Is it possible to bake prosphora yourself if you are allergic to gluten?translated

Reader question:

The woman has a severe gluten allergy and, by the grace of God, is still able to receive Holy Communion without problems. Unfortunately, she cannot accept the prosphora without a negative reaction. This person really wants to fast with prosphora and therefore wants to bake his own gluten-free prosphora and get permission and blessing for himself and for the prosphora. How would you solve this problem?

Sergey

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Andrey EFANOV

God bless you, dear Sergius!

As both you and your friend probably know, large and small prosphoras participate in the Divine Liturgy. The large ones depict the fullness of the Church, and the small ones are used to commemorate specific people at the Liturgy.

What types of prosphora are there? What is prosphora? How and why is it prepared? What does it symbolize in the Liturgy and what is its relation to...

People used to bake small prosphora themselves and bring them to the church, but now they bake them at the church. The point is that particles are taken out of them for those people whose names are submitted in the notes to the Proskomedia.

The notes are called so because it is during the Proskomedia - the first part of the Divine Liturgy - that pieces are taken from the prosphoras for those about whom they were given...