Advent in the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite

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Do you as an Eastern Rite Catholic observe Advent? If yes, how?
 
SiempreFiel said:
Do you as an Eastern Rite Catholic observe Advent? If yes, how?
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Those Churches which use one of the Eastern *rites *have the Pre-Nativity Fast, which is commonly called Little Lent as it is 6 weeks of preparation for what is the most important event in salvation history in Eastern theology: the Incarnation. I am not familiar with the Oriental practice.

You can see some about the Nativity Fast here and here.

Here’s a book, too.
: Birth of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus ChristChristmas by Archbishop Raya
The events of Christ’s birth and his early private life as we encounter them in the scriptures, gaze upon their icons, and study the history of their celebration in the liturgy.
 
You’d better be kidding - because I and many like me, do NOT…

And I’m NOT kidding

And before you ask , in the Great Fast I do not make the Stations of the Cross either .
 
Woodstock said:
Those Churches which use one of the Eastern *rites *have the Pre-Nativity Fast, which is commonly called Little Lent as it is 6 weeks of preparation for what is the most important event in salvation history in Eastern theology: the Incarnation. I am not familiar with the Oriental practice.

You can see some about the Nativity Fast here and here.

Here’s a book, too.
Christmas: Birth of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Archbishop Raya
The events of Christ’s birth and his early private life as we encounter them in the scriptures, gaze upon their icons, and study the history of their celebration in the liturgy.
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Thank you very much! Very informative.
 
The Nativity fast is more commonly called Philip’s Fast as it starts after the feast of St Philip - the fast is not normally as strict as the fast during the Great Fast - but one’s Spiritual Father priest] will tell you how he wishes you to keep the fast
 
wannabee said:
You’d better be kidding - because I and many like me, do NOT…

And I’m NOT kidding

And before you ask , in the Great Fast I do not make the Stations of the Cross either .
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I have no problem with that. 🙂

My position on this issue is identical to Pope Paul VI’s:

“The Catholic Church holds in high esteem the institutions, liturgical rites, ecclesiastical traditions and the established standards of the Christian life of the Eastern Churches, for in them, distinguished as they are for their venerable antiquity, there remains conspicuous the tradition that has been handed down from the Apostles through the Fathers and that forms part of the divinely revealed and undivided heritage of the universal Church.”
 
I could have worded that better. The Incarnation is Christ’s conception while the Nativity is His birth. What I meant to get across is God becoming man has more focus in the east than the western focus on the Crucifixion.
 
SiempreFiel said:
Do you as an Eastern Rite Catholic observe Advent? If yes, how?
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Fasting, Prayer, increased devotional services, and of course more prayer. 😉

And the required confession. Van Nuys requires all Catholics under its omophorion to go to confession in advent and lent.

Not that I go that seldom.

Also, numerous small liturgical changes.
 
In the Byzatnine tradition, the season corresponding to the western Advent is not as liturgically developed as it is in the West, except for the last 2 sundays, and on weekdays starting on 20 December.

Beginning on 20 December, some of the services are deliberately modelled after those of the corresponding days of Holy Week.
 
Advent wreath, advent calender with a piece of chocolate and frequent singing of “12 days of Christmas.”😛
 
SiempreFiel said:
I’m really hoping that you also pray the Rosary and attend Eucharistic Adoration during Advent…JUST KIDDING:D/QUO

Back in the sixties in my Byzantine parish when I was growing up we were taught to say the Rosary as part of our catechesis. However it was never said publicly in our parish. It is one Latin devotion I use in my personal prayer life and I know many other Byzantines do too. As to the rest, adoration, sacred heart, etc. we were never taught this and I personally don`t observe these at Advent or any other time although I think they are beautiful devotions for those of that spirituality.🙂
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SiempreFiel said:
Do you as an Eastern Rite Catholic observe Advent? If yes, how?
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In all eastern churches there is a traditional fast that applies to advent. For Maronites it is the twelve days before Christmas(Dec.13-24). Advent is commemorated liturgically with liturgical readings and prayers for each sunday that are oriented toward Christmas. Like, for example in the Maronite Church I think next week is the Sunday is the Sunday of Announcement to Zechariah. The following Sunday is that of the Announcement to the Blessed Virgin. For each week there are special prayers(mainly the Hoosoyo) that commemorate the special week that it is. Maybe yeshua can give some more information on the Maronites.
 
  1. There are no Churches of the Eastern Rite, only various Churches who use whatever rite is proper to thier tradition.
  2. What is Advent (and I am being serious here)?
 
LakaYaRabb said:
  1. What is Advent (and I am being serious here)?
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Advent (from the Latin Adventus, implicitly coupled with Redemptoris, “the coming of the Saviour”) is the Latin Church’s observance of a penitential season lasting through the 4 weeks before Christmas. It is preparatory for the Nativity and the Second Coming, and also marks the beginning of the church year in the west.
 
Ahhh…
Thanks woodstock!

Ah, your post early in the thread clears up the Byzantine tradition of the preparation for the Nativity.
 
bpbasilphx said:
In the Byzatnine tradition, the season corresponding to the western Advent is not as liturgically developed as it is in the West, except for the last 2 sundays, and on weekdays starting on 20 December.

Beginning on 20 December, some of the services are deliberately modelled after those of the corresponding days of Holy Week.
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However, we were just reminded by our priest that the Philips’s Fast is taken seriously, and that we should fast on Wednesdays and Fridays, and take at least one opportunity to go to Confession during this time.

Also, attending the Divine Liturgy as often as possible, attending Vespers on Saturday night, and increasing your daily prayer life are encouraged.
 
bpbasilphx said:
In the Byzatnine tradition, the season corresponding to the western Advent is not as liturgically developed as it is in the West, except for the last 2 sundays, and on weekdays starting on 20 December.

Beginning on 20 December, some of the services are deliberately modelled after those of the corresponding days of Holy Week.
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Does your parish celebrate the Pre-Christmas Moleben? Our’s does and it’s really beautiful. This is a prayer service for the season of the Philip’s Fast.
 
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