Orthodox worship is designed to ensure that people participate in conciliar prayer and thereby receive spiritual benefit for themselves. In the temple, a believer can not only receive peace of mind, but also come in contact with the shrines.
The main worship of the Orthodox Church, crowning the entire daily cycle of church services, is the Divine Liturgy. During this service, Christians partake of the Body and Blood of Christ. In addition to this greatest shrine for the Orthodox person in the temple, you can also taste the so-called artos, but this happens much less often.
Artos is called a special bread, blessed only once a year - during the Easter Easter week. It is a specially prepared yeast bread (the name arthos is from the Greek language and is translated as "bread"). In church tradition, sometimes artos is called the complete prosphora to the extent that particles from proskomidia are not removed from the artos. Artos is not used in preparation for the Divine Liturgy.
Already in the twelfth century, mentions of the consecrated artos appear. Currently, on this shrine, it is customary to depict the holy cross from above.
Arthos are sanctified by reading a special prayer at the end of the Easter liturgy. After that, the bread is placed on a specially prepared table and placed opposite the open royal doors. For the duration of the worship, the artoses are removed to the side so that the clergy can freely pass during the church service by the royal gates.
After the consecration of the artos, the entire Bright Week is on a salt. During the authorized religious processions in the days after Easter with artos, an awe is made around the church.
On Saturday of Holy Week, at the end of the liturgy, the artos are cut and handed out to believers for reverent communion with the shrine. Traditionally, before eating arthos, it is customary to sing or read the Easter troparion or other Sunday prayers.
