Closed communion is the practice of restricting the serving of the elements of Holy Communion (also called Eucharist, The Lord's Supper) to those who...

εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving'), also known as Holy Communion, Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is...

First Communion a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many parts...

table, meaning that all may approach the Communion table. Open communion is the opposite of closed communion, where the sacrament is reserved for members...

Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations or Christian individuals that share certain essential...

Infant communion refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine mingled with consecrated bread, to young children...

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

resurrection in the Lord's Supper, they profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and look forward to His coming in glory". Within the fixed...

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

etiquette Closed communion Canon 844 Canon 915 Communion and the developmentally disabled Communion under both kinds Eucharistic fast First Communion Frequent...