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Communion has several meanings within Christianity. It can refer to:
- Communion (Christian), the relationship between Christians as individuals or Churches
- The Communion of Saints, a doctrine of Christianity mentioned in the Apostles' Creed
- A group of related Christian churches or denominations
- The Eucharist, the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus' instruction to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper
- The Communion rite, that part of the Eucharistic rite in which the consecrated bread and wine are distributed to participants
- Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that accompanies this rite
Communion may also refer to:
- Communion (book), a book by Whitley Strieber about his purported abductions by aliens.
- Communion (film), a science fiction film based on the above-mentioned novel.
See also
- Communio, a theological journal
