Editing Jehovah's Witnesses practices (section)

===Memorial of Christ's death===
{{See also|Memorialism|Memorial of Jesus' Death}}
[[File:Lord's Evening Meal (Jehovah's Witnesses) Emblems.jpg|thumb|The bread and wine which is passed among congregants during the Memorial]]
Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate Christ's death as a ransom or "propitiatory sacrifice" by observing the Lord's Evening Meal, or [[Memorial (Jehovah's Witnesses)|Memorial]].<ref name="Meal">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=What Does The Bible Really Teach? |orig-year=2005 |year=2014 |chapter=The Lord's Evening Meal: An Observance That Honors God |chapter-url=https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/bible-teach/the-lords-evening-meal/ |publisher=[[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania]] |pages=206–208 |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> They celebrate it once per year, noting that it was instituted on the [[Passover]], an annual festival.<ref>''Reasoning From The Scriptures'', Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, 1989, p. 265.</ref> They observe it on [[Quartodeciman|Nisan 14]] according to the [[Hebrew calendar|ancient Jewish]] [[lunisolar calendar]].<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/Insight-on-the-Scriptures/ |title=Insight On The Scriptures |orig-year=1988 |year=2018 |publisher=[[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania]] |volume=1 |page=392 |access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that this is the only celebration the Bible commands Christians to observe.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1998083 |title=Jehovah is a God of Covenants |date=1 February 1998 |magazine=[[The Watchtower]] |publisher=[[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania]] |pages=8–13 |via=Watchtower Online Library |access-date=18 July 2020 |quote=Jesus instituted the only annual religious observance commanded for Christians—the Memorial of his death.}}</ref> In the days leading up to the Memorial, Bible reading is assigned from chapters about the days leading up to Jesus' death.

Of those who attend the Memorial, a small minority worldwide partake of the unleavened bread and wine. This is because Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the majority of the faithful have an earthly hope. Only those who believe they have a heavenly hope, the "remnant" (those still living) of the [[144000 (number)#Jehovah's Witnesses|144,000]] "anointed", partake of the bread and wine.<ref name="Meal" /> In {{JWStatistics|year}}, approximately {{JWStatistics|memorial|approx}} people attended, and about {{JWStatistics|partakers|approx}} members partook.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/{{JWStatistics|year}}-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/{{JWStatistics|year}}-Grand-Totals//|title={{JWStatistics|year}} Grand Totals|publisher=Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society}}</ref>

The Memorial, held after sunset, includes a talk on the meaning of the celebration and the circulation among the audience of unadulterated red wine and unleavened bread. Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bread symbolizes Jesus' body which he gave on behalf of mankind, and that the wine symbolizes his blood which redeems from sin. They do not believe in [[transubstantiation]] or [[consubstantiation]].<ref name="Meal" /> Because many congregations have no members who claim to be anointed, it is common for no one to partake of the bread and wine.