How is Communion administered in Eastern Catholic Churches?

[SyroMalankara]

I am aware of this, but the fact remains that both sides cross themselves exactly opposite of each other. In fact, an Orthodox Priest just told me this weekend that the differnece was on the words of the blessing being translated into another language so that the word ‘Spirit’ was stated at the time the hand touches the right shoulder.

Point being, the ‘change’ was not a result of wanting to be different from the Catholics by the Orthodox or vice versa but a result of the blessing itself and thus, inadvertantly, they manifest the Schism between the two, which, though unfortunate as to their relationship to each other, would assuredly have occured anyway because it was the Will of the Spirit.

It is very similar to the Civil War that split Israel into Two Nations (Ephraim and Judah) and that often occured in the early church (Barnabus and Paul) which had the effect of actually increasing the amount of Missionaries sent out and the amount of territory covered by them.

It doesn’t manifest the schism at all - differences should not be seen as divisive. The Western Orthodox cross as the Latin Catholics do; and Byzantine Catholics cross as Eastern Orthodox do, Coptic Catholic and Orthodox, Syriac Catholic and Orthodox; Armenian Catholic and Orthodox and Malankara Catholic.and Orthodox cross as the Latin Church does. The Chaldean and Malabar Catholics cross as the Orientals and Latins above, while their “Church of the East” counterparts cross as the Byzantines.

 

[JW55]

Isn’t a cloth held under the chin while receiving communion in many Eastern Churches?

 

[Aramis]

Isn’t a cloth held under the chin while receiving communion in many Eastern Churches?

In the byzantine Tradition, yes, frequently, in the same manner that a handled patten is used in the latin tradition.

Some, the minister of Communion holds the purificator with the hand holding the chalice, and the communicant takes and holds the free end under their chin, to catch drips from the spoon.

Others, two altar servers &/or subdeacons hold the purificator by the four corners, and use it like a net underneath the chalice and the communicant’s chin.

Rarely, and getting moreso over time, roman pattens are used.