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The Liturgy of Preparation, also Prothesis (Ancient Greek: Πρόθεσις, lit. 'a setting forth') [ 1 ] or Proskomedia ( Προσκομιδή Proskomidē 'an offering, an oblation'), is the name given in the Eastern Orthodox Church [ note 1 ] to the act of preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist .
Within this area is the altar table, which is more often called the holy table or throne; the apse containing the high place at the center back with a throne for the bishop and the synthronos, or seats for the priests, on either side; the Chapel of Prothesis on the north side where the offerings are prepared in the Proskomedia before being ...
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However, only the priest who will be performing the Liturgy of Preparation (traditionally, the youngest priest in terms of the date of his ordination) will say the entrance prayers with the deacons in the manner prescribed above, vest, and begin the Liturgy of Preparation; the other priests remain in choir dress.
The Lamb and particles placed on the diskos during the Divine Liturgy. In the part of the Divine Liturgy known as the Liturgy of Preparation (Proskomedia), a cube is cut from the center of the prosphoron, and is referred to as the Lamb (Ancient Greek: Ἀμνός, romanized: Amnos).
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The first Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the new church temple on the Orthodox Feast of Palm Sunday, 2011. The temple was formally opened with the Service of Consecration on December 3, 2011, presided over by Bishops Joseph and Benjamin, and attended by over sixty priests and deacons, and hundreds of laity.
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