Byzantine Lectionary

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Does anyone have a copy of the Readings (when I say Readings I just mean book and verses as I have a Bible for doing the actual Readings from) for this year from the Byzantine Lectionary?

Scripture reading is part of my prayer life and I want to do the daily readings from the Byzantine Lectionary but I would like to have it laid out with the dates for the readings. The standard Lectionary, as found in the back of my Orthodox Study Bible just lists it by week, such as the First Week following Pentecost.

Normally I would have picked up the calendar from my parish but due to required attendance at Carmelite events at the beginning of the year and then my illness I have not been able to make it out there and I doubt they have any left this late into the year.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
ByzCath said:
Does anyone have a copy of the Readings (when I say Readings I just mean book and verses as I have a Bible for doing the actual Readings from) for this year from the Byzantine Lectionary?

Scripture reading is part of my prayer life and I want to do the daily readings from the Byzantine Lectionary but I would like to have it laid out with the dates for the readings. The standard Lectionary, as found in the back of my Orthodox Study Bible just lists it by week, such as the First Week following Pentecost.

Normally I would have picked up the calendar from my parish but due to required attendance at Carmelite events at the beginning of the year and then my illness I have not been able to make it out there and I doubt they have any left this late into the year.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Do you want the reading according to Melkite usage or Ruthenian? I know you frequent both churches and the Melkites use the Greek Lectionary and the Ruthenians use the Slavic one. This time of year there are big differences, on the Greek usage last Sunday was the Sunday of Zaccheus, for the Slavs it is tomorrow.
 
ciero said:
Do you want the reading according to Melkite usage or Ruthenian? I know you frequent both churches and the Melkites use the Greek Lectionary and the Ruthenians use the Slavic one. This time of year there are big differences, on the Greek usage last Sunday was the Sunday of Zaccheus, for the Slavs it is tomorrow.
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Either one will work for me as I do attend both. Melkite in my home town and Ruthenian where I live now.
 
ciero said:
Do you want the reading according to Melkite usage or Ruthenian? I know you frequent both churches and the Melkites use the Greek Lectionary and the Ruthenians use the Slavic one. This time of year there are big differences, on the Greek usage last Sunday was the Sunday of Zaccheus, for the Slavs it is tomorrow.
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Hmmmmm…I attend St. Andrew’s Russian Greek Catholic Church in the city of El Segundo…:highprayer:

standrewelsegundo.org/

And the reading for today, 6 February) was Zaccheus.:yup:

And I’ve often wondered if Jesus was smiling, or even laughing, as he looked up at Zacheus and told him to come down.🙂
 
Thanks everyone but…

I actually felt well enough to make it out to my parish this Sunday and found a copy of “Through the Year With the Church Fathers” from Light and Life Publishing at our parish book store. The book does not contain the lectionary but it does have an Epistle and a Gospel Reading for each day of the year along with a meditation, a writing from one of the Church Fathers and then a closing prayer. I am going to use this for my daily Scripture reading and then, as it seems to be a bit shorter than I had planned, I will follow that up with some spiritual reading.

Thanks for the help though.
 
ByzCath said:
Does anyone have a copy of the Readings (when I say Readings I just mean book and verses as I have a Bible for doing the actual Readings from) for this year from the Byzantine Lectionary?

Scripture reading is part of my prayer life and I want to do the daily readings from the Byzantine Lectionary but I would like to have it laid out with the dates for the readings. The standard Lectionary, as found in the back of my Orthodox Study Bible just lists it by week, such as the First Week following Pentecost.

Normally I would have picked up the calendar from my parish but due to required attendance at Carmelite events at the beginning of the year and then my illness I have not been able to make it out there and I doubt they have any left this late into the year.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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They are listed in the typicon, and in some versions of the menaion. They are not in the current Ruthenian Menaion.
 
ByzCath said:
Thanks everyone but…

I actually felt well enough to make it out to my parish this Sunday and found a copy of “Through the Year With the Church Fathers” from Light and Life Publishing at our parish book store. The book does not contain the lectionary but it does have an Epistle and a Gospel Reading for each day of the year along with a meditation, a writing from one of the Church Fathers and then a closing prayer. I am going to use this for my daily Scripture reading and then, as it seems to be a bit shorter than I had planned, I will follow that up with some spiritual reading.

Thanks for the help though.
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Try this, it matches my calendar entries for Byzantine Eparchy of Passaic. Where there is a choice of Slav and Greek, use Greek. Curently in the 33rd week readings, even though it is really the 38th this year:

Thirty-Third Week After Pentecost
****Week of the Publican and Pharisee ****

2011 Lucan Leap (Gospels): Monday Sep 19 begins readings from Luke instead of continuing with Mark 5:24-34 beginning the 15th week after Pentecost. This means a three week descrepancy untill January 2, 2012.

Dec 4 (26th after P.) translated from Dec 11 (27th after P.) to avoid repetition.

byzcath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1383&Itemid=1
 
Without having a calender I found that one the most accurate and easiest way for me to know the daily readings.
 
The problem as I see it is that in my case the Romanian Catholic and the Other Eastern Catholic readings are not always the same. We also have more days of obligation.
 
Jakub said:
Brother David take a glance @ this…

sspeter-paul.org/Dailyreading.htm
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Thanks, to you and everyone.

As I said earlier I got a copy of “Through the Year With the Church Fathers” from Light and Life Publishing and am using that. They are not the daily readings but they are Epistles and Gospel readings that fit for the reading selected from the Church Father.

I also have a friend who had an extra calendar from his Rutheian parish that he is sending me.

Thanks again to all!
 
ByzCath said:
Thanks, to you and everyone.

As I said earlier I got a copy of “Through the Year With the Church Fathers” from Light and Life Publishing and am using that. They are not the daily readings but they are Epistles and Gospel readings that fit for the reading selected from the Church Father.

I also have a friend who had an extra calendar from his Rutheian parish that he is sending me.

Thanks again to all!
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When you get that calendar, there is one day missing the readings, which should be:

September 4
12th Sunday After Pentecost
1 Cor 15:1-11
Mt 19:16-26
 
KathleenElsie said:
The problem as I see it is that in my case the Romanian Catholic and the Other Eastern Catholic readings are not always the same. We also have more days of obligation.
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Why would the readings for the Romanians be any different then the other Byzantine churches? I attend the Romanian Catholic church and see no difference in the reading cycle.
 
ciero said:
Why would the readings for the Romanians be any different then the other Byzantine churches? I attend the Romanian Catholic church and see no difference in the reading cycle.
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The only difference I am aware of is between Slavs and Greeks.

That would be Ruthenian and Melkite (in my case).
 
Vico said:
The Byzantine USA uses the Greek rather than the Slav readings in the calendar. Compare you calendar, when you get it, to this and see:

byzcath.org/index.php?opt…=1383&Itemid=1
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For the Ruthenian Church last Sunday was the Sunday of Zacchaeus, for the Melkites it was two Sundays ago.

I have had a Ruthenian Calendar and it has not matched up perfectly with the Melkite Church I attend at home.

Maybe they do use the same readings but it is the Holy Days that are different.

So that raises a question, why would a Slavic Church use the Greek Lectionary?
 
The Romanian Byzantine Catholic celebration of Zacchaeus was January 30th.
February 2 nd was a Holy Day of Obligation “The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord”
 
ByzCath said:
For the Ruthenian Church last Sunday was the Sunday of Zacchaeus, for the Melkites it was two Sundays ago.

I have had a Ruthenian Calendar and it has not matched up perfectly with the Melkite Church I attend at home.

Maybe they do use the same readings but it is the Holy Days that are different.

So that raises a question, why would a Slavic Church use the Greek Lectionary?
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Old calendar and Gregorian calendar used in different jurisdicitons is the cause. There are three possibilities: Lukan leap Gregorian, Lukan leap Old Calendar, and non-Lukan leap Old Calendar. Also known as Lukan jump.

There is a short mention of the practices here:
orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/liturgics/peter_archbishop_liturgical_matters.htm

Readings:
byzcath.org/index.php/resources-mainmenu-63/lectionary-mainmenu-114
 
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