{"id":2518,"date":"2020-01-15T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.episcopalchurch.org\/?page_id=2518"},"modified":"2021-01-07T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:33:28","slug":"communion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/what-we-believe\/communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div\n      class=\"wp-block-episcopal-hero-banner alignfull\"\n            style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/ourbeliefs.jpg)\"\n          >\n      <div\n        class=\"hero-banner\"\n      >\n        <div class=\"hero-banner-wrapper\">\n          <h1 class=\"episcopal-hero-title\">\n                        What We Believe                      <\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"episcopal-hero-description\">\n                      <\/div>\n                    <ul class=\"social-nav\">\n                                              <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holy Communion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wistia-inc wp-block-embed-wistia-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Worship Service in English Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/5vok7oajo8?dnt=1#?secret=0ziZkyCgRB\" data-secret=\"0ziZkyCgRB\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>A full English language worship service from Christ Church in Rye, NY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2519\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/communion_episcopal-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It goes by several names: Holy Communion, the Eucharist (which literally means &#8220;thanksgiving&#8221;), the Lord\u2019s Supper, the Mass. 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