First Communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many parts of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church,
A Catholic girl receives First Communion in Hungary.
A group of Lutheran confirmants in the Church of Sweden receives communion during their confirmation mass in Oscar Church, Stockholm. It may or may not be their individually very first time since the Church of Sweden nowadays distribute communion also to children, although it is still common for many to receive it for the first time during confirmation.
A little girl photographed for First Communion in Italy, c. 1919
Christian families may have cakes for their children on the day that they make their First Communion.
The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament or the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite, considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others. Christians believe that
First Communion
…First Communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many parts of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church and Anglican Communion (other ecclesiastical provinces of…
The Eucharist has been a key theme in the depictions of the Last Supper in Christian art, as in this 16th-century Juan de Juanes painting, after Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
A Kremikovtsi Monastery fresco (15th century) depicting the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and his disciples. The early Christians would also have celebrated this meal to commemorate Jesus' death and subsequent resurrection.
Eucharistic window (1898–1900) by Józef Mehoffer
Christ with the Eucharist, Vicente Juan Masip, 16th century