Last Supper

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith

2 questions

• QWhy in the Divine Liturgy, do we say that 'our Lord Jesus Christ mixed the cup of wine and water' at the Last Supper even though it is not mentioned in any of the four…
• QWhen celebrating the Passover, our Lord Jesus, Himself a Jew, used unleavened bread. Why does the Coptic Orthodox Church, for Holy Communion, use leavened bread instead?

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