{"id":77343,"date":"2015-12-30T21:21:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period"},"modified":"2017-10-01T20:21:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T17:21:49","slug":"may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/","title":{"rendered":"May the woman participate at the Lord’s Supper during her menstrual period?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nQuestion:<\/p>\n

\nA subject\u00a0that still bothers me has appeared in our church. Is it a sin to take part at the Lord’s Supper (the breaking of bread), if you are in that period of the month of women’s problems (during the menstrual period)? There is written in the Bible that the one who is not clean must not touch the sacred things, but this was true in the Law, but in the New Testament I could not find anything on this subject. Thank you.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"May
God is very specific about His will regarding the things which\u00a0relate to our relationship with Him and with other people. If we talk about the breaking of bread, this relates to our relationship with God and the Bible gives specific indications of how to take the breaking of bread and shows us what is the breaking of bread.\u00a0If it had not been allowed for a woman to participate at the breaking of bread during her menstrual period\u00a0or to enter the church and to take part in worship, this subject would have been clearly written in the Scriptures, but\u00a0nowhere in the New Testament is mentioned anything about it. In the book of Hebrews chapter 10:1 is written that the Law (the Old Covenant) is the\u00a0shadow of\u00a0the good things to come, in other words, the customs of this covenant pointed to what we have now in the New Covenant. The clean and unclean things had as a purpose to prove that\u00a0not everything is allowed and accepted by God. Moreover, according to the law of the Old Testament, nobody, except the male Levites, had the right to touch the sacred things! But in the Temple of God not everyone had the right to enter, even from the people of Israel. In the Holy of Holies, which represented the presence of God, even the priests\u00a0did not have the right to enter,\u00a0except for the\u00a0High Priest, who had the right to enter once a year. But in the New Covenant we all have the right\u00a0to\u00a0enter the Holy place by the sacrifice of Jesus:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nAnd so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven\u2019s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By His death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. (Hebrews 10:19-20)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If we guide ourselves by the law of the Old Covenant, then the access to it would have only the successors of Aaron. Still, the differences which the Old Covenand made were to help us to understand the mission of salvation which God would realize later through Jesus Christ in the New Covenant\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nFor the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. (Hebrews 10:1)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the apostle Paul specifies clearly that in Christ our national origins, social position or gender do not matter:<\/p>\n

\nAnd all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God\u2019s promise to Abraham belongs to you. (Galatians 3:27-29)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another convincing proof in this regard is the story desribed in several gospels, about the woman who had\u00a0suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding and\u00a0touched in secret Jesus’ robe and was cured of her bleeding:<\/p>\n

\nA woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind Him through the crowd and touched His robe. For she thought to herself, \u201cIf I can just touch His robe, I will be healed.\u201d Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from Him, so He turned around in the crowd and asked, \u201cWho touched My robe?\u201d His disciples said to Him, \u201cLook at this crowd pressing around You. How can You ask, \u2018Who touched Me?\u2019\u201d But He kept on looking around to see who had done it. Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of Him and told Him what she had done. And He said to her, \u201cDaughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.\u201d
(Mark 5:25-34)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From this text we see that a woman, who,\u00a0according to the requirements of the Old Covenant, was qualified as unclean,was not only rejected and punished for having touched the\u00a0Holy One of Israel (namely the Lord Jesus) but was saved by faith.
\nSo, we have no reasons to suppose that a woman at her menstrual period does not have the right to \u00a0participate at the Lord’s Supper (the breaking of bread).
\nI recommend you to do the Precept Bible Study ,,Covenant”, which addresses the subject of the Lord’s Supper in one of the lessons.\n<\/p>\n

Translated by Marcela Tasca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: A subject\u00a0that still bothers me has appeared in our church. Is it a sin to take part at the Lord’s Supper (the breaking of bread), if you are in that period of the month of women’s problems (during the menstrual period)? There is written in the Bible that the one who is not clean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":77344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[11278,11279,18134,18135,18136,18137,18138],"class_list":{"0":"post-77343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-answer-from-the-bible","8":"tag-the-new-covenant","9":"tag-the-old-covenant","10":"tag-the-lords-supper","11":"tag-the-breaking-of-bread","12":"tag-menstruation","13":"tag-the-woman-during-her-menstrual-period","14":"tag-impurity","15":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMay the woman participate at the breaking of bread during her period of menstrual impurity?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New Testament makes no reference to whether the woman is or is not allowed to participate at the Lord's Supper during her periods.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May the woman participate at the Lord's Supper during her menstrual period?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New Testament makes no reference to whether the woman is or is not allowed to participate at the Lord's Supper during her periods.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moldova Cre\u0219tin\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moldovacrestina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-30T19:21:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-01T17:21:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.moldovacrestina.md\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1075\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"605\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anastasia Filat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@moldovacrestina\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@moldovacrestina\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anastasia Filat\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anastasia Filat\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2ee75aca099062ac8880ffa7575a4aeb\"},\"headline\":\"May the woman participate at the Lord’s Supper during her menstrual period?\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-30T19:21:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-01T17:21:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":939,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/fem.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"the new covenant\",\"the old covenant\",\"the Lord's Supper\",\"the breaking of bread\",\"menstruation\",\"the woman during her menstrual period\",\"impurity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Answers from the Bible\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/\",\"name\":\"May the woman participate at the breaking of bread during her period of menstrual impurity?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/fem.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-30T19:21:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-01T17:21:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2ee75aca099062ac8880ffa7575a4aeb\"},\"description\":\"The New Testament makes no reference to whether the woman is or is not allowed to participate at the Lord's Supper during her periods.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/fem.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/fem.jpg\",\"width\":1075,\"height\":605},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Prima pagin\u0103\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Answers from the Bible\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/answer-from-the-bible\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"May the woman participate at the Lord’s Supper during her menstrual period?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Moldova Cre\u0219tin\u0103\",\"description\":\"R\u0103spunsuri relevante \u0219i actuale din Biblie\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2ee75aca099062ac8880ffa7575a4aeb\",\"name\":\"Anastasia Filat\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50c6c7c3ea8d39be8e58ea9617c8e1b8f9be234289757ef7156664ff8e090478?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50c6c7c3ea8d39be8e58ea9617c8e1b8f9be234289757ef7156664ff8e090478?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50c6c7c3ea8d39be8e58ea9617c8e1b8f9be234289757ef7156664ff8e090478?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anastasia Filat\"},\"description\":\"Sunt mam\u0103 a 3 copii \u0219i profesoar\u0103 \u00een cadrul Institutului de Studii Biblice Inductive din Moldova. De asemenea, \u00eel ajut pe so\u021bul meu, Vasile Filat, \u00een p\u0103storirea Bisericii \\\"Buna Vestire\\\" din Chi\u0219in\u0103u.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moldovacrestina.md\\\/en\\\/author\\\/filat-nastica\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"May the woman participate at the breaking of bread during her period of menstrual impurity?","description":"The New Testament makes no reference to whether the woman is or is not allowed to participate at the Lord's Supper during her periods.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"May the woman participate at the Lord's Supper during her menstrual period?","og_description":"The New Testament makes no reference to whether the woman is or is not allowed to participate at the Lord's Supper during her periods.","og_url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/","og_site_name":"Moldova Cre\u0219tin\u0103","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moldovacrestina\/","article_published_time":"2015-12-30T19:21:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-01T17:21:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1075,"height":605,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.moldovacrestina.md\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anastasia Filat","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@moldovacrestina","twitter_site":"@moldovacrestina","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anastasia Filat","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/"},"author":{"name":"Anastasia Filat","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2ee75aca099062ac8880ffa7575a4aeb"},"headline":"May the woman participate at the Lord’s Supper during her menstrual period?","datePublished":"2015-12-30T19:21:18+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-01T17:21:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/"},"wordCount":939,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","keywords":["the new covenant","the old covenant","the Lord's Supper","the breaking of bread","menstruation","the woman during her menstrual period","impurity"],"articleSection":["Answers from the Bible"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/","url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/","name":"May the woman participate at the breaking of bread during her period of menstrual impurity?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-30T19:21:18+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-01T17:21:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2ee75aca099062ac8880ffa7575a4aeb"},"description":"The New Testament makes no reference to whether the woman is or is not allowed to participate at the Lord's Supper during her periods.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","width":1075,"height":605},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/may-a-woman-participate-at-the-lords-supper-during-her-menstrual-period\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prima pagin\u0103","item":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Answers from the Bible","item":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"May the woman participate at the Lord’s Supper during her menstrual period?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/","name":"Moldova Cre\u0219tin\u0103","description":"R\u0103spunsuri relevante \u0219i actuale din Biblie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2ee75aca099062ac8880ffa7575a4aeb","name":"Anastasia Filat","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c6c7c3ea8d39be8e58ea9617c8e1b8f9be234289757ef7156664ff8e090478?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c6c7c3ea8d39be8e58ea9617c8e1b8f9be234289757ef7156664ff8e090478?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c6c7c3ea8d39be8e58ea9617c8e1b8f9be234289757ef7156664ff8e090478?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anastasia Filat"},"description":"Sunt mam\u0103 a 3 copii \u0219i profesoar\u0103 \u00een cadrul Institutului de Studii Biblice Inductive din Moldova. De asemenea, \u00eel ajut pe so\u021bul meu, Vasile Filat, \u00een p\u0103storirea Bisericii \"Buna Vestire\" din Chi\u0219in\u0103u.","url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/author\/filat-nastica\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","video_meta":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fem.jpg","wpml":{"language_code":"en","locale":"en_US","text_direction":false,"display_name":"English","native_name":"Englez\u0103","different_language":false},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81251,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/is-it-allowed-to-use-leavened-bread-for-the-lords-supper\/","url_meta":{"origin":77343,"position":0},"title":"Is it allowed to use leavened bread for the Lord’s Supper?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"June 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What kind of bread did early Christians use to celebrate Passover? Why is leavened bread used at the Lord\u2019s Supper now? In the New Testament it is made a distinction between bread made with yeast dough (Greek artos) and unleavened bread, i.e. bread made of unleavened dough (Greek zume).\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Answers from the Bible","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/russian-orthodox-eucharist.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/russian-orthodox-eucharist.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/russian-orthodox-eucharist.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":243584,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/was-there-the-tradition-of-breaking-the-bread-before-jesus-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":77343,"position":1},"title":"Was there the tradition of breaking the bread before Jesus Christ?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"January 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"QUESTION: Hello! I understood from the Internet that Jesus did not establish the breaking of the bread, but it was a Jewish tradition, is it true? I want to know God more and I do not know how to approach Him, I am afraid that if I deepen, I will\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Doctrine","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/doctrine-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-existat-traditia-frangerii-painii-inainte-de-isus-hristos-the-lord-s-supper-somber-or-cheerful-0i8qdn5n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-existat-traditia-frangerii-painii-inainte-de-isus-hristos-the-lord-s-supper-somber-or-cheerful-0i8qdn5n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-existat-traditia-frangerii-painii-inainte-de-isus-hristos-the-lord-s-supper-somber-or-cheerful-0i8qdn5n.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-existat-traditia-frangerii-painii-inainte-de-isus-hristos-the-lord-s-supper-somber-or-cheerful-0i8qdn5n.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/a-existat-traditia-frangerii-painii-inainte-de-isus-hristos-the-lord-s-supper-somber-or-cheerful-0i8qdn5n.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52360,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/how-often-the-lords-supper-should-be-celebrated\/","url_meta":{"origin":77343,"position":2},"title":"How often the Lord’s Supper should be celebrated?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"March 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I have recently received a question from a reader of the portal Moldova Cre\u0219tin\u0103 My question is if the Lord\u2019s Supper should be celebrated more times a year,\u00a0because the Bible says that only\u00a0the Easter Supper should be celebrated. And why it is not officiated when the Bible says it has\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Answers from the Bible","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52964,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/is-it-allowed-to-have-sexual-relations-with-your-wife-or-husband-before-the-lords-supper\/","url_meta":{"origin":77343,"position":3},"title":"Is it allowed to have sexual relations with your wife or husband before the Lord’s Supper?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"June 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I received a question from a reader of the portal Moldova Cre\u0219tin\u0103 Brother Vasile, I see that you are a priest who speaks and answers questions that other priests don\u2019t talk about. And I think this is a good thing, because there is a vacuum of information about sexuality,\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Answers from the Bible","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83689,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/can-you-take-part-in-the-lords-supper-being-unbaptized\/","url_meta":{"origin":77343,"position":4},"title":"Are you allowed to take part in the Lord’s Supper if you have not yet been baptized?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"September 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How can I explain the fact that it is not okay to take the Lord\u2019s supper if you have not yet been baptized? I understand this teaching but I also know that in some churches, people are allowed to take the Lord\u2019s supper without being baptized. So, is it\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Answers from the Bible","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83038,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/eucharist-transubstantiation-lords-supper\/","url_meta":{"origin":77343,"position":5},"title":"The Doctrine of the Eucharist – Is the Body and Blood of Christ present?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"January 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am interested in the Eucharist. Specifically, I want to know is the bread and wine just a symbol of the body and blood of Jesus Christ or as the Catholic and Orthodox churches teach, are they actually the body and blood of Jesus Christ? I would appreciate a\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Answers from the Bible","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/answer-from-the-bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}