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The Eucharist is at the center of Eastern Christian faith communities, both Orthodox and Eastern Catholic.
Orthodox Eastern Christians affirm the real presence in the Sacred Mysteries ( consecrated bread and wine ) which they believe to be the actual Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
The Eucharist is normally received in the context of the Divine Liturgy.
The bread and wine are believed to become the genuine Body and Blood of the Christ Jesus through the operation of the Holy Spirit.
The Eastern Orthodox Church has never described exactly how this occurs, or gone into the detail that the Roman Catholic Church has with the doctrine of transubstantiation.
This doctrine was formulated after the Great Schism took place, and the Eastern Orthodox churches have never formally affirmed or denied it, preferring to state simply that it is a " Mystery ", while at the same time using, as in the 1672 Synod of Jerusalem, language that might look similar as to one that is used by the Roman Catholic Church.

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