Ezekiel is commemorated as a saint in the liturgical calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church — and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite — on July 21 ( for those churches which use the traditional Julian Calendar, July 21 falls on August 3 of the modern Gregorian Calendar ).

Formally given to bishop Philip of Senj, the permission to use the Glagolitic liturgy ( the Roman Rite conducted in Slavic language instead of Latin, not the Byzantine rite ), actually extended to all Croatian lands, mostly along the Adriatic coast.

Hesychasm (, hesychasmos, from, hesychia, " stillness, rest, quiet, silence ") is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the Byzantine Rite, practised ( Gk:, hesychazo: " to keep stillness ") by the Hesychast ( Gr., hesychastes ).

The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite see Jacob's dream as a prophecy of the Incarnation of the Logos, whereby Jacob's ladder is understood as a symbol of the Theotokos ( Virgin Mary ), who, according to Orthodox theology, united heaven and earth in her womb.

In 1882 Pope Leo XIII had a Mass and an Office composed for his feast day, which he set at 14 April, the day after the day indicated as that of his death in the Martyrology of Florus ; but since this date quite often falls within the main Paschal celebrations, the feast was moved in 1968 to 1 June, the date on which he has been celebrated in the Byzantine Rite since at least the 9th century.

But at present Saint John is celebrated on a wide variety of dates in Eastern rites: 29 December for Armenians, 30 December for Copts, 7 May for Syrians and 26 September for Christians of Byzantine Rite.

Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches use exactly the same form of the Creed, since the Catholic Church teaches that it is wrong to add " and the Son " to the Greek verb " ἐκπορευόμενον ", but correct to add it to the Latin " qui procedit ", which does not have precisely the same meaning.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite celebrate his memory on November 19 ( for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, November 19 currently falls on December 2 of the modern Gregorian Calendar ).

* Palm Sunday according to the Byzantine Rite Tradition

This council is celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite as " The Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy " each year on the first Sunday of Great Lent — the fast that leads up to Pascha ( Easter )— and again on the Sunday closest to October 11 ( the Sunday on or after October 8 ).

The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite commemorate the " Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian " on September 26.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite commemorate the " Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian " on September 26.

* Byzantine Rite

The feast day was therefore moved in 1969 to the day of the saint's death, 4 December, the day on which his feast day is celebrated also in the Byzantine Rite calendar.

In addition to being a Byzantine centre of culture, during the 8th century the city became a Holy See: Reggio was until the 16th century, the most important Greek Rite Bishopric in Italy.

In the Byzantine Catholic Rite Pentecost Monday is no longer a Holy Day of Obligation, but rather a simple holy day.

The Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Greek Orthodox Church, as well as the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and all Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches, commemorate Saint Clement of Rome ( called in Syriac " Mor Clemis ") on 24 November ; the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates St Clement on 25 November.

Numerous other Roman Catholic churches within Valletta include Our Lady of Pilar Church, the Carmelite Church, Our Lady of Liesse Church, St. James Church, St. Barbara Church ( offering services in French, English and German ), Our Lady of Damascus ( a Byzantine Rite Catholic church ), St. Lucy Church, St. Roch Church, St. Catherine of Italy Church ( offering services in Italian ), St. Nicholas Church ( known as the ' Church of All Souls '), St. Catherine of Alexandria Church and the Parish Church of Saint Mary of Porto Salvo and Saint Dominic, accredited the first basilica in Malta in the Bolla Pont by Pope Pius V.

Byzantine Christians ( Eastern Christians who follow the Rite of Constantinople: Orthodox Christians and Greek-Catholics ) call this day " Holy and Great Friday ", or simply " Great Friday ".

* Byzantine Rite, an ecclesial rite in the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, the Songs of Degrees ( Greek: anabathmoi ) make up the Eighteenth Kathisma ( division of the Psalter ), and are read on Friday evenings at Vespers throughout the liturgical year.

The Latins ( as the Byzantines called them because of their adherence to the Latin Rite ) viewed the Byzantine preference for diplomacy and trade over war, as duplicitous and degenerate, and their policy of tolerance and assimilation towards Muslims as a corrupt betrayal of the faith.

The second Sunday of the Great Lent is called the Sunday of Gregory Palamas in those Churches that commemorate him according to the Byzantine Rite.

Other Eastern European miners and their families belonged to Ukrainian or " Byzantine Rite " parishes on the east side of the town.

The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, used in the Byzantine Churches, still has a formula of dismissal of catechumens ( not usually followed by any action ) at this point.

After the adoption of Christianity in Bulgaria in 865, religious ceremonies and Divine Liturgy were conducted in Greek by clergy sent from the Byzantine Empire, using the Byzantine rite.

The most significant liturgical acts reserved to priests in these traditions are the administration of the Sacraments, including the celebration of the Holy Mass or Divine Liturgy ( the terms for the celebration of the Eucharist in the Latin and Byzantine traditions, respectively ), and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, also called Confession.

In the churches of the Germans his emissaries saw no beauty ; but at Constantinople, where the full festival ritual of the Byzantine Church was set in motion to impress them, they found their ideal: " We no longer knew whether we were in heaven or on earth ," they reported, describing a majestic Divine Liturgy in Hagia Sophia, " nor such beauty, and we know not how to tell of it.

In the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Byzantine Rite Catholics the Epistle reading is called the Apostol ( the same name is given to the lectionary from which it is read ).

Divine Liturgy (,,,,,, ) is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine tradition of Christian liturgy.

Approximately 7, 650, 000 belong to the fourteen Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite, whether they attend the Divine Liturgy in that liturgical rite or in another, and 8, 300, 000 belong to other Eastern Catholic Churches of Armenian, Coptic and Syriac traditions.

) of it were published in English in 1985 as On the Divine Liturgy, described by its publishers as " for centuries the quasi-official explanation of the Divine Liturgy for the Byzantine Christian world ".

The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches make frequent use of incense, not only at the Divine Liturgy ( Eucharist ), but also at Vespers, Matins and a number of other occasional services ( see Euchologion ).

Basil made a reformation of the Liturgy of his Church, and that the Byzantine service called after him represents his reformed Liturgy in its chief parts, although it has undergone further modification since his time.

The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the most common form of the Liturgy used in the Constantinopolitan Rite, and his Catechetical Homily is an important part of the Byzantine Paschal Vigil.

This tradition has several forms of the Divine Liturgy ( celebration of the Eucharist ), three of which are in use everywhere that the Byzantine Rite is used: the Liturgy of St.

The Development of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite, SPCK, London 1989, ISBN 0-281-04416-3

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, a selection from Baruch ( which is considered an extension of the Book of Jeremiah, and is announced in the services as " Jeremiah ") is read as one of the eight Paroemia ( Old Testament readings ) during the Vesperal Divine Liturgy on Christmas Eve.

The Ruthenian Catholic Church is a sui iuris ( i. e., self-governing ) Eastern Catholic Church ( see particular Church ), which uses the Divine Liturgy of the Constantinopolitan Byzantine Eastern Rite.

There are numerous ektenias during the Byzantine divine services: the Divine Liturgy, Vespers, Matins, the Sacred Mysteries ( Sacraments ), and numerous other services.

Like other compositions in the Byzantine tradition, the Divine Liturgy of St. James as celebrated in Greek forms the basis of the English transcription.

* The Divine Liturgies Music Project Byzantine music in English for the Liturgy of St. James

In 1933 the Ukrainian Lutheran Liturgy was published, the first Liturgy of Byzantine Rite Lutheranism.