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Communion re-established in Anglican church

Holy Innocent's Church is one of the Anglican churches where the new protocols would be set in place. (Photo by Kiara Smith)
By Kiara Smith on Monday, 4 April, 2022 at 07:40 PM

 

Communion in Anglican churches will be reintroduced on Palm Sunday.

This was disclosed in a statement from, the Rt. Reverend Michael Maxwell to all Anglican churches across Barbados, giving them the all-clear for communion to resume this coming Sunday.

Churches were one of the institutions not allowed to reopen when the COVID-19 pandemic began two years ago. Since then, the country had slowly started to recuperate, and churches were only permitted to accept a certain number of people to worship.  

As Barbados continues to gradually reopen, some things that could not be done during the earlier times in the pandemic, are now being brought back.

Reverend at the Holy Innocents church in St. Thomas, Peter Boxill said: “We are permitted to do communion but only by what is called intinction. That is where the host [bread] is lightly dipped in the wine and then it’s placed in the hands of the communicants, who would then put it into their mouths and consume it.”

The priest added that intinction was implemented since the church was no longer allowed to do communion using the chalice, which is the cup that all the confirmed congregation drinks wine from, that represents the vessel that Jesus used at the “Last Supper” to serve wine.

However, Reverend Boxill said other practices outside of communion such as the washing of the feet will begin again during Holy Week which is from the 10th to the 16th of April.  He stated the Anglican churches are at a stage where some things that were set aside can be introduced, but with slight changes, as announced by the bishop.

He stated, “The washing of the feet where normally you would actually handle the person’s foot and wash it but now, we are not allowed to physically touch the person as it were, so it’s just the pouring on of water and then just drying with the towel or tissue in some instances”.

The reverend added that this will be the way forward unless there is some major upheaval in terms of Covid-19 or some other factor that would prevent the church from being able to do their regular practices.

 

 

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