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==In Eastern Christianity== {{more|Reserved sacrament}} In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Greek Catholic]] Churches, the ''pyx (''{{Langx|ru|даро́носица|translit=darónositsa}}) is the small "church tabernacle" which holds the [[Lamb (Liturgy)|lamb]] (host) that is reserved for the [[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts]] during [[Great Lent]]. This pyx may be either kept on the [[Holy Table]] or on the [[Prothesis (altar)|Prothesis]] (Table of Oblation) on the north side of the sanctuary.
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