prosphora

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | 383 words | Copyright

prosphora. In the E. Church, the altar bread. Traditionally five loaves are required; they are solemnly cut up at the Proskomide. One portion (known as the ‘lamb’) is used for the liturgy; the rest is not consecrated but is distributed later among the congregation. The Greek Church now generally uses one large loaf, but the Russians continue to use five smaller ones.

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