[rzman21]

I believe the Assyrian Church of the East practices communion in hand. I saw it in a YouTube video.

[netmilsmom]

>>I believe the Assyrian Church of the East practices communion in hand. I saw it in a YouTube video.<<

WOW! I think that’s pretty cool. I think that everyone who wants to receive in the hand should go to an Assyrian Church of the East.

[Hieronymus]

Interesting catch. I think I found the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96ft5yIICM A bit of searching also dug up a description of the traditional Chaldean practice:

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http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=196609&page=2
As far as reception of communion in one kind only in the hand. Intinction is now being used in the western states eparchy. The traditional Chaldean practice is actually different from intinction and different from the Roman Catholic practice of reception in the hand. Bishop Sarhad once showed us how it was traditionally done, and it may be how it will be done in the future.

This is how it was done:

First, the person comes up to the front and places his hands on top of the incense bowl without touching the bowl, but just a little above the bowl so as to allow the smoke of the incense to purify the palms of one’s hands. Then the person goes to the priest with hands purified and the priest places the Eucharist/Qurbana in the person’s hands. Without picking up the Eucharist with the fingers or raising the Eucharist to one’s mouth, the person bows down before the Eucharist and picks up the Eucharist with his tongue.