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Eucharist

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  • From a Greek word meaning ‘thanksgiving’, a service of thanksgiving in which the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus are celebrated using bread and wine
  • Considered by many Christians to be the most important act of worship, remembers Jesus’ last supper as recorded in the Gospels (Matthew 26:17-30)
  • A sacrament / rite of passage usually happening at the same time as confirmation.