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If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.                If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.                If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.                Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with.               
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Frequency of Communion (Teachings of the Orthodox Church)
   

QUESTION:

I would like to know when I may receive holy communion, besides receiving it on Sundays.

How many times a year should one receive communion?

ANSWER:

Provided that an Orthodox Christian has properly prepared himself or herself through prayer, fasting, repentance, and reflection on his or her life, he or she can receive Holy Communion whenever a Divine Liturgy is celebrated. Of course, one should always discuss this with his or her spiritual father, especially in terms of how the Sacrament of Confession is of benefit in proper Eucharistic preparation.

There is no "set" number of times one should receive Holy Communion during the year. Of course, the absolute minimum is once each year, particularly during the season of Great Lent.






Published in January 2011.









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