Will your parish celebrate the Divine Liturgy according to St. James the Apostle this Sunday?

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I am interested to see if anyone’s parish will celebrate the Divine Liturgy according to St. James the Apostle because this Sunday is his feast day.

I know my local Greek-Catholic and Orthodox parishes aren’t celebrating it, but are commemorating him of course.

I don’t expect most of yours would either due to it lasting many hours, but if your parish ever celebrates this Liturgy anytime of the year, it would be interesting to know more about it.

Thanks and God Bless 🙂
 
Im guessing that in the Eastern Catholic churches it is his feast day? Or are you refering to James the Lesser?
In the Roman Rite, St James the Greater’s Feast day is July 25. He is the patron saint of my parish 🙂

(Edit to add: I looked it up and I see you are indeed referring to Orthodox! Have a blessed feast day! He holds a special place in my heart)
 
Marie5890 said:
Im guessing that in the Eastern Catholic churches it is his feast day? Or are you refering to James the Lesser?
In the Roman Rite, St James the Greater’s Feast day is July 25. He is the patron saint of my parish 🙂

(Edit to add: I looked it up and I see you are indeed referring to Orthodox! Have a blessed feast day! He holds a special place in my heart)
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Sunday, Oct. 23 is indeed the feast day of “The Holy Apostle James, the Brother of God” (as described in the Menaion!). 🙂

Here is the text of the Troparion of the day:

O holy James, as a disciple of the Lord, you received the Gospel;
as a martyr, you displayed an unyielding will.
As a brother of the Lord, you have special power with Him;
as a pontiff, you have the right of intercession.
Intercede, therefore, with Christ our God that He may save our souls.
 
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Sunday, Oct. 23 is indeed the feast day of “The Holy Apostle James, the Brother of God” (as described in the Menaion!). 🙂

Here is the text of the Troparion of the day:

O holy James, as a disciple of the Lord, you received the Gospel;
as a martyr, you displayed an unyielding will.
As a brother of the Lord, you have special power with Him;
as a pontiff, you have the right of intercession.
Intercede, therefore, with Christ our God that He may save our souls.
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Absolutely beautiful. Im going to copy it and refer to it often. I have a strong affinity to the Communion of Saints.
In fact I always venerate the statue of St James that we have at our sanctuary’s entrance when I go to Mass. I will greet him with that this weekend!

Thank you for posting it. 🙂
 
I have no idea because this Sunday we will be having a diaconial ordination at my UGCC Parish. It will mostly be in Ukrainian so I will be totally lost :).
 
We used the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom today Oct 23, 2011. Byzantine Catholic.
 
The beautiful Liturgy of St James, because of its length, is served very rarely (usually only on his feast and on the first Sunday after Christmas) and in only a very few places - usually of his patronage or associated with his life - principally Jerusalem.

The only Eastern Catholics of whom I am aware that serve it are the Melkites and they ordinarily do so only on the appointed days and in Jerusalem, where the Patriarchal Vicar does so. The Eastern Orthodox also serve it in Jerusalem, on the same dates.

The Armenian Orthodox Patriarch (Patriarchate of St James of Jerusalem) serves it in Jerusalem on those dates as well (albeit those dates on the Armenian calendar).

I have been told, but can’t confirm, that there is a single Eastern Orthodox temple in Jerusalem in which it is served daily.

It is the underlying basis for the Holy Qurbana of the Syriacs - both Orthodox and Catholic.
 
I was under the impression that this liturgy is a reconstruction, so it is controversial to serve it.
 
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