United Methodists have taken the first step toward full communion with Episcopalians and most Lutherans after their bishops approved an agreement to share the Eucharist, with members of the two other ...
Interest in Eastern Orthodoxy has been rising for several decades. At a time when many churches simplify and repackage their messages in current idioms that can seem shallow and ephemeral, Orthodoxy ...
In the Orthodox tradition, Communion is considered the main sacrament in which a person unites with Christ, accepting His Body and Blood under the guise of bread and wine. This moment is the peak of ...
COMMENTARY: A century after the modern ecumenical movement began, recent events within the Anglican Communion in the Orthodox ...
“World Wide Communion symbolized the effort to hold things together in a spiritual sense. It emphasized that we are one in the Spirit and the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” his son Donald told the ...
Communion is the strongest of human desires. Its sense of belonging drives our actions and creativity as we strive to make our mark, create our legacy or express our love. Communion is a passion that ...
Embodied community is at the uncompromising heart of what Christian community means, lest the experience of “church” be reduced to that of an idea. (Hristo Rusev / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Among ...
(RNS) — As Christian churches cancel in-person services to avoid contracting or spreading the novel coronavirus, many have rushed to embrace “virtual” Communion: Some celebrate via livestream; others ...
In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a 1,300-year-old loaf of bread that bears an image of Jesus’ face. This extraordinary find, believed to be a relic from early ...