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Prosphora
A
prosphoron
(,
offering
) is a small loaf of leavened
bread
used in
Orthodox Christian
and
Greek Catholic (Byzantine)
liturgies
. The plural form is
prosphora
. The term originally meant any
offering
made to a
temple
, but in Orthodox Christianity it has come to mean specifically the bread offered at the
Divine Liturgy
(Eucharist).
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