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Saturday/ Sunday worship goes by a variety of different names for different denominations of Christianity. Holy communion/Eucharist (Anglicans, Catholics, Uniting Church), the Mass (Catholics), Divine Liturgy (Orthodox), and Breaking of the Bread (Baptists) are just some names used. A very small number of Christians, eg Seven Day Adventists, worship on Saturday to maintain a link with the Jewish practice of gathering on Jewish Sabbath: Saturday. All other Christians observe Sunday as the 'Christian Sabbath'. While Christians differ on questions of how to celebrate Sunday Worship, and as to the meaning of the celebration, most Christians can agree on at least some reasons as to why it is important to gather for worship on Sunday or Saturday; * It is common human practice across all cultures to gather for meals to mark significant events * Jesus gathered with his Apostles the night before he died on the Jewish feast of Passover, "gave thanks" and instructed them to "Do this in memory of me". Luke 22:19 * The three synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke all refer to the Last Supper * Jesus and the Disciples shared 'table fellowship' regularly with a variety of outcasts and sinners; however the Last Supper was clearly a solemn gathering distinctive from these other meals. * This regular, ritualised meal is a way of bonding the ekklesia (gathering of Christians) through participating in the collective act of memoria (of Jesus' life, death and resurrection). Although Christians differ significantly along the denominational lines on what they think is happening in this act of remembering.

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