Spiritual renewal - Communion in the church.

About two thousand years ago, during the Last Supper, Jesus Christ, breaking bread, distributed bits of his pupils; Then offered to drink wine from the common bowl. Before suffering and death on the cross, the Son of God thus joined his followers. Bread and wine symbolized the body and blood of Christ, given for all mankind. Since then, the communion in the church has become a great mystery of the union of any person, a Christian with God. Accepting some of the flesh and blood of Christ, we confirm our involvement in the Church of Christ and bring ourselves closer to eternal life.
Communion is included in the seven Great Sacraments performed in the Christian Church: Baptism, Chrismation, Confession (Confession), Communion (Eucharist), Unction (Sobor), Sacrament of Marriage, Sacrament of the Priesthood. Communion is inextricably linked with another Sacrament - Confession. It is like two acts of one action: liberation from sin and filling the purified spiritual space with grace. According to church rules, Communion is unacceptable without prior confession on Confession. The exception is children: Communion of children in the church is possible without confession until the age of seven. After seven years, every baptized child should also confess.
Communion in the church should be the result of a long and deep inner preparation for the Sacrament. This event is necessarily preceded by a post (the minimum period is three days), the exclusion of entertainment and entertainment from everyday life. The days before the Confession must be more diligent than usual, to pray, to read the Gospel, to try to temporarily forget about worldly worries and to step back from them. It is necessary to cleanse your soul from evil and grievances, that is, to forgive and reconcile with those who have offended you and whom you have offended. From twelve o'clock in the morning on the day of the Eucharist, you should not eat, drink, smoke. The morning begins with prayers.
This spiritual preparatory work is very important, so that the Communion in the church will not become a formality. The rules are strictly enforced, but for the believer they are not burdensome, since they are rather an internal need, rather than observance of the rite.

According to the ecclesiastical tradition, the Sacrament of Communion is performed in the days of all fasting. During Lent, adults can take communion on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, children under seven years old - on Saturday and Sunday.
Before the Eucharist you should talk to your confessor. He will tell about all the subtleties of the procedure of the Sacrament, will tell what prayers should be read before this event, how to behave in the temple.
Every believer should regularly (up to twice a month) perform the Communion. In the church this sacrament is performed with all those who have prepared for it and can come to the temple. If a person is seriously ill, relatives can agree with the priest on the performance of the Sacraments of Confession and Communion at home. But in this case all the preliminary preparation should be carried out. The Eucharist is not only spiritual cleansing and renewal. It is also a powerful impetus to physical healing. Therefore, it is so important to introduce the Children to the Sacraments. A pregnant woman who has communicated gives a spiritual and physical stimulus for the development of her child in the womb. But this happens when Communism is not expected from Communion. Only true faith is able to reunite a Christian with God at the time of receiving His flesh and blood. Grace will be felt in the soul and in the body.
At the Last Supper, Christ bequeathed to the apostles that the Communion in the church be preserved and performed always, until the end of the world as a memory of His suffering and death on the cross for the salvation of all people: "This do in remembrance of Me." Therefore, the Sacrament is of such great importance for every Christian.