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Concelebration. In Christianity, concelebration (from the Latin con + celebrare, 'to celebrate together') is the presiding of a number of presbyters (priests or ministers) at the celebration of the Eucharist with either a presbyter, bishop, or archbishop as the principal celebrant and the other presbyters and (arch)bishops present in the chancel assisting in the consecration of the Eucharist.
An officiant or celebrant is someone who officiates (i.e. leads) at a religious or secular service or ceremony, such as marriage (marriage officiant), burial, namegiving or baptism. [ 1 ] Religious officiants, commonly referred to as celebrants , are usually ordained by a religious denomination as members of the clergy , and charged with ...
The wedding is the flagship ceremony of every culture. Celebrancy is a profession founded in Australia in 1973 by the then Australian attorney-general Lionel Murphy. [1] The aim of the celebrancy program was to authorise persons to officiate at secular ceremonies of substance, meaning and dignity mainly for non-church people.
The ordained celebrant (priest or bishop) is understood to act in persona Christi, as he recalls the words and gestures of Jesus Christ at the Last Supper and leads the congregation in praise of God. The Mass is composed of two parts, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
Eucharist (Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: eucharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving') [1] is the name that Catholic Christians give to the sacrament by which, according to their belief, the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy, generally known as the Mass. [2]
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Celebrant (Australia), person performing formal ceremonies of legal import in Australia; Humanist celebrant, person performing humanist celebrancy services; Celebrancy, officiation of secular ceremonies; Officiant, leader of a service or ceremony; Silverlode, fictional river in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, see Lothlórien#Geography; Celebrants ...
People often choose civil celebrants because they want a professional person to co-create a service centred on the deceased person's life but without any formal religious ceremony. [4]: 164–165 In celebrant ceremonies all decisions about the details of the ceremony are made by the family of the deceased in consultation with the celebrant ...