Metropolitan Cyprian [II] of Oropos and Phyle | September
21, 2025 (O.S.)
With deep sorrow we read that at
a Conference held in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, among other
things, the issue of incense for those with allergies and Holy Communion
with prosphoron made from gluten-free flour were discussed!
And indeed, on the second day of
the Conference, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated, designed “...with various
adaptations – including interpretation in sign language, hypoallergenic
incense, and Holy Communion adapted to dietary sensitivities...”!
No one disputes the many health
problems that afflict people.
One could say that for someone to
suffer a little for Christ, it shall be reckoned to him as martyrdom.
However, we are not concerned
with the use of “hypoallergenic incense.” The great problem, which touches the
bounds of heresy, is the innovation with the prosphoron. That is, will
there be churches where either two Divine Liturgies will be celebrated or there
will be two Holy Chalices with the label “gluten-free”??? Away with such
blasphemy!
A Doctor of Pharmacy, with
gluten intolerance, testified with awe that she communes the Body and Blood of
Christ without any problem, while she exhibits symptoms when she eats a piece
of antidoron, no matter how small it is!
The Body and Blood of Christ
are medicine of life and immortality, and only thus are they to be regarded.
All else is of the evil one, such as the disposable spoons that had been
invented by the head of the said Archdiocese during the period of the
coronavirus.
Enough already! Let us not play
“where play is not permitted”!…
Greek source: https://www.imoph.org/pdfs/2025/10/04/20251004aEn-ou-paiktois.pdf
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