Do Eastern Catholics have their own liturgical calender?

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Do Eastern Catholics have their own liturgical calender, or do they follow the Latin calender?
 
 
I think most Eastern Catholics follow the Gregorian callendar just like the West. I’m Ruthenian and I don’t remember Easter ever being at a different time than the West though it might have been 100 years ago.
 
valient_Lucy said:
Do Eastern Catholics have their own liturgical calender, or do they follow the Latin calender?
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I believe that some of them have Liturgical calendars that reflect the calendars of their Orthodox counterparts.
 
valient_Lucy said:
Do Eastern Catholics have their own liturgical calender, or do they follow the Latin calender?
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The Byzantine Liturgical calendar starts on September 1st. There are certain “fixed” time periods; i.e. the Filipovka or St. Philip’s Fast before Christmas starts on November 14th or the Dormiton Fast which starts on August 1st.

The Latin Calendar begins with the 1st Sunday of Advent.

Hope this helps…
 
Also there are some different Saints on the Eastern Catholic’s liturgical calendars that do not appear on the Latin Church’s calendar.

But that is nothing out of the ordinary as religious orders in the Latin Church have always had this.
 
A better way of phrasing the question:

Do Eastern Catholics have their own liturgical calendarS?

Each Eastern Catholic Church has her own liturgical calendar, both of the Season and of the Saints.

Tidbit–on the Ambrosian Calendar, Advent has SIX Sundays, corresonding to the Byzantine 40-day fast before Nativity.
 
I’m curious how many different Catholic dates there are for Easter. I know that the Byzantine Catholic Churches follow the same date as the Eastern Orthodox – except for ECs living in the west, who use the LC Easter date. But what about Syro-Malabarese, Chaldean, Maronite, etc. Catholics? Do you guys have yet another date (or dates) for Easter, or do you use one of the two I already mentioned?
 
Peter_J said:
I’m curious how many different Catholic dates there are for Easter. I know that the Byzantine Catholic Churches follow the same date as the Eastern Orthodox – except for ECs living in the west, who use the LC Easter date. But what about Syro-Malabarese, Chaldean, Maronite, etc. Catholics? Do you guys have yet another date (or dates) for Easter, or do you use one of the two I already mentioned?
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I have heard that the Latin Church in Egypt follows the Orthodox date.
 
ByzCath said:
I have heard that the Latin Church in Egypt follows the Orthodox date.
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I remember reading somewhere that some Latin parishes in Russia and Siberia also follow the Orthodox date for Easter…
 
Patchunky said:
I remember reading somewhere that some Latin parishes in Russia and Siberia also follow the Orthodox date for Easter…
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Never heard about this. Latin rite parishes in Russia use Gregorian Calender. The most peculiar thing is when one priest celebrates both Eastern and Western rite Masses in different parishes. For instance, one day he celebrates Eastern Easter, and the next week he comes to `Latins’ to celebrate Sunday which is six weeks ahead from Easter!
 
Patchunky said:
I remember reading somewhere that some Latin parishes in Russia and Siberia also follow the Orthodox date for Easter…
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I believe the late +Pope John Paul II asked Latin Catholics in predominant Orthodox countries to celebrate Pascha on the same date as their Orthodox brethren as a hopeful sign of confraternity for future reconciliation with the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

U-C
 
 
Ungcsertez said:
I believe the late +Pope John Paul II asked Latin Catholics in predominant Orthodox countries to celebrate Pascha on the same date as their Orthodox brethren as a hopeful sign of confraternity for future reconciliation with the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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Makes sense.
 
ByzCath said:
Also there are some different Saints on the Eastern Catholic’s liturgical calendars that do not appear on the Latin Church’s calendar.

But that is nothing out of the ordinary as religious orders in the Latin Church have always had this.
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Well actually the Latin Church’s calendar varies some from country to country and region to region.
 
Ungcsertez said:
I believe the late +Pope John Paul II asked Latin Catholics in predominant Orthodox countries to celebrate Pascha on the same date as their Orthodox brethren as a hopeful sign of confraternity for future reconciliation with the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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And again, instead of uniting Churches, there is dividing. This time Latin rites split into different ones with their own calendars.
 
The Maronite Church
has its own liturgical calander
and liturgical season
Easter is always celebrated to that of the Latin Rite however.
 
Konstantin_John said:
And again, instead of uniting Churches, there is dividing. This time Latin rites split into different ones with their own calendars.
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I once was told “In God there is no Time”… The Calendar is a tool for teaching and human understanding.

That parishes in place A celebrate at a different time from place B is of little consequence. Far more important is that they celebrate the holy mysteries as commanded by Christ and taught by the Apostles, and learn from it and accept the graces provided by it.

If that small change in praxis leads to healthier and more Christian relations with our Orthodox brethren, can this really be a bad thing?
 
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