Eucharist

====Eastern Orthodox====
Traditionally, the Eastern Orthodox church has required its members to have observed all church-appointed fasts (most weeks, this will be at least Wednesday and Friday) for the week prior to partaking of communion, and to fast from all food and water from midnight the night before. In addition, Orthodox Christians are to have made a recent confession to their priest (the frequency varying with one's particular priest),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/communion.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721004058/http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/Communion.htm|url-status=dead|title=Preparing to Receive Holy Communion|archive-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> and they must be at peace with all others, meaning that they hold no grudges or anger against anyone.<ref name="How to Prepare for the Eucharist">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgegoc.org/eucharist.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509063618/http://www.stgeorgegoc.org/eucharist.html|url-status=dead|title=How to Prepare for the Eucharist|archive-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> In addition, one is expected to attend [[Vespers]] or the [[All-Night Vigil]], if offered, on the night before receiving communion.<ref name="How to Prepare for the Eucharist"/> Furthermore, various pre-communion prayers have been composed, which many (but not all) Orthodox churches require or at least strongly encourage members to say privately before coming to the Eucharist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/parishinfo/preparation.cfm |title=Preparation for Holy Communion |publisher=Stlukeorthodox.com |date=2001-02-04 |access-date=2019-05-16 |archive-date=25 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125015935/http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/parishinfo/preparation.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, all this will typically vary from priest to priest and jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but abstaining from food and water for several hours beforehand is a fairly universal rule.