Churches in full communion. At the elevations...

The altar rail (also known as a communion rail or chancel rail) is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination...

called the fistula. He then divided the remainder of the Host, gave communion to the deacon and subdeacon; the deacon stood to receive communion and the subdeacon...

Sacramental wine, Communion wine, altar wine, or wine for consecration is wine obtained from grapes and intended for use in celebration of the Eucharist (also...

consecrated hosts of the sacrament of Holy Communion. It resembles the shape of a chalice but its bowl is more round than conical, and takes its name from...

Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal...

Communion under both kinds in Roman Catholicism is the reception under both "species" (i.e., both the consecrated bread and wine) of the Eucharist. Denominations...

and Presbyterians) "commemorate His death and resurrection in the Lord's Supper, they profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and look...

Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of the East, and much of Protestantism including the Anglican communion. (The Apostles' and Athanasian creeds are not as widely...

service. The following are the texts that have been set to music. Note that the Libera Me and the In Paradisum are not part of the text of the Catholic...

prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and a shorter form in the Gospel of Luke when...

blessing the congregation at the end of the sermon or service), and individual congregants make the sign on themselves when receiving Holy Communion. The sign...

and the first of the two prayers of the priest for himself before receiving Communion. Other omissions include the use of incense at the Introit and the...

the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion). Chalices are often made of precious metal, and they are sometimes richly enamelled and jewelled. Generally they have...

the antiphons at the entrance and communion processions, and the texts of the three prayers known as the collect, the prayer over the gifts, and the prayer...

and Presbyterians) "commemorate His death and resurrection in the Lord's Supper, they profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and look...

Retrieved 4 January 2015. "The Order for Holy Communion - 1928 BCP". www.episcopalnet.org. Saint Luke's Church and the Anglican Diocese of Arizona....

America but by the mid-20th century, the alb and stole became widely customary. More recently, the chasuble has been readopted for Communion services in...

(Latin: "The Lord be with you") is an ancient salutation and blessing traditionally used by the clergy in the Masses of the Catholic Church and other liturgies...

(particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Anglican Communion, and Methodist Churches), a person appointed to carry the church's processional...

– especially in the Catholic Church – for the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion), administered, with or without Anointing of the Sick (also called...

form of the Roman Rite, the Credo is recited on all Sundays, feasts of the I class, II class feasts of the Lord and of the Blessed Virgin, on the days within...

Distribution of Holy Communion: In some places it is customary for servers to assist at the distribution of Holy Communion by holding a communion-plate for communicants...