Good morning
Does anyone know if there are any norms, canons, guidelines in the Orthodox church regarding the wine than can be used for the Eucharist ? I'd be interested by any document/link on the matter if you know some.
The underlying question is : sweet red wine is commonly used but one of our priest told me he wasn't sure if it was ok to use fortified wine (a fortified wine is a wine in which grape spirit is added to stop fermentation and keep it sweet) and that we should only use wine with nothing added in it. I get it, but if the grape spirit is made with the same must used to make the wine, it's not really an addition, isn't it ?
What do you use in your parish ?
Does anyone know if there are any norms, canons, guidelines in the Orthodox church regarding the wine than can be used for the Eucharist ? I'd be interested by any document/link on the matter if you know some.
The underlying question is : sweet red wine is commonly used but one of our priest told me he wasn't sure if it was ok to use fortified wine (a fortified wine is a wine in which grape spirit is added to stop fermentation and keep it sweet) and that we should only use wine with nothing added in it. I get it, but if the grape spirit is made with the same must used to make the wine, it's not really an addition, isn't it ?
What do you use in your parish ?
