The Spear (Greek: λόγχη; Slavonic: Копіе́) or Lance is a liturgical implement used during the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Spear symbolizes the lance of Longinus that was used at the time of Christ's death on the Cross to pierce his side, from which flowed blood and water. This event is traditionally interpreted as prefiguring the Sacred Mysteries (Sacraments) of the Eucharist and Baptism. The Spear is one of the Sacred Vessels usually kept on the Table of Oblation (Prothesis), where the bread and wine are prepared for the Eucharist. Often when a Chalice and Diskos (Paten) are made, an Asterisk and a Spoon and Spear will be made to match them. The Spear is normally made of precious metal (or at least plated with silver and/or gold), has a point sharp enough to cut the bread, and will often have a cross at the end of the handle. The Spear is used during the Liturgy of Preparation when the priest cuts the Lamb (Host) out of the Prosphoron (loaf of leavened bread) which will be consecrated to become the Body of Christ. The Spear is also used before Holy Communion to cut the Lamb into pieces for the clergy and faithful to communicate from.

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Notable quotes

“The western tribes of British New Guinea employ a charm to aid the hunter in spearing dugong or turtle. A small beetle, which haunts coco-nut trees, is placed in the hole of the spear-haft into which the spear-head fits. This is supposed to make the spear-head stick fast in the dugong or turtle, just as the beetle sticks fast to a man’s skin when it bites him.”
— Sir James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (ed. 1922) ch. 3, sec. 2
“Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears.”
— Bob Hilliard, "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (1947)
“And nigh to him came Achilles, the peer of Enyalius, warrior of the waving helm, brandishing over his right shoulder the Pelian ash, his terrible spear.”
— Homer, Iliad, bk. 22, l. 131 (tr. A. T. Murray, 1925)
“Odin rides first with the gold helmet and a fair birnie, and his spear, which is called Gungnir. He shall go forth against Fenris-Wolf, and Thor stands forward on his other side, and can be of no avail to him, because he shall have his hands full to fight against the Midgard Serpent.”
— Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, ch. 51 (tr. A. G. Brodeur, 1916)
“His poynant speare, that many made to bleed.”
— Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, bk. 1, c. 7, st. 19 (1590)
“Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion (1977) 5: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

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The Spear (Greek: λόγχη; Slavonic: Копіе́) or Lance is a liturgical implement used during the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Spear symbolizes the lance of Longinus that was used at the time of Christ's death on the Cross to pierce his side, from which flowed blood and water. This event is traditionally interpreted as prefiguring the Sacred Mysteries (Sacraments) of the Eucharist and Baptism. The Spear is one of the Sacred Vessels usually kept on the Table of Oblation (Prothesis), where the bread and wine are prepared for the Eucharist. Often when a Chalice and Diskos (Paten) are made, an Asterisk and a Spoon and Spear will be made to match them. The Spear is normally made of precious metal (or at least plated with silver and/or gold), has a point sharp enough to cut the bread, and will often have a cross at the end of the handle. The Spear is used during the Liturgy of Preparation when the priest cuts the Lamb (Host) out of the Prosphoron (loaf of leavened bread) which will be consecrated to become the Body of Christ. The Spear is also used before Holy Communion to cut the Lamb into pieces for the clergy and faithful to communicate from.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Spear (Greek: λόγχη; Slavonic: Копіе́) or Lance is a liturgical implement used during the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Notable quotes

“The western tribes of British New Guinea employ a charm to aid the hunter in spearing dugong or turtle. A small beetle, which haunts coco-nut trees, is placed in the hole of the spear-haft into which the spear-head fits. This is supposed to make the spear-head stick fast in the dugong or turtle, just as the beetle sticks fast to a man’s skin when it bites him.”
— Sir James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (ed. 1922) ch. 3, sec. 2
“Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears.”
— Bob Hilliard, "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (1947)
“And nigh to him came Achilles, the peer of Enyalius, warrior of the waving helm, brandishing over his right shoulder the Pelian ash, his terrible spear.”
— Homer, Iliad, bk. 22, l. 131 (tr. A. T. Murray, 1925)
“Odin rides first with the gold helmet and a fair birnie, and his spear, which is called Gungnir. He shall go forth against Fenris-Wolf, and Thor stands forward on his other side, and can be of no avail to him, because he shall have his hands full to fight against the Midgard Serpent.”
— Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, ch. 51 (tr. A. G. Brodeur, 1916)
“His poynant speare, that many made to bleed.”
— Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, bk. 1, c. 7, st. 19 (1590)
“Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion (1977) 5: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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