A question of terminology

[Pat_H]

Greetings all.

Last time I posted it was for a post I was making on my Churches of the West blog and this time it’s for one I’m drafting on my Lex Anteinternet blog. The answers last time were great, so I hope people don’t mind a new set of questions.

My questions is this. In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church I know, of course, that we call the Mass the Mass and that our Sunday services, if you will, are the Mass. And, in many parishes, we have daily Mass.

I don’t know, however, how this works in the Eastern rites. I also don’t know how this works in the various Eastern Orthodox churches. I know of course that the sacrament of Communion would be offered every Sunday, but is that at a service called a Mass? Are there daily Masses in well staffed Eastern rite Catholic churches and Orthodox churches. In trying to look it up I was somewhat confused by the terminology I was seeing.

I know that this question is ignorant, so I hope that people don’t mind.

 

[Angel_Gabriel]

Well with reference to the Byzantine rite Churches the service is called Divine Liturgy. In some of the Oriental Churches they will refer to it as the Holy Quorbono or Quorbana (I probably butchered that spelling! sorry ).

Daily Divine Liturgy is not usually done except in monastic communities. However there are exceptions and I think I have read about some Eastern Catholic parishes who do offer it.

 

[PaulfromIowa]

Mass is a Latin term for the Divine Liturgy, only used in the Latin Rite.

 

[Aramis]

Mass is a Latin term for the Divine Liturgy, only used in the Latin Rite.

Maronites and Chaldeans also use the term informally.

 

[5Loaves]

Greetings all.

Are there daily Masses in well staffed Eastern rite Catholic churches and Orthodox churches. In trying to look it up I was somewhat confused by the terminology I was seeing.

Greetings-

You are most likely to find a daily Divine Liturgy in monasteries. In addition to abstaining from food the night before Eucharist, we are to abstain from marital relations. So daily Liturgy for a married priest would be inappropriate if he is celebrating or concelebrating. Nor would most married faithful want to abstain every day, tho we can go to Liturgy and not receive Eucharist, unlike the celebrants who must receive. We abstain enough during the year, at least in some jurisdictions,

Also, during Great Lent the Divine Liturgy is not to be celebrated at all except on Sundays. During the week we have Eucharistic Liturgies called Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, usually just called Presanctified Liturgy with Lamb that is already consecrated, in wine. (I won’t get into the wine topic…) Presanctified is an evening service that includes Vespers and additional prayers.

The information on Wikipedia about Divine Liturgy and Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is quite good and has links to many details. You can also check OrthodoxWiki. For many things OrthodoxWiki has information it credits as coming directly from Wikipedia, or less than Wikipedia. For other things OrthodoxWiki can have additional useful information.

 

[Vico]

Greetings all.

Last time I posted it was for a post I was making on my Churches of the West blog and this time it’s for one I’m drafting on my Lex Anteinternet blog. The answers last time were great, so I hope people don’t mind a new set of questions.

My questions is this. In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church I know, of course, that we call the Mass the Mass and that our Sunday services, if you will, are the Mass. And, in many parishes, we have daily Mass.

I don’t know, however, how this works in the Eastern rites. I also don’t know how this works in the various Eastern Orthodox churches. I know of course that the sacrament of Communion would be offered every Sunday, but is that at a service called a Mass? Are there daily Masses in well staffed Eastern rite Catholic churches and Orthodox churches. In trying to look it up I was somewhat confused by the terminology I was seeing.

I know that this question is ignorant, so I hope that people don’t mind.

In the Byzantine Catholic Churches there are four Eucharistic celebrations:

• The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
• The Vigil Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (Nativity, Theophany, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday)
• The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (Feast of St. Basil, 5 Sundays of the Great Fast)
• The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (during the Great Fast)
• Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for the Annunciation.
• The Divine Liturgy of Saint James (Melkite once a year)

Then there are two more common portions of the Divine Praises:

• Vespers (evening prayer)
• Orthros (morning prayer)

 

[annastasia75]

Greetings-

You are most likely to find a daily Divine Liturgy in monasteries. In addition to abstaining from food the night before Eucharist, we are to abstain from marital relations. So daily Liturgy for a married priest would be inappropriate if he is celebrating or concelebrating. Nor would most married faithful want to abstain every day, tho we can go to Liturgy and not receive Eucharist, unlike the celebrants who must receive. We abstain enough during the year, at least in some jurisdictions,

Also, during Great Lent the Divine Liturgy is not to be celebrated at all except on Sundays. During the week we have Eucharistic Liturgies called Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, usually just called Presanctified Liturgy with Lamb that is already consecrated, in wine. (I won’t get into the wine topic…) Presanctified is an evening service that includes Vespers and additional prayers.

The information on Wikipedia about Divine Liturgy and Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is quite good and has links to many details. You can also check OrthodoxWiki. For many things OrthodoxWiki has information it credits as coming directly from Wikipedia, or less than Wikipedia. For other things OrthodoxWiki can have additional useful information.

Wow!, in our diocese we are only required to abstain from food for an hour before we receive the Eucharist, and I have never heard of abstaining from marital relations before Liturgy. Unless it is the Great Fast, as you mentioned, our priest celebrates the Divine Liurgy alomost every day day of the week.

 

[johnridgway]

In the Greek Orthodox Church we have matins, Divine Liturgy and vespers everyday in most of our churches in Athens.

I don’t know what it is like outside the city though.

 

[5Loaves]

In the Greek Orthodox Church we have matins, Divine Liturgy and vespers everyday in most of our churches in Athens.

I don’t know what it is like outside the city though.

I understand there are many more “black clergy” in Greece than we have in the US, and that they are the celebrants for most of these, rather than “white clergy”, which largely are celebrants in the US parishes. For this and other reasons we would all do well to pray for more monastic vocations.