The round leavened bread stamped with "IC XC NIKA", brought by the faithful for the Liturgy.
Prescura se face din făină de grâu, apă, sare și drojdie. Pe ea se imprimă o pecete cu crucea și inițialele „IS HS NI KA” („Iisus Hristos învinge”). Din prescură preotul taie Agnețul, care devine Trupul lui Hristos la Liturghie.
Credincioșii aduc prescuri împreună cu pomelnicul; ce rămâne din ele se împarte la sfârșitul slujbei ca anafură.
See also
- AntidoronThe pieces of blessed bread given to the faithful at the end of the Liturgy; it is not Communion.
- Commemoration listThe list of names of the living and the departed given to the priest to be remembered at the Liturgy.
- Table of OblationThe small table on the left of the sanctuary where the priest prepares the bread and wine and commemorates names.
In the same category
- AntimensionA cloth consecrated by the bishop, showing the burial of Christ; the Liturgy cannot be celebrated without it.
- Baptismal fontThe large vessel in which children are baptised; in Catholic and Protestant churches often a stone basin near the entrance.
- CandleThe faithful light candles on entering the church: separately for the living and for the departed.
- CenserThe metal vessel on chains in which incense burns; the priest censes the icons and the faithful.
- ChaliceThe consecrated cup, usually of precious metal, holding the wine for the Eucharist.
- ConfessionalThe wooden booth in which a Catholic priest hears confession through a grille.