Jan 1

[MusicMan]

Is January 1st a holy day of obligation in the Byzantine Catholic Church in the US?

 

[wmlillie]

Jan. 1 is a Solemn Day in the Byzantine Catholic Church in America, We celebrate the Lord’s Circumcision.

Mike L.

 

[JPUSC]

Don’t Eastern Rite Catholics have the same Holy Days of Obligation as Latin Rite Catholics?

Actually since we’re on the subject is the Eastern Rite Catholic date of Easter the same as the Latin Rites or the Orthodox?

 

[MusicMan]

Jan. 1 is a Solemn Day in the Byzantine Catholic Church in America, We celebrate the Lord’s Circumcision.

Mike L.

Is it a holy day of obligation for you? The Divine Liturgy will at least be celebrated, yes?

 

[Ghosty]

Don’t Eastern Rite Catholics have the same Holy Days of Obligation as Latin Rite Catholics?

Actually since we’re on the subject is the Eastern Rite Catholic date of Easter the same as the Latin Rites or the Orthodox?

No, we have different Liturgical Calendars. As for Easter, in most places the dates are the same, but I seem to remember that some Eastern Churches in the Middle East celebrate on the Orthodox date for Easter.

Peace and God bless!

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

No, we have different Liturgical Calendars. As for Easter, in most places the dates are the same, but I seem to remember that some Eastern Churches in the Middle East celebrate on the Orthodox date for Easter.

Peace and God bless!

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church holds to the Orthodox date for Easter in the “Old Country”. I had heard that they were considering making this so throughout the Church but it has not happened as of yet.

I have heard that Roman Catholic Churches in Egypt also hold to the Orthodox date for Easter.

 

[Hesychios]

…As for Easter, in most places the dates are the same, but I seem to remember that some Eastern Churches in the Middle East celebrate on the Orthodox date for Easter.

A popular Ukrainian Catholic parish (Ss Volodymyr and Olha) in Chicago does as well, there are likely others in the UGCC in various locales likewise.

 

[wmlillie]

Don’t Eastern Rite Catholics have the same Holy Days of Obligation as Latin Rite Catholics?

Actually since we’re on the subject is the Eastern Rite Catholic date of Easter the same as the Latin Rites or the Orthodox?

No, The Eastern Catholic Churches have their own Ecclesiastical Calendar, through we share many of the same Feast days there some differences.

Eastern Church Feast Days outside of Sunday

1. September 8, the Nativity of the Theotokos
2. September 14, the Elevation of the Holy Cross
3. November 21, the Presentation of the Theotokos
4. December 25, the Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
5. January 6, Theophany, the Baptism of Christ
6. February 2, the Presentation of Christ
7. March 25, the Annunciation
8. The Sunday before Pascha, Palm Sunday
9. Forty Days after Pascha, the Ascension of Christ
10. Fifty Days after Pascha, Pentecost
11. August 6, the Transfiguration
12. August 15, the Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos .

Latin Church Holy days of Obligation outside Sunday

1. 1 January: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
2. 6 January: the Epiphany
3. 19 March: Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
4. Thursday of the sixth week of Easter: the Ascension
5. Thursday after Trinity Sunday: the Body and Blood of Christ
6. 29 June: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
7. 15 August: the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8. 1 November: All Saints
9. 8 December: the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
10. 25 December: the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas)

As far as the Easter dates and other fixed day feasts Such as Christmas there are some Eastern Catholic churches that follow the Gregorian Calendar like the Roman Catholics, and then there are some that follow the Julian Calendar like the Orthodox.

IMHO, I do find the fact that Easter is celebrated at different times depending on Church and Calendar to be sad, and hope that one day we all can celebrate Pascha on the same day, I am all for the revised Julian Calendar!

 

[malphono]

Don’t Eastern Rite Catholics have the same Holy Days of Obligation as Latin Rite Catholics?

In general, the answer is yes, but that is not a given. There can be (and are) exceptions.
"JPUSC:

Actually since we’re on the subject is the Eastern Rite Catholic date of Easter the same as the Latin Rites or the Orthodox?

In general, the Western reckoning is used. (Whether it should be so or not is another matter entirely, and I am not going there.)

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church holds to the Orthodox date for Easter in the “Old Country”. I had heard that they were considering making this so throughout the Church but it has not happened as of yet.

I have heard that Roman Catholic Churches in Egypt also hold to the Orthodox date for Easter.

I’ve no idea what the Melkite practice is, nor am I quite sure what is meant by “the old country.” Israel? Lebanon? Syria? The calendar observance could well be different depending. I’m not at all sure about this, but I seem to think that in Lebanon the Melkites use the Western reckoning.

As for Eqypt, I don’t doubt it for a minute. Christians are a distinct minority there. It’s a matter of strength in numbers.

The Maronites (in the Patriarchal Territories and elsewhere) use the the Western reckoning of Easter, but in Cyprus the Maronites observe Easter on the same date as the Greek Orthodox.

I seem to recall that the handful of true Greek Catholics in Greece do the same.

A popular Ukrainian Catholic parish (Ss Volodymyr and Olha) in Chicago does as well, there are likely others in the UGCC in various locales likewise.

Yes, I recall that some Ukrainian parishes in the US use the “old (Julian) calendar” and so observe Easter that way. Another example is (at least was) the UGCC in Glen Spey NY.

 

[Ghosty]

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church holds to the Orthodox date for Easter in the “Old Country”. I had heard that they were considering making this so throughout the Church but it has not happened as of yet.

I have heard that Roman Catholic Churches in Egypt also hold to the Orthodox date for Easter.

I personally think it would be a great move to simply do this everywhere. It would cost the Catholic Church nothing, and would reap a great harvest of goodwill among the Apostolic Churches.

The only drawback would be that the Protestants still celebrate the Gregorian date of Easter, but that might change if such a move was made by the Roman Catholic Church, and if not then it wouldn’t be a major loss IMO since true Reunion is only going to happen with the Apostolic Churches anyway (and those Anglican jurisdictions that have a strong Apostolic mindset, and those would likely go along with such a change I think).

Peace and God bless!

 

[Aramis]

Don’t Eastern Rite Catholics have the same Holy Days of Obligation as Latin Rite Catholics?

No. The big ones line up… Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Dormition, Pentecost.

Actually since we’re on the subject is the Eastern Rite Catholic date of Easter the same as the Latin Rites or the Orthodox?

Not always.

The two primary Byzantine Calendars don’t match each other; gregorian and julian differ due to easter and christmas calculations. (Same formulas, but the (name removed by moderator)ut data varies due to a several days… and climbing… difference.)

Each particular church may set its obligation days separately.

 

[Pani_Rose]

To say the Church sets an ‘obligation’ means it is a ‘law’. A Holy Day is a day that we come together because we ‘love God’. If it is a law, it is a law written on man’s heart and his mind, not because it is written in man’s rules.

 

[Deacon_Lance]

The CCEO sets the Holy Days of Obligation of all Eastern Churches as:

Aug 15 The Dormition of the Theotokos
Dec 25 The Nativity of Christ
Jan 6 The Theophany of Christ
Thursday of the Ascension of Christ
Jun 29 SS Peter and Paul

Each Eastern Catholic Church may add other feasts. The Maronites for example add the Feast of St. Maron.

 

[bpbasilphx]

While some parishes of the Roman Catholic Eparchy of St. George of Canton observe Western date of Pascha, Bp. John Michael is encouraging them all (and requiring of of new parishes) to follow the Eastern date, as is done in Romania.

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

While some parishes of the Roman Catholic Eparchy of St. George of Canton observe Western date of Pascha, Bp. John Michael is encouraging them all (and requiring of of new parishes) to follow the Eastern date, as is done in Romania.

I think you mean Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George of Canton.