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Christians Jailed for 10 Years for Drinking Communion Wine
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 13:09
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Four Christian men in Tehran were charged with “acting against national security” after they partook in communion and drank a small amount of wine — the common religious act of symbolically partaking of the blood of Jesus Christ.
And their sentences?
Ten years in prison — those are the sentences handed four Christians in Tehran for partaking in a common religious ceremony used to signifiy the partaking of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Ten years each in prison. Two of the men were also given additional sentences that will put them in exile for two more years in southern Iran.
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie have been sentenced to ten years in prison each.
In a further blow Nadarkhani and Omidi were given additional sentences of two years in exile in southern Iran.
Drinking alcohol in Iran is forbidden under the country’s strict Sharia Islamic law, but despite the ban, enjoying a sly tipple at home is believed to be widespread amongst its 80 million strong population.
Holy Communion wine, also known as sacramental wine, is used by billions of Christians worldwide in celebration of the Eucharist.
It is often watered down and is used during Holy Communion alongside small bread wafers, known as Sacramental Bread.
he authorities accused the men of “propagating house churches” and “promoting Zionist Christianity”.
Charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) condemned the sentences and said the Christian community in Iran has been criminalised.
CSW’s chief executive Mervyn Thomas said: “We are deeply disappointed by these excessive sentences, which are based on spurious charges and are clearly part of an intensified campaign of judicial harassment aimed at intimidating members of minority faiths.
“We reiterate that the national security charges levelled in all of these cases amount to the criminalisation of the Christian community for exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief, and that this is occurring despite the fact that the Iranian constitution recognises Christianity.”
Christians everywhere take part in a ceremony of drinking small amounts of wine and eating a tiny piece of unleavened bread to show their love for Jesus. The wine signifies the blood of Jesus and the bread, his flesh.
Omidi, Mossayebzadeh and Fadaie were initially sentenced to a public flogging but have appealed against the punishment.
It is unclear when the court will rule on the sentence of 80 lashes each.
