[CARepubGal]

Umm where does the idea of "holy bread" for us non communicants come into this (I went to an Antiochian Orthodox service and after they served Communion, the priest offered Holy Bread to us non Orthodox folks)? I am a bit confused at the moment.

[MarMema]

after they served Communion, the priest offered Holy Bread to us non Orthodox folks)?

That would be Antidoron. It is a sharing of Christian love via bread with those who did not commune.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

(I went to an Antiochian Orthodox service and after they served Communion, the priest offered Holy Bread to us non Orthodox folks)? I am a bit confused at the moment.

I'm reasonably certain that was irregular. I've attended Antiochan Orthodox, and participation in the Eucharist was (understandably) reserved to Orthodox Communicants.

Then again, we "fence the Table" in the Presbyterian offering of the Lord's Supper, but any Nicene-Creed Christians in good standing at their Local Church would be permitted to participate -- so conceivably, an Eastern Orthodox could partake. Perhaps some EO parishes follow a similar rule (I really don't know)