The eucharist is the center of life in the Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Church is a eucharistic community. It is the completion of all of the Church's other sacraments. It is the source and the goal of all of the Church's doctrines and institutions.
At The majority of scholars of the end of his life ChristLast Supper do not belive that it was a Passover meal, a position consistent with the Jewish Messiah, ate account given by the Gospel of Saint John. A minority believe that it was a seder or Passover meal , a position consistent with his [[disciple]]sthe Synoptic Gospels. Originally However,as Enrico Mazza has argued, the minority view "remains a ritual supper in commemoration of theological interpretation. The historical fact is that the liberation Last Supper was not a Passover celebration and, consequently, that its liturgy was not that of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, the Jewish Passover meal was transformed by Christ into an act done in ''remembrance" ('' The Celebration of him, the Eucharist: The Origin of his life, death and resurrection as the new Rite and eternal Passover Lamb who frees men from the slavery Development of evilIts Interpretation'' [Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, ignorance and death and transfers them into the everlasting life of the Kingdom of God1999] pp. 25-26).
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