Good Friday and Annunciation 2016

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Next year, Good Friday and the Annunciation fall on the same day, March 25. I was wondering what is going to happen with fasting since it is also a Holy Day. Will fasting still be required, since it is a joyous Holy Day as well.

In the Ukrainian Catholic Church on Good Friday, we just have a Holy Shroud service and that is it; no Divine Liturgy is celebrated. But next year I imagine there would have to be, since it is a Holy Day.

In the Roman Catholic Church I understand that there is a Mass celebrated but the Holy Eucharist was consecrated on Holy Thursday. Am I correct? How will it go in the Roman Catholic Church on Good Friday next year?

Update: I just saw that last time this happened the Church transferred the Annunciation. Could that happen again?
 
Yes, this happens every few years, usually with Annunciation, but occasionally St. Joseph also falls in Holy Week. The rule is to transfer to the first unimpeded day after the Easter Octave, which is usually the day after Divine Mercy Sunday. That is the day on which the Annunciation will be celebrated next year.

A few years ago St. Joseph fell on Palm Sunday, and the Holy See did something new: It transferred that feast to the day before, so as not to be transferring both St. Joe and Lady Day to the Monday and Tuesday after Divine Mercy Sunday. This had been what was always done in the past, though having to transfer both feasts is relatively infrequent. Having to transfer Lady Day (which is not a holy day of obligation in most countries) occurs about twice each decade.
 
Christbearer03 said:
Next year, Good Friday and the Annunciation fall on the same day, March 25. I was wondering what is going to happen with fasting since it is also a Holy Day. Will fasting still be required, since it is a joyous Holy Day as well.

In the Ukrainian Catholic Church on Good Friday, we just have a Holy Shroud service and that is it; no Divine Liturgy is celebrated. But next year I imagine there would have to be, since it is a Holy Day.

In the Roman Catholic Church I understand that there is a Mass celebrated but the Holy Eucharist was consecrated on Holy Thursday. Am I correct? How will it go in the Roman Catholic Church on Good Friday next year?

Update: I just saw that last time this happened the Church transferred the Annunciation. Could that happen again?
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In the Byzantine Rite (Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Melkite, etc.) we don’t transfer feasts, and Annunciation is one of the 12 Great Feasts. We will celebrate Annunciation in the morning with Divine Liturgy, and at noon the commemoration for Good Friday will begin, at which point the Royal Hours and Entombment Vespers can take place. ( I only happen to know this because my priest gave a great homily on Annunciation this year and he mentioned this in the context of his homily.)

I’m pretty sure the feast is transferred in the Latin Rite, because Good Friday, Holy Saturday and all days of Easter outrank Annunciation. So the feast would be moved to the first day available after the conclusion of Easter. I think.
 
Chatter163 said:
Yes, this happens every few years, usually with Annunciation, but occasionally St. Joseph also falls in Holy Week. The rule is to transfer to the first unimpeded day after the Easter Octave, which is usually the day after Divine Mercy Sunday. That is the day on which the Annunciation will be celebrated next year.

A few years ago St. Joseph fell on Palm Sunday, and the Holy See did something new: It transferred that feast to the day before, so as not to be transferring both St. Joe and Lady Day to the Monday and Tuesday after Divine Mercy Sunday. This had been what was always done in the past, though having to transfer both feasts is relatively infrequent. **Having to transfer Lady Day **(which is not a holy day of obligation in most countries) occurs about twice each decade.
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What is Lady Day? Is this a term for Annunciation?
 
Christbearer03 said:
Next year, Good Friday and the Annunciation fall on the same day, March 25. I was wondering what is going to happen with fasting since it is also a Holy Day. Will fasting still be required, since it is a joyous Holy Day as well.

In the Ukrainian Catholic Church on Good Friday, we just have a Holy Shroud service and that is it; no Divine Liturgy is celebrated. But next year I imagine there would have to be, since it is a Holy Day.

In the Roman Catholic Church I understand that there is a Mass celebrated but the Holy Eucharist was consecrated on Holy Thursday. Am I correct? How will it go in the Roman Catholic Church on Good Friday next year?

Update: I just saw that last time this happened the Church transferred the Annunciation. Could that happen again?
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In the Roman Rite the date is transferred to Monday 4 April.
 
The Table of Precedence.

It won’t be a joyous day; it will be Good Friday. Fasting and abstinence are in effect. The days of the Triduum trump everything else on the Calendar.

Therfore, the rules for Solemnities also apply: it’s moved to the first available day that is not impeded by a higher-ranking day. This is Monday after Low Sunday, April 4th. That will be the date of the Annunciation in 2016, and THAT will be the Solemnity.

Of course this is all Roman Rite. I don’t know how the Ukrainians handle it.
 
In the Roman Catholic Church I understand that there is a Mass celebrated but the Holy Eucharist was consecrated on Holy Thursday. Am I correct?
No, on Good Friday mass is not allowed to be celebrated. Instead we have the reading of the passion, veneration of the cross, and a communion service ( using the Holy Eucharist consecrated on Holy Thursday or before); it is the only day, of the year, that mass is not celebrated.***
 
porthos11 said:
Of course this is all Roman Rite. I don’t know how the Ukrainians handle it.
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Ukrainians, as with other Byzantines, split the day. Morning is Annunciation, after noon is Great Friday. It’s a strange occurrence, and I don’t believe it ever happens on the Julian calendar.
 
I was born on March 25, the Annunciation. It was also Good Friday that year too. But that was a long time ago, LOL
 
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