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Artoklasia - Blessing of the Five Loaves Recipe

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The Artoklasia is a service celebrated with five round loaves of bread offered as a sign of devotion for personal or family anniversaries, name days and other feast days.  The five loaves are reminiscent of the five loaves that Jesus Christ blessed in the desert and by which five thousand of His followers were fed.  The artoklasia also symbolizes and brings into practice the Agape meals of the very early Christian communities, signifying the brotherly association established between them by their Orthodox faith. The Agape meals also served a charitable purpose by providing meals to the poor among them.

From ancient times, Artoklasia, the blessed bread of the Orthodox, has affected personal sanctification and helped the individual against bodily infirmities and illnesses.

The Greek term "artoklasia" derives from the words used by the Evangelists describing the Last Supper when Christ "broke bread" and offered it to His disciples as His own Body.

 

 

 

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