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What other utensils are used?

Q652 · The Holy Utensils

  • a. A small box for incense, usually made of silver or carved wood.
  • b. The ewer and basin that are used for washing the hands of the priest during liturgical services.
  • c. The basket of the oblation is a small basket in which the holy bread is placed, one of which the priest chooses as the “Lamb” to become the Body of Christ.
1258 Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare and A. J. MacLean. Rituale Armenorum (United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, 1978): p. 114.
  • d. Musical instruments: Coptic hymns, first and foremost, rely on the one natural instrument: the human voice. However, we use some primitive instruments such as the triangle and cymbals.