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2 days ago · Today, the various Eastern Rites are organized under the four eastern patriarchates. The Alexandrian Rite is officially called the Liturgy of St. Mark. (St. Mark is traditionally considered the first bishop of Alexandria.)
Aug 20, 2024 · Of the 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, nearly 20 million are members of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Syro-Malabar Church is the largest, followed by the Ukrainian Greek Church. And while small in number, overall, they bring rich and varied liturgical traditions along with cultural richness.
3 days ago · The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, [a] are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
Aug 25, 2024 · The Catholic Church is made up of two dozen “Catholic churches,” each belonging to seven ritual families — Alexandrian, Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldean, Latin, Maronite and Syriac — and each church in that ritual family having its own distinctive traditions and liturgical variations.
5 days ago · When it comes to the liturgy’s place in evangelization, theologian Father Cyprian Vagaggini author of Theological Dimensions of the Liturgy, explains, liturgy is primarily directed to those already initiated into the Catholic faith, those who are meant to be growing in perfection and holiness, and not those outside of the Church in need of hearing and responding to the Gospel for the first time.
2 days ago · In keeping with ancient tradition, Good Friday is the one day of the year the Church does not celebrate Mass. The Eucharist distributed at Communion on Good Friday has been previously consecrated and reserved last night — Holy Thursday evening — at the altar of repose.
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2 days ago · While the Western celebration of Epiphany (which comes from Greek, meaning “revelation from above”) and the Eastern celebration of Theophany (meaning “revelation of God”) have developed their own traditions and liturgical significances, these feasts share more than the same day.
