sentences:  After the Communion of the Faithful, the veils, spear, spoon, and asterisk are placed on the diskos.The priest hands them to the deacon, who carries them back to the Prothesis.In the Coptic Orthodox and Coptic Catholic Churches, the asterisk "consists of two silver arched bands, held by a screw, crossed over each other into the shape of a cross, usually surmounted by a small cross".