The wine which is used in Holy Communion.
Name - Origin
The wine which is used in Holy Communion. Commandaria or another fine wine is used as naman. Not every wine can be used in church as naman. Pharmakidou XP (2003, p. 325)
Functional and symbolic role
Often wine is called nama, because the holy wine is obtained from it. "Do not spill the naman of Christ" i.e. do not spill the wine, which is used as nama of Christ. Commandaria or another fine wine is used as naman. Not every wine can be used in church as naman. Pharmakidou XP (2003, p. 325)
Additional information and bibliography
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Glossary of Xenophon P. Pharmakidou, [Materials for the compilation of the Historical Dictionary of the Cypriot Dialect, part B', ed. T. D. Kypri], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
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Traditional Recipes
Wine
"We leave the wine in the barrel for forty days and then pour it again through the strainer into a wooden barrel or pot. It will stay there for another three months or so, at which point it's ready…