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                      prepare  the  Christian              result,  find  the  right  to
                      person  for  honor  and  to          participate in the “Eucharist”.
                      move in the kingdom of               (Challaye, 1967: 452)
                      God presence.                     -  Confession      of     Sin,
                  -  Eucharist: The most important         Expression of Repentance
                      rites  and  rituals  of  the         and Forgiveness of Sins:
                      religion  of  Christ  are            It is obligatory for every
                      considered  to  be  eating           Christian  to  confess  his
                      bread and drinking wine,             sin to a priest; of course,
                      which is done in remembrance         this religion is not common
                      of  the  revival  of  the            among Protestants. (Molland,
                      covenant  with  Christ,              1989: 70)
                      and its root is eating the        -  Anointing:  It  is  a  ritual
                      bread  and  wine  that               that  the  priest  prepares
                      Christians  believe  Jesus           the  person  of  the  last
                      did  on  the  last  night  of        moment  of  his  life  for
                      his    life   with     the           the afterlife with special
                      “Apostles”. This custom              prayers and holy olive oil.
                      is performed every Sunday        In addition to these rites and
                      among  Christians;  but        ceremonies,  it  is  necessary  to
                      later  it  was  stopped        state  that  belief  in  the
                      every week and now it is       hierarchy     and    ranks     of
                      done once a year.              Christian  clergy  and  respect
                  -  The Rite of Adolescents         for  clerical  officials  from  the
                      Entering  into  Christianity   pope  to  local  priests  are
                      and  Membership  in  the       essential  to  the  religion  of
                      Church:  According  to         Christ. (Nozari, 1996: 52-53)
                      this  rite,  the  adolescents
                      go  to  the  priest  and  ask   The Concept of “Trinity”
                      for   forgiveness,     and     In explaining the monotheistic
                      strengthen their faith and     approach  and  expression  the
                      covenant with Christ and       People  of  the  Book,  the  Holy
                      his  teachings,  and  as  a    Quran says:
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