A priest can give communion to people in Hospitals, how does he transport it?

Khas.

Thanks

jonathan_

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Thanks

A small amount of the Body is dipped in the Blood, then placed in a small box designed for this purpose (which is consecrated, and cannot be touched by anyone below a subdeacon, like the rest of the vessels). He must leave directly from the Liturgy. He cannot great anyone, or hear any confessions, etc.

joeg

The box jonathan_ mentioned is called the ذخىرة  (zakhira) in Arabic. It looks something like this:

minatasgeel

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Thanks

A small amount of the Body is dipped in the Blood, then placed in a small box designed for this purpose (which is consecrated, and cannot be touched by anyone below a subdeacon, like the rest of the vessels). He must leave directly from the Liturgy. He cannot great anyone, or hear any confessions, etc.

Actually, no one can touch it that box (without a lefafa). With a lefafa, it is exactly like the altar vessels. When the body is in it, NO ONE touches it at all except the priest.

JG,
The box itself is not called zakhira but rather what is inside. the word literary mean "ammunition"

joeg

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JG,
The box itself is not called zakhira but rather what is inside. the word literary mean "ammunition"


Thanks for the correction Mina  :)

jonathan_

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[quote author=Khas. link=topic=13503.msg157520#msg157520 date=1341944700]
Thanks

A small amount of the Body is dipped in the Blood, then placed in a small box designed for this purpose (which is consecrated, and cannot be touched by anyone below a subdeacon, like the rest of the vessels). He must leave directly from the Liturgy. He cannot great anyone, or hear any confessions, etc.

Actually, no one can touch it that box (without a lefafa). With a lefafa, it is exactly like the altar vessels. When the body is in it, NO ONE touches it at all except the priest.


Right, all the vessels, including this, may not be touched by anyone below subdeacon, who holds them with a cloth to clean them (though frequently today readers and even chanters do this). When the Body is in it, a bishop, a priest, or a deacon may carry it. A subdeacon may not in this case.