Days of obligation?

[Monica4316]

Hi I’m just wondering, are there days of obligation in the Eastern Catholic calendar? How is the calendar different from the Latin rite calendar? When is Easter, Christmas, etc?

I was received into the Church on Easter, and since I used to be Orthodox, I’m technically Eastern Catholic. But I don’t live near any Eastern Catholic churches, so I attend a Roman Catholic parish. I don’t really understand how much of Eastern Catholicism can I / should I practice, and if there are days of obligation, can I go to Mass at my parish, or should I find an Eastern rite church on those days? Are there any devotions, etc, that you do? I want to learn more about Eastern Catholicism I have a few icons in my room but thats about it.

Thanks!!

 

[Monica4316]

I also wanted to say that I really do like Eastern Christianity. I’ve always been drawn to icons and to the liturgy. I also really like the spirituality of the Latin rite too. But although I’m an Eastern Catholic, as I said I attend a Roman Catholic parish, and most of the devotions/prayers I do are Roman Catholic as well. I go to Adoration, pray the Rosary, etc. I’d really like to learn more about Eastern Catholicism as well, but I’m afraid of it all getting too much - I don’t know how to practice both Eastern and Western Catholicism at once… that’s why I’ve been putting it off, lol. I wonder if I’ll be overwhelmed trying to be both. So I’m not sure what to do… I feel sort of torn between them, and I know I shouldn’t be though, because the Church is one, and we’re all Catholics. But of course, since the Church allows for different expressions among the various rites… there are some differences in terms of devotions, liturgy, etc.

 

[Cluny]

There is no such thing as “the Eastern Catholic calendar,” for the same reason there is no such thing as “the Eastern Catholic church.”

There are 23 Eastern Catholic CHURCHES of some half-dozen liturgical families, the biggest being the Byzantine tradition, which would look almost exactly like their Orthodox counterparts.

Of course, each would have its own calendar.

To get back to your question about holy days of obligation, they differ from Church to Church.

For example, Theophany is a HDoO in the Melkite Church. Ss. Peter and Paul is an HDoO in the Ukrainian Catholiic Church.

 

[Patchunky]

For example, Theophany is a HDoO in the Melkite Church. Ss. Peter and Paul is an HDoO in the Ukrainian Catholiic Church.

Theophany is also a HDoO in the Ukrainian and Ruthenian Catholic churches as well.

We also keep October 1, the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God a HDoO but I think the Melkite Church celebrates this as the Feast of St. Romanus the Psalm Singer…

hope this helps…