What are the Holy Days in the Eastern Catholic Churches?

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What are the Holy Days in the Eastern Catholic Churches in the USA? In the Latin Rite, we have Jan.1 (Mother of God), Ascension (which is moved from Thurs. to Sunday), Assumption (Aug. 15), All Saints (Nov. 1), Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), and Christmas.
 
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     The most important feast is the feast of feasts: Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha - Fesakh - Hajmeh. The date of the Feast of Feast changes, Date.
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     Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ - 25 December
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     Great Feast of the Holy Hypapanty [Meeting] of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and the Purification of The Theotokos - 2 February
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     Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ - 6 January
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     Great Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ - 6 August
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     Great Feast of Holy and Glorious Palm Sunday - Shaneeneh - Sunday before Pascha
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     Great Feast of the Ascension into Heaven of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ - 40th day of Pascha
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     Great Feast of Pentecost - 50th day of Pascha
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     Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Holy Cross - 14 September
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     Great Feast of the Nativity of The Theotokos - 8 September
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     Great Feast of the Entrance of The Theotokos into the Temple - 21 November
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     Great Feast of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) of The Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary - 25 March
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     Great Feast of the Dormition of The Theotokos - 15 August
 
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Thank you. This is great. 🙂
 
I edited it on you because the links looked confusing.

I’m pretty sure I’ve consistently read of 14 great feasts, but that only has 13. I’m not finding anything with a 14th. Maybe I’m loosing my mind with age. 🤷
 
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I edited it on you because the links looked confusing.

I’m pretty sure I’ve consistently read of 14 great feasts, but that only has 13. I’m not finding anything with a 14th. Maybe I’m loosing my mind with age. 🤷
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I started clicking on each feast separately on the first post you gave, and it was not too confusing. I’ll finish reading about them on the new link, though. That’s great because it has the readings too, not just the dates. 🙂
 
These are the 12 Great Feasts of the Byzantine tradition, which really knows nothing of “holy days of obligation” as the West has interpreted the term.

The obligation of the Parish is to celebrate these feasts as fully as possible–including having Vespers, Matins, and the Hours as well as Divine Liturgy. The obligation of the individual faithful is to be present for as much of the observance as possible.
 
bpbasilphx said:
These are the 12 Great Feasts of the Byzantine tradition, which really knows nothing of “holy days of obligation” as the West has interpreted the term.

The obligation of the Parish is to celebrate these feasts as fully as possible–including having Vespers, Matins, and the Hours as well as Divine Liturgy. The obligation of the individual faithful is to be present for as much of the observance as possible.
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I understand what you are saying. The celebration of the feasts in the Eastern Churches actually has a lot more than what the Latin Rite does for the Holy Days. Most Latin parishes do not offer Liturgy of the Hours to the general public.
 
lak611 said:
What are the Holy Days in the Eastern Catholic Churches in the USA? In the Latin Rite, we have Jan.1 (Mother of God), Ascension (which is moved from Thurs. to Sunday), Assumption (Aug. 15), All Saints (Nov. 1), Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), and Christmas.
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Lak,

As Vladyka Basil has noted, the 12 Great Feasts are those observed by Eastern Catholics (those of the Byzantine Rite Churches) and Eastern Orthodox. Pascha is not counted among the 12, as it is the Feast of Feasts. And, as he also remarked, the concept of “holydays of obligation” is historically unknown to us, although a few Churches have adopted the terminology (a leftover from the days of latinization).

The feasts differ in some regards when you speak of the Oriental Churches and the Maronites (some of whom do use the styling “holyday of obligation”). I have a full set of links for lists of the other Churches, but it’s on a hard-drive that is undergoing recovery at the moment. Here are those of the Maronites, they will look familiar.

Many years,

Neil
 
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Lak,

As Vladyka Basil has noted, the 12 Great Feasts are those observed by Eastern Catholics (those of the Byzantine Rite Churches) and Eastern Orthodox. Pascha is not counted among the 12, as it is the Feast of Feasts. And, as he also remarked, the concept of “holydays of obligation” is historically unknown to us, although a few Churches have adopted the terminology (a leftover from the days of latinization).

The feasts differ in some regards when you speak of the Oriental Churches and the Maronites (some of whom do use the styling “holyday of obligation”). I have a full set of links for lists of the other Churches, but it’s on a hard-drive that is undergoing recovery at the moment. Here are those of the Maronites, they will look familiar.

Many years,

Neil
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Is the Maronite Church keeping the terminology or changing it to remove the Latinizations?
 
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Is the Maronite Church keeping the terminology or changing it to remove the Latinizations?
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I’d defer to my brothers, yeshua or jimmy, on this - but this is pretty ingrained into Maronite spirituality. It would be a tough change to effect and would require some significant fortitude on the part of those charged with de-latinizing.

I’ve seen nothing to suggest that the Holy Synod has tackled this as yet - or even has it under consideration. Guys?

Many years,

Neil
 
Irish_Melkite said:
I’d defer to my brothers, yeshua or jimmy, on this - but this is pretty ingrained into Maronite spirituality. It would be a tough change to effect and would require some significant fortitude on the part of those charged with de-latinizing.

I’ve seen nothing to suggest that the Holy Synod has tackled this as yet - or even has it under consideration. Guys?

Many years,

Neil
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This would be a great point to say that there is a good reason why Latinization is so slow for the Maronites, beyond the sad history of Maronite Romanization. Has anyone else been to Lebanon recently? The fact is, the Patriarch and his Synod is far more focused on the political pastoral role of his position; his people are dying, and those left are leaving. Sometimes mere survival takes precedence over liturgical and theological change.

It is for this reason that the church in the United States is so different from the church in Lebanon, all of the development that is unique to the diaspora occurred while the Christian community was raising arms, and the church, for lack of a better phrase, could not care about what was occurring outside the Cedars. This is exactly why the only OFFICIAL liturgical rubrics issued by the Holy Synod came to the U.S. in 1993, 40 years after the church came to the United States. It also explains the disdain that is sometimes popular in Lebanon against the church in the U.S.

To answer your question Neil, no, there is no movement en masse to affect the latinizations mentioned. I obtained a copy of the Ordo for the 2007-2008 year, and I see no prevalent changes in the calendar.

I know of a professor at Notre Dame who has a lectionary coming out soon. There is also a new edition of Ginnazat (funeral rituality) being published, however, I being told that neither the lectionary or Ginnazat is faithful to any tradition. These are movements in America, separate from the Synod, and will have to have the Synod approval, but it shows that the movement away from Latinizations is occurring, starting with the basics.

Peace and God Bless.
 
yeshua said:
This would be a great point to say that there is a good reason why Latinization is so slow for the Maronites, beyond the sad history of Maronite Romanization. Has anyone else been to Lebanon recently? The fact is, the Patriarch and his Synod is far more focused on the political pastoral role of his position; his people are dying, and those left are leaving. Sometimes mere survival takes precedence over liturgical and theological change.
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Yeshua,

From your knowledge, how badly affected are the Christian areas in Lebanon? Personal family friends in Lebanon say that the bombs are loud, and the rockets piercing, but the buildings around them still stand. One good friend even went for a holiday in August :o because he considered it safe enough. Do you know any more than I?

In Jesus Christ,

(Sorry to sidetrack the thread)
 
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Yeshua,

From your knowledge, how badly affected are the Christian areas in Lebanon? Personal family friends in Lebanon say that the bombs are loud, and the rockets piercing, but the buildings around them still stand. One good friend even went for a holiday in August :o because he considered it safe enough. Do you know any more than I?

In Jesus Christ,

(Sorry to sidetrack the thread)
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Magic,

It depends on where you are. My family’s village is north and east enough to not cause any immediate harm, though I have cousins who live far south who consistently tell me about their safety. It would be correct to say your friend’s assessment is fair. It’s so troubling, however, much of the current problem is that the Christians are not unified, and in a way, are contributing to threatening their own safety.

I will be going back Home with two family friends for Holy Week, I can update you personally afterwards, if you would like. We do have to look out for own own. 🙂

Peace and God Bless!
 
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