Does Saturday Vigil Mass every week fulfill Sunday obligation?

[Patchunky]

Br. Rich SFO:

In most Eastern Churches there are Saturdays vespers. No Divine Liturgy is celebrated, that is for Sunday only. No you can’t in the Eastern Church attend Saturday and not return Sunday.

This greatly depends on which of the Byzantine Rites you are attending and where the parish is located.

The larger parishes of the Slavic Byzantine Rites, both in Europe as well as the U.S. and Canada, have Divine Liturgies on Saturday evening.

I know that the Cathedrals and many of the village churches, in Europe, also have Divine Liturgy on Sunday evening as well.

There are also parishes where they have 1 priest who must sever 2 or 3 parishes have a Saturday evening Divine Liturgy.

Most of the Slavic Byzantine parishes, in the U.S., do not celebrate Vespers on Saturday.

Hope this helps…

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

harinkj:

Is this true in the Eastern Rite? Or is it Sunday only.

Kathie :bowdown:

It is a bit different for the Byzantine Church.

Some of our parishes have a Saturday Vigil Divine Liturgy. Some have a Vesperal Divine Liturgy. Some have Great Vespers.

Now traditionally the Saturday Vigil service is Great Vespers. According to our Canon Law, Great Vespers fulfills the Sunday Obligation.

The Saturday Vigil Divine Liturgy is one of the many latinizations that we are removing. This is one that seems to be very hard to rid ourselves of though.

The Saturday Vigil Vesperal Divine Liturgy is a compromise. This is service starts with Vespers and goes into the Divine Liturgy at the readings.

 

[hilde_the_dog]

PS I don’t know if any else said this but does not the day end at the setting of the sun (Set at 5 pm) thus it is technically the mass is for Sunday? Or rather where is your HEART?

 

[Digitonomy]

hilde the dog:

PS I don’t know if any else said this but does not the day end at the setting of the sun (Set at 5 pm) thus it is technically the mass is for Sunday?

See post 19 above, and the linked threads therein.

Or rather where is your HEART?

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Patchunky:

This greatly depends on which of the Byzantine Rites you are attending and where the parish is located.

The larger parishes of the Slavic Byzantine Rites, both in Europe as well as the U.S. and Canada, have Divine Liturgies on Saturday evening.

I know that the Cathedrals and many of the village churches, in Europe, also have Divine Liturgy on Sunday evening as well.

There are also parishes where they have 1 priest who must sever 2 or 3 parishes have a Saturday evening Divine Liturgy.

Most of the Slavic Byzantine parishes, in the U.S., do not celebrate Vespers on Saturday.

Hope this helps…

I visited 10 different Eastern Catholic and Orthodox parishes a week ago. Of the ten, 4 or 5 had Saturday Vespers and one had a Saturday “vigil” Divine Liturgy (Maronite). Four or Five had a Divine Liturgy Saturday morning for Saturday. The others only had Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning, two had a Divine Liturgy Sunday evening.

 

[Psalm45_9]

Br. Rich SFO:

I visited 10 different Eastern Catholic and Orthodox parishes a week ago. Of the ten, 4 or 5 had Saturday Vespers and one had a Saturday “vigil” Divine Liturgy (Maronite). Four or Five had a Divine Liturgy Saturday morning for Saturday. The others only had Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning, two had a Divine Liturgy Sunday evening.

The Byzantine Catholic Church here in Syracuse does have a Saturday Vigil Liturgy and a Vigil Liturgy for Holy Days. That is a Latinization. Go to Eastern Europe and what happens in Church on Saturday night is Evening Prayer. I have also found out (from the Eastern Rite Catholics on the forums) that there really is no such thing as Holy Days of Obligation in the Eastern Tradition. That is another Latinization in this Country. Daily Divine Liturgy is also a Latinization.

 

[Katie1723]

I enjoy the Saturday mass because often I will get there 45 minues before just to enjoy the solitude and also to say some extra prayers. I like sitting and contemplating and feeling like I am “home” or being held it God’s arms.
~ Kathy ~