Prosphoro and Artos - Communion Bread and Blessed Bread

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Prosphoro and Artos - Communion Bread and Blessed Bread
Dimitra Stavrou-Michalski, Stavroula Stamatis

The prosphoro occupies a very central role in the ecclesiastical life of our Orthodox Church, as it forms in many ways a frame of reference for each one of us: Wheat – a gift of God. The kneading and baking – our own gift. Antidoro – the sharing of blessing and holiness. And above all, the Body of Christ. The artos and artoklasia bring to mind the miracles of Christ and have their roots in the Love Feasts, the common meals of the Faithful during the early Christian years. The priceless opportunity to bake the prosphoro ourselves caused us to enquire a little more into whatever else it might be related to. Exploring the tradition of making prosphoro and artos we wanted to share with others the joy of what we discovered – of the kneading, baking, the stamping, the decorating, about its place in ecclesiastical life, about its place in the Divine Liturgy, about its history –its story– then, now, and forever.

book size (in cm): 17x24
Pages:96
Paperback
Language: English

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The prosphoro occupies a very central role in the ecclesiastical life of our Orthodox Church, as it forms in many ways a frame of reference for each one of us:

wheat - a gift of God

the kneading and baking - our own gift

antidoro - the sharing of blessing and holiness

And above all, the Body of Christ.

The artos and artoclasia bring to mind the miracles of Christ and have their roots in the Love Feasts, the common meals of the Faithful during the early Christian years.

The priceless opportunity to bake the prosphoro ourselves caused us to enquire a little more into whatever else it might be related to. Exploring the tradition of making prosphoro and artos we wanted to share with others the joy of what we discovered - of the kneading, baking, the stamping, the decorating, about its place in ecclesiastical life, about its place in the Divine Liturgy, about its history -its story- then, now, and forever.

Contents

	Prologue to the second edition	8
	INTRODUCTION	13
a.	Bread, daily bread, and the Bread of Life	13
b.	The temptation of the material, and fasting	15
c.	The Mamma, the manna, and the House of Bread	16
	CHAPTER 1	17
	The prosphoro and the Divine Liturgy
a.	The prosphoro as preparation	17
b.	From our heart to the church	18
c.	Prothesis, Offering, Petition, and Holy Communion	19
d.	The prosphoro stamp, the "Vlogero"	23
	CHAPTER 2	25
	The preparation of prosphoro and artos
a.	The prosphoro	25
b.	The artos	44
	CHAPTER 3	49
	Holy stories and miraculous testimonies
a.	From the Gerontikon	49
b.	Hosios Theodosios the Coenobiarch	50
c.	Hosios Theodore the Sykeotis	51
d.	Saint Ahmed	52
e.	Saint Nicholas Planas	53
f.	The blessed Geronta Jacobos Tsalikis	53
	CHAPTER 4	55
	Prosphoro, stamps, and artos from ancient times to today
a.	Wheat, bread, and wine, in the Mediterranean	55
b.	Bread, and the Bread of Life	57
c.	Bread and blessing	59
d.	The stamp in the early years	60
e.	The stamp today	61
f.	The antidoro	63
	CHAPTER 5	65
	True narratives, everyday stories, and a poem
a.	"The Prosphoro"	65
b.	"Mrs. Christina"	68
c.	The Bread	70
	ADDENDUM	71
	instructional steps and preparation of prosforo with the children (For children over eight, and youth)
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	79
	PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLEMENT
	Making prosphoro in Archangelos, Rhodes	81