The Church as a Eucharistic Assembly

How does the Eucharist shape the Church and the faithful? What is the importance of the assembly—or synaxis? Can there be an individual Eucharist? This is the second in a series of talks given by Fr. Maxym on the nature of the Orthodox Church. This talk was given on September 22, 2021.

00:00 - Significance of the word "assembly"
01:08 - Other words for Eucharist in the New Testament
08:53 - The Eucharist in St. Paul
10:27 - Early Fathers
11:01 - St Ignatius of Antioch - Medicine of Immortality
14:00 - St Irenaeus of Lyons - Eucharist as expression of the faith
19:31 - Later commentators: Dionysius, Maximos, Germanos, Symeon, Cabasilas
21:16 - Summary of Eucharistic theology
27:06 - How the Eucharistic assembly applies to clergy
28:21 - Contemporary Orthodox Theologians
30:00 - Implications of this Eucharistic theology to our lives
36:46 - Asceticism guards the integrity of the Eucharist
37:46 - Final implications and concluding remarks

Father Maxym is the pastor of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, a parish of the Patriarchate of Constantinople located in the heart of Canada’s capital.

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