noun
- In Eastern Orthodox and some other Christian traditions, blessed bread distributed to worshippers who do not receive Holy Communion.
Usage: religious; Eastern Orthodox practice
Examples
- The priest distributed antidoron to the congregation at the end of the liturgy.
- Antidoron is offered as a spiritual gift to those not partaking of the Eucharist.
- The antidoron was blessed during the Divine Liturgy.
- Visitors to the Orthodox church received antidoron as a token of fellowship.