Jacobite Liturgy / Divine Liturgy of Saint James

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Hello everyone! I have recently found out that there is Jacobite Liturgy / Divine Liturgy of Saint James based on facebook post shared by one Eastern-rite priest. Now, I myself am not Eastern Catholic, but tend to attend liturgies of both eastern (byzantine in my case) and western (latin) rites. I got very interested in this and found out that this liturgy is only celebrated once per year with exception of certain Orthodox Church that celebrates it as its primary liturgy.

Is there any Eastern Catholic Church that does the same? Is there any way to experience this liturgy without needing to wait one year? I know nothing formally stops me from attending Orthodox Liturgy of Saint James, but I feel like I would prefer to celebrate it in full communion with Catholic Church.

As a side question, is it formally forbidden by canon law or anything else to celebrate this liturgy other than at certain date?
 
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Hello everyone! I have recently found out that there is Jacobite Liturgy / Divine Liturgy of Saint James based on facebook post shared by one Eastern-rite priest. Now, I myself am not Eastern Catholic, but tend to attend liturgies of both eastern (byzantine in my case) and western (latin) rites. I got very interested in this and found out that this liturgy is only celebrated once per year with exception of certain Orthodox Church that celebrates it as its primary liturgy.

Is there any Eastern Catholic Church that does the same? Is there any way to experience this liturgy without needing to wait one year? I know nothing formally stops me from attending Orthodox Liturgy of Saint James, but I feel like I would prefer to celebrate it in full communion with Catholic Church.

As a side question, is it formally forbidden by canon law or anything else to celebrate this liturgy other than at certain date?
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Melkites use it. The Divine Liturgy of Saint James is used on his feast days of
  • October 23 and
  • the Sunday after Nativity – the Commemoration of the Holy and Just Man Joseph, spouse of The Theotokos; of James, brother of the Lord; and of David, the King and Prophet.
 
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church uses the Liturgy of St. James year-round.
 
Hello Friend,

If the liturgy you mention is Jacobite then it must be the specific liturgy of St. James (West Syriac) used by the St. Thomas Christians in India in the following churches:

Syro Malankara Catholic Chruch (Eastern Catholic)
Malankara Orthodox Church (Oriental Orthodox)
Jacobite Syrian Church (Oriental Orthodox under Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch)
Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Oriental Orthodox/Anglican Communion)

The term Jacobite or Yachoba is based off of the Oriental Orthodox Saint Jacob Baradaeus who made great efforts in establishing the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Syriac Orthodox Church does not accept the name “Jacobites” or Jacobite Christian but the name stuck in India and is still used today by the Jacobite Syrian Church, who other St. Thomas Christians generally call Yachobakar.

If you can find any of the above listed churches in your area, you will be able to attend the Liturgy of St. James in the Jacobite Usage. However the Mar Thoma Church service will be different from the other three because of historical Anglican influence.
 
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Thank you very much for the list. I wasn’t aware term “Jacobite” could be viewed badly, so I apologize for that. Is therefore Syro Malankara Catholic Church only one in communion with Rome that celebrates this Liturgy frequently?
 
Yes for some reason I have heard that the Syriac Orthodox dont like the term Jacobite, I’m not sure what the base reasoning is behind that. However the St. Thomas Christian Syriac Orthodox (Jacobites) in India have no issue with the name.

The Syriac Catholic Church and the Maronite Catholic Church also make use of the liturgy of St. James. Tho of course there will be slight variations in each churches usage of the Rite.
 
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I assume this is the Liturgy used by the 18th century Jacobite rebels?

Just kidding ;).
 
Do those Churches use it as their main Liturgy? Because I know Byzantines use it before Feast of Saint James and First Sunday after Christmas.
 
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