Eastern Catholic Saints

[wsoxfan7]

Recently, I have been attending a Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church every other week. I noticed in their liturgical calendar that there are several saints listed in between the Schism of 1054 and the Union of Brest. Are these saints recognized as saints in just the Eastern Catholic Churches or the entire Catholic Church.

Any and all help is much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Tomdstone]

Recently, I have been attending a Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church every other week. I noticed in their liturgical calendar that there are several saints listed in between the Schism of 1054 and the Union of Brest. Are these saints recognized as saints in just the Eastern Catholic Churches or the entire Catholic Church.

Any and all help is much appreciated. Thanks!

I have seen that some Roman Catholics have said some harsh things about St. Photius and it seems that they have difficulty accepting him as a saint.

 

[Phillip_Rolfes]

Recently, I have been attending a Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church every other week. I noticed in their liturgical calendar that there are several saints listed in between the Schism of 1054 and the Union of Brest. Are these saints recognized as saints in just the Eastern Catholic Churches or the entire Catholic Church.

Any and all help is much appreciated. Thanks!

Just as the saints of the Roman Church are recognized as genuine saints throughout the entire Catholic Church, so too the saints of the Eastern Churches are recognized as genuine saints throughout the entire Catholic Church. The different particular Churches simply venerate their own saints. For example, the Churches of the Byzantine tradition may not liturgically venerate someone like St. Ignatius of Loyola. That doesn’t make him any less of a saint. Similarly, just because the Roman Church does not venerate St. Gregory Palamas as a saint (like many/most of the Churches in the Byzantine tradition do), that does not make him any less of a saint.

Bear in mind that one of the “Doctors of the Church,” St. Gregory Narek, belonged to a particular Church that was not in communion with the Church of Rome during his lifetime. But he has been venerated as a saint by the, I believe, Armenian Catholic Church since it was received into communion with the Roman Church.

 

[BusterMartin]

Just as the saints of the Roman Church are recognized as genuine saints throughout the entire Catholic Church, so too the saints of the Eastern Churches are recognized as genuine saints throughout the entire Catholic Church. The different particular Churches simply venerate their own saints. For example, the Churches of the Byzantine tradition may not liturgically venerate someone like St. Ignatius of Loyola. That doesn’t make him any less of a saint. Similarly, just because the Roman Church does not venerate St. Gregory Palamas as a saint (like many/most of the Churches in the Byzantine tradition do), that does not make him any less of a saint.

Bear in mind that one of the “Doctors of the Church,” St. Gregory Narek, belonged to a particular Church that was not in communion with the Church of Rome during his lifetime. But he has been venerated as a saint by the, I believe, Armenian Catholic Church since it was received into communion with the Roman Church.

I couldn’t have said it any better.

 

[Young_Ludovicus]

I always wondered about this. Do Eastern Catholics have the same saints that Eastern Orthodox people have?

 

[Phillip_Rolfes]

I always wondered about this. Do Eastern Catholics have the same saints that Eastern Orthodox people have?

Eastern Catholics have many similar saints to their Orthodox counterparts. I would venture to guess that 95% of the saints honored by the two are the same. The other 5% are made of up saints from the Eastern Catholic tradition who may not be honored by their Orthodox counterparts (e.g. St. Theodore Romzha).