AMNOS

AMNOS – (Gr. Lamb). The symbol for the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross ^{(cf. John 1: 29)}. In the Orthodax liturgy the amnos is the first square piece from the altar bread (prosphora), inscnbed with the letters ICXC NIKA (an abbreviated form for “]esus Christ conquers”). This particular piece is to be consecrated during the Eucharist.