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[[Image:Zapivka.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The faithful partaking of ''zapivka'', Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church, Düsseldorf]]
'''Zapivka''' (Russian: Запивка, "washing down") is the liturgical practice in the Orthodox Church whereby the faithful will partake of ''[[antidoron]]'' (blessed bread) and some wine diluted with warm water after receiving [[Holy Communion]].<ref>Isabel Hapgood, ''Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic Church'', (Englewood NJ: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, 1975), p 119</ref>
