Euharistie şi Cununie
Eucharist and Marriage

Summary/Abstract: Eucharist and Marriage. In the Orthodox tradition always existed a theological relation between the Sacrament of Marriage and the Eucharist. However, we do not know how this relation was expressed in the sacramental life during the first eight centuries, since the first witness for the Marriage service is found in Barberini Gr. 336 codex (8th century) which contains almost the same order as today, except that the Marriage service is a form of Presanctified Liturgy, during which the newly wedded couple received the reserved Communion from a Eucharistic Liturgy previously celebrated. Recently, a new approach can be seen: a “combination” of the Marriage service with the Eucharistic Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. But, are there any real ancient sources for this practice? Is this structure genuine, or it is only an “innovation”? Which is the impact of this new structure on the ecclesiology? We will try to answer these questions in the following article.

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