Nuns of prosphora baking obedience began baking artos today. It is a unique large cylindrical shaped prosphora with the image of the Resurrection of Christ on top.

In the Typikon, the artos is called the all-whole prosphora. It means that no particles are being taken out of the Paschal prosphora to perform Proskomedia. It symbolizes the wholeness of the Church redeemed by the blood of the Lamb and sanctified by the Resurrection of Christ.

The tradition of eating artos dates back to apostolic times. When Jesus Christ ascended into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection, His disciples and followers gathered for common prayer and, remembering the Last Supper, partook of the Body and Blood of Christ. During the common meal, the disciples traditionally left the central place at the table to the Teacher Who was present invisibly at it and placed bread there.

In continuation of the apostolic tradition, the first shepherds of the Church established the tradition of placing bread inside the church on the feast of Resurrection as a material representation of the fact that the Savior Who suffered for us became the true bread of life for us.

Throughout the Bright Week, the artos bead is left standing in the middle the open Royal gates. Following each Divine Liturgy, the clergy, sisters and parishioners walk in a procession with the artos around the Holy Kanavka. Later, with the singing of the troparion, it is taken to the refectory. After the common meal, the artos is lifted up, and with singing of the 9^th song of the Paschal Canon it is taken back to the church. On Saturday of Holy Week, the rite of breaking the artos is celebrated and bread is distributed to all the parishioners.