http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/04/priest-makes-bread-rise-without-yeast/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/09/04/priest-makes-bread-rise-without-yeast/comment-page-1/#comment-219 OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » The Miracle of Prozimi Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:08:58 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=830#comment-219 [...] A couple weeks ago, I posted a 1927 article about a Greek priest in Connecticut who claimed to have made bread rise without the use of yeast. Instead, he used holy water, and this was apparently done in the context of a church service. I had never heard of such a thing, but I was quickly informed that it is an old tradition among Greek Orthodox, being observed on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, which those of us on the New Calendar celebrated on Monday. [...]

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