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* Georgian Church, in addition to Georgia proper, claims only small enclaves in northern parts of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan (here's their ecclesiastical map - http://www.orthodoxy.ge/tsnobarebi/eparkiebis_ruka.jpg)
* Maybe Eastern Europe deserves a close-up - it's hard to distinguish boundaries over there. [[User:INK|INK]] 02:09, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
== Mixing Wine and Water - Leavened Bread? ==
Not sure this is the right place for this, so I hope I don't upset anyone. I was hoping to find the answer to this here.
I've been searching for the original church and believe the Orthodox church is as close as one will get. However, there are a number of things I don't understand and do not seem to mesh with Scripture.
Why, in the liturgy, do Priests put water into the wine, the blood of Christ? This seems sacrilegious to me.
Why, in the liturgy, is leavened bread used by the Orthodox? The last supper was a passover meal and would have used unleavened bread. Leaven signifies sin and was not allowed in Jewish homes during Passover.
I have queried other sites on this and gotten some answers, but not the same answers and none with authoritative sources. Does an authoritative answer exist?
[[User:Alf|Al]] 00:26, January 15, 2011 (UTC)
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