Andrei D
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So I have an honest question.
Do any of you have the practice where people lots of bottles of oil and big bags of flour for the Unction service? They are all blessed and people take them home. I was never sure what they do with that - I know that some use it to cook or to make little breads or something. Is it common in other sister Churches?
Here in US, we do the service once during the Great Lent, and rarely for people who are very sick whenever necessary. In Romania, however, some parishes do this weekly and if you count it up we're talking hundreds of bottles of oil a month. What is that?
Now one question is if it is a Sacrament, can it really be taken home?
Do any of you have the practice where people lots of bottles of oil and big bags of flour for the Unction service? They are all blessed and people take them home. I was never sure what they do with that - I know that some use it to cook or to make little breads or something. Is it common in other sister Churches?
Here in US, we do the service once during the Great Lent, and rarely for people who are very sick whenever necessary. In Romania, however, some parishes do this weekly and if you count it up we're talking hundreds of bottles of oil a month. What is that?
Now one question is if it is a Sacrament, can it really be taken home?
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