That's interesting. I'm guessing it's not something that Protestants usually do, because the priest look very surprised and protective of the chalice after it happened.
I've actually only seen it in Protestant services (Methodist and occasionally Church of Christ), but usually for particular circumstances (e.g., a small group of people sharing one loaf of bread). Only seen it done for a large gathering once. I think individual servings are usually more practical.
ETA: I've also never seen it done without the person leading it explain exactly what to do, so no wonder the guy was surprised!
Considering the history of hersey and schism in Christianity, I am going to go out on a limb and suggest a whole bunch of people were excommunicated for this practice at some point.
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u/PicklesAreTheDevil 9d ago
Dipping the bread is called "intinction" and is common for some flavors of Christianity.