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In order for the                                   Water is a symbol of the
          flour to be united,                              “Holy Spirit” that brings together and unites the
                                                            whole Church together. Each one of us is a member of
          and make ONE                                      the one Body of Church and the Head of that body is
          dough, the baker has to                           Christ Himself. “For we, though many, are one
               add water to                                 bread and one body; for we all partake of that
                gather all the                             one bread.” (1 Corinthians 10:17)
                 grains of flour.






                                                     While
                                                   Baking the
                                                    Korban...

                                       Yeast is added to
                                     the Korbana dough to                        We do not
                                     make it grow bigger.                        add salt to the
                   Yeast         Did you know that Yeast is a   This Bread (Korba-  Korbana dough. Salt
               reminds us of sin that Christ   living bacteria, once it is   na) will become the Body of
             carried in His Holy Body on the   baked in the oven, the   Christ when Abouna prays   is usually added to
            Cross. As the fire deactivates the   yeast doesn’t grow   the prayers of the Liturgy.   make food stay fresh
           yeast, also Christ disabled the original   anymore!  This Bread should be made   and not to get spoiled.
           sin with His redemption on our behalf       with no salt to remind   Also, salt makes
           on the Cross. He disabled sin and paid        us that the Body of   food taste
            our debt for our redemption. That is          Christ never seen   better.
             why when Christ established the                  corruption.
            Sacrament of the Eucharist, He used
                   leaven bread.
                 “And He took bread, gave
                  thanks and broke it, and
                  gave it to them, saying,
                    “This is My body!”
                    (Luke 22:19)



                                   The Kourban is
                                 baked on the same
           The Book of Psalms has   day of the Liturgy (on the eve   The circle is round without
            many prophecies and   of the Liturgy or morning of   a beginning and without an   The
              symbols about the   Liturgy) the whole Book of   end, just like the Lord   baker bakes
                Lord Christ.                                  Jesus, “Eternal” without
                           Psalms is prayed while              a beginning and “Immor-  the Kourbana in
                           baking the Korbana                                 the shape of
                                                                 tal” without an end
                                                                               a circle

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