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The Great Entrance occurs at a later point during the [[Divine Liturgy]] when the bread and wine to be offered are carried from the [[Table of oblation]], located at the north side of the sanctuary (sometimes occupying its own apse), out the North Door and back through the Holy Doors to be placed on the altar. This entrance interrupts the [[Cherubic Hymn]] and is accompanied by a series of intercessions formulated according to the customs of the [[jurisdiction]].
The [[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts]], celebrated on Wednesdays and Fridays during [[Great Lent]], and is a [[Vespers]] service combined with the distribution of [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]] that had been consecrated the previous Sunday. The Great Entrance is performed not with bread prepared for the offering but with bread that has already been consecrated, and in complete silence and subdued reverence.
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