Do Eastern Catholics use liturgical spoons?

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Yes, Orthodox and many Eastern Catholics give Holy Communion by intinction with a spoon.

I guess you could call that a liturgical spoon.
 
andrewstx said:
Yes, Orthodox and many Eastern Catholics give Holy Communion by intinction with a spoon.

I guess you could call that a liturgical spoon.
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Very interesting. :
Are those liturgical spoons in real life large or not? I’ve seen one on Wikipedia and it was huge for a spoon. o:
 
When I attended a Ukrainian church, we received from the spoon, but it was no bigger than a teaspoon.

However, not all Eastern Catholic Churches use a spoon for the reception of Holy Communion. For example, the Melkites deliver the Eucharist by intinction.
 
Domnall said:
When I attended a Ukrainian church, we received from the spoon, but it was no bigger than a teaspoon.

However, not all Eastern Catholic Churches use a spoon for the reception of Holy Communion. For example, the Melkites deliver the Eucharist by intinction.
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Wait, so the Wikipedia pic is exaggerated in size!? /stunned
I thought that they had super-sized liturgical spoons… o:
 
John_of_Patmos said:
Real quick, is the Spear used after the Consecration?
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http://www.stgeorgegreenville.org/Images/Prosfora-IC XC NI KA.jpg

After the consecration, the Body of Christ is broken into four pieces and sits on the diskos (paton) like this:

--------[IC]-------
[NI]----------[KA]
-------[XC]-------

IC goes into the chalice. XC is for the celebrant and those ministering with him. NI and KA are put into the Chalice for the laymen to partake. Some priests (as I’ve witnessed) will use the spear to divide the XC into a few pieces so that all the clergy may partake.
 
Zekariya said:
http://www.stgeorgegreenville.org/Images/Prosfora-IC XC NI KA.jpg

After the consecration, the Body of Christ is broken into four pieces and sits on the diskos (paton) like this:

--------[IC]-------
[NI]----------[KA]
-------[XC]-------

IC goes into the chalice. XC is for the celebrant and those ministering with him. NI and KA are put into the Chalice for the laymen to partake. Some priests (as I’ve witnessed) will use the spear to divide the XC into a few pieces so that all the clergy may partake.
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Thanks, that makes sense.
 
Zekariya said:
http://www.stgeorgegreenville.org/Images/Prosfora-IC XC NI KA.jpg

After the consecration, the Body of Christ is broken into four pieces and sits on the diskos (paton) like this:

--------[IC]-------
[NI]----------[KA]
-------[XC]-------

IC goes into the chalice. XC is for the celebrant and those ministering with him. NI and KA are put into the Chalice for the laymen to partake. Some priests (as I’ve witnessed) will use the spear to divide the XC into a few pieces so that all the clergy may partake.
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Most Eastern Catholics who use the Byzantine liturgy use pre-cut pieces and do not follow the traditional form as noted above. St Elias UGCC in the Toronto area is a notable exception.
 
Byz_Guy said:
Most Eastern Catholics who use the Byzantine liturgy use pre-cut pieces and do not follow the traditional form as noted above. St Elias UGCC in the Toronto area is a notable exception.
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Go St. Elias!😃
 
Crescentinus said:
Random, but do they have liturgical spoons?
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Yes. The Coptic, Ethiopian, and Assyrian traditions use the spoon to give the Blood of Christ, the Byzantine traditions to give the Body and Blood of Christ sops. Some Melkites use the spoon in some locations (they changed from the Syrian tradition to the Byzantine). The Syrian tradition uses intinction, delivered by spoon, and the clergy uses the spoon for the Blood of Christ. The Armenians do not use the spoon.
 
Byz_Guy said:
Most Eastern Catholics who use the Byzantine liturgy use pre-cut pieces and do not follow the traditional form as noted above. St Elias UGCC in the Toronto area is a notable exception.
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We use prosphoras but it is a combination of the pre-cut and the prosphora. I bake them and the priest uses one per Sunday Liturgy.
 
Vico said:
Yes. The Coptic, Ethiopian, and Assyrian traditions use the spoon to give the Blood of Christ, the Byzantine traditions to give the Body and Blood of Christ sops. Some Melkites use the spoon in some locations (they changed from the Syrian tradition to the Byzantine). The Syrian tradition uses intinction, delivered by spoon, and the clergy uses the spoon for the Blood of Christ. The Armenians do not use the spoon.
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How about the Maronites?
 
Crescentinus said:
How about the Maronites?
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Maronites use unleavened bread, a Eucharist host, but give by intinction: the priest dips the Sacred Body into the Sacred Blood and places on the tongue. I believe they still have a spoon on the table however.
 
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