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What do the priest and congregation say during the partaking of the Body and Blood?

The answer

“He who is giving the Body says, ‘This is the body of Christ, which He gave up for our sins.’ The communicant then says, ‘Amen.’ And again, he who is giving the Blood says, ‘This is the blood of Christ, which He shed for us.’ The communicants respond saying, ‘Amen.’”¹⁵⁶⁶

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

¹⁵⁶⁶ Monastery of the Syrians, St. Basil the Great: His Life, Asceticism, and Church Canons (Arabic) (St. Mary’s Monastery (Deir al-Sourian), 2003): p. 545.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.