Posts Tagged ‘ Church Year ’

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Sep 14th, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The Byzantine Liturgical Year kicks off with two feasts that are also observed, on the same dates, in the Roman Rite: the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The latter, which we observe today (September 14), is an appropriately paradoxical feast, being also a fast.



The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sep 8th, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Today is the celebration the birth of Mary, the Mother of our Lord. This feast is observed on September 8 in both the Roman and Byzantine rites. The Gospel appointed for the feast, in the Roman Rite, is Matthew 1:1-16. This passage, like Luke 3:23-38, presents the genealogy of Jesus. 



Happy Byzantine Liturgical New Year!

Sep 1st, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Our first article at Called to Communion called attention to the sanctification of time in the Reformed tradition; namely, the observance of the first day of the week, Sunday, as the Christian Sabbath. Although there are some differences between Catholics and Reformed Protestants concerning the meaning and observance of the Lord’s Day, there is general […]