Unlike other posts here of the Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari, this one is the Traditional Holy Qurbana of the Syro Malabar Catholics prior to 1962. The Suriyani Qurbana is being Chanted not just in Syriac, the Liturgical Language of Eastern Churches under the Antiochian and Syro-Oriental Rite. This Divine Liturgy of East Syrian source was restored by His Holiness Pope Pius XII in 1957. This one is celebrated in 50:50 Formula, by which the Priest first is facing the People at the Liturgy of the Word but when the Eucharistic Liturgy and Anaphora comes, he will be Ad Orientem facing the Liturgical East. Malayalam was only used in the Suriyani Qurbana in 1962
Episcopal Enthronement of His Grace Most. Rev. Vasile Bizau as the New Eparch of the Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Maramures after the Dead of its former Bishop, His Grace Most. Rev. Ioan Sisestean. And we can see the main rubrics surrounding a Episcopal Enthronement and a Episcopal Ordination. He was enthroned by His Beatitude Cardinal-Designate Lucian Muresan, Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. Bishop Vasile Bizau was previously the Bishop of Curia of the Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archdiocese of Fagaras Si Alba Iulia
Here below are the few Pictures of the Enthronement:
Above is a fine example of a Hierarchial Holy Qurbana celebrated by a Syro Malabar Catholic Hierarch in India. On this Eastern Rite Liturgy, notice that the Eparch use his Crozier, Mitre and even a Blessing Cross, though at this Video we see that the Bishop does not have any Hand Cross, signifying the fact that half of the Syro Malabar Hierarchs are still Latinized. The only difference it had on the Holy Qurbana celebrated by a Priest is that the words in the Prayers of Altar Assistants changes, to denote that the Syro Malabar Liturgy is celebrated by a Bishop. One known Eastern Rite custom shown here is the Concelebration between the Eparch and his Priest and the Chanting of some Prayers in the Holy Qurbana in the Liturgical Language of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church, which is Malayalam.
At the hierarchical liturgy in St. Yur’s Cathedral in Lviv, on 29 November, the establishment of the Lviv Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) was proclaimed and Archbishop Ihor (Vozniak) of Lviv was enthroned as Metropolitan of Lviv. The ruling bishop of Lviv will now bear the title “Archbishop and Metropolitan of Lviv.” St. Yur’s Cathedral was proclaimed to be the cathedral of the Lviv Metropolitanate of UGCC.
The Administrator of the Patriarchal Curia, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of UGCC, Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) read out a letter about the establishment of the Lviv Metropolitanate of UGCC. The document deals with the whole history of UGCC, its difficult path towards the establishment and then, restoration of the structures of the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate, legalization of UGCC after the totalitarian regime and return of UGCC to Kyiv.
According to the letter, the Lviv Metropolitanate includes the archeparchies of Lviv, Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych and Sokal-Zhovkva. The Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitanate includes Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia-Chernivtsi eparchies. The Ternopil-Buchach Metropolitanate includes Ternopil-Zboriv and Buchach Eparchies.
Artchbishop Ihor (Vozniak) of Lviv, Eparch of Ivano-Frankivsk, Bishop Volodymyr (Viityshyn) and Eparch of Ternopil and Zboriv, Bishop Vasyl (Semeniuk) have been proclaimed the first metropolitans of the new metropolitanates.
Another existing metropolitanate of UGCC, the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate led by Patriarch Sviatoslav has been proclaimed the heir of all the property of UGCC.
The ceremony of the enthronement of Metropolitan of Lviv, Archbishop Ihor (Vozniak) was conducted by the head of UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav.
In his address, Patriarch Sviatoslav called the Lviv Metropolitanate the second most important one after the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate of UGCC and stressed that the will of all the previous heads of UGCC, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi, Patriarch Josef Slipyj, cardinal myroslav-Ivan Lubachivskyi and Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar) has been fulfilled.
The liturgy was attended by all the bishops of UGCC led by Patriarch Sviatoslav, the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, Apostolic Administrator of Mukachiv of the Greek Catholic Church, Bishop Milan (Shashik).
The metropolitanate in Ivano-Frankisvk will be proclaimed on 13 December. The metropolitanate in Ternopil will be proclaimed on 22 December.
The newly-Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv and its Bishops welcome the Patriarch:
Decree on establishing Lviv Metropolitanate:
Enthronement of the new Metropolitan Ihor (Vozniak):
Patriarch's sermon:
Metropolitan Ihor's sermon:
From the ERCF Admin and its contributors, may the Metropolitan and his Metropolitanate last for many years!
On the 20th of November, His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus' celebrated his 65th birthday with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow. He is celebrating the Liturgy with the Patriarch of Georgia Ilia I, the Metropolitan of Polish Orthodox Church Sawa, and the other metropolitans and bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church.
From the ERCF Moderator and its contributors, may God grant His Holiness the Patriarch many years! May his dream of meeting with the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church come true!
NOTE: This is a blog that promotes the Eastern liturgy, its theology and its spirituality that has been handed from the time when the Churches of Rome and Constantinople are united before the Great Schism in 1054. Although this is a blog that promotes the awareness of our Eastern brothers, bear in mind that we must acknowledge our Orthodox brothers and their culture here and abroad, never to despise for we are equal in the eyes of God yesterday, now and forever.
In celebration of the 10th year Anniversary of the Historic visit of His Holiness Blessed Pope John Paul II, here are very rare videos on this Occasion upon his Visit in year 2001, with his longing of healing on the division brought by the Great Schism. The first Video is the 10th anniversary commemoration video while the second video clip is about a Documentary of the Papal Visit in Ukraine of His Holiness Blessed Pope John Paul II, but it was narrated in Ukrainian so i had a hard time understanding it.Among the most important Occasion that happen here is the Beatification of Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky and the 25 Martyrs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Below are some photos taken at this historic event:
And you can click the links here for the full detail of this Historical Papal Visit, and his Homily he delivered on the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite on the Beatification of the UGCC Martyrs.
"On Saturday, July 4.2009, Nikola Nino Kekić, the newly appointed bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, was ordained in the Greek Catholic cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Križevci. The consecrator was Msgr. Slavomir Miklovš, the apostolic administrator of the Eparchy of Križevci. The co-consecrators were the archbishop and metropolitan of Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanić, and the apostolic nuncio in the Republic of Croatia, Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, who read the bull of appointment at the beginning of the ceremony."
An excerpt of Information regarding the Cheirotonia, or Laying of Hand, of His Grace Most. Rev. Nikola Kekic and below is a Cited excerpt from the Principal Co Consecrator Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Latin Rite Roman Catholic Archbishop of Zagreb:
"Addressing Bishop Kekić, Cardinal Bozanić noted that the motto he has chosen, "God is Love," expresses the Christian image of God in a concise and very clear manner. Since God first loved us, Christian love is not a commandment but rather a response to the gift of love. The cardinal urged Bishop Kekić as a good shepherd to assemble his scattered and small flock of Greek Catholic Croats, Rusyns and Ukrainians in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia, to strengthen them in Catholic faith and encourage them, although they are small in number, to be proud of their Church heritage.
Cardinal Bozanić urged the new bishop of Križevci to safeguard and build the community of presbyters, religious and Christ's lay faithful throughout the entire eparchy, Bishop Kekić thanked everyone who has accompanied him thus far on his path of life. He thanked Pope Benedict XVI who appointed him as the thirteenth bishop of Križevci, and the twenty-ninth in the series of bishops of Marča-Križevci, as well as the co-consecrators. On his own behalf as well as on behalf of the priests and faithful of the Eparchy of Križevci, he particularly thanked Msgr. Slavomir Miklovš, who had led the diocese for 26 years, including the war years. Bishop Kekić greeted the assembled clergy with special joy. He urged the faithful to pray fervently for the clergy that they may rise above mediocrity, to be holy bishops and holy priests. He suggested that Croatian families should spend more time together. Let us find time for each other, despite the devastating tempo of life that tramples every person and his dignity, said the bishop."
And some of the Taken Pictures in the Episcopal Ordination see here below:
The Video Footage is courtesy of the Orientale Lumen website, known for Videos of Liturgies in the Eastern Rite, both Catholic and Orthodox. This Pontifical Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Cathedral of Mukachevo in Uzhorod, Ukraine, Celebrated by the late Metropolitan Archbishop Basil Myron Schott, OFM, of the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh, concelebrated by all Byzantine Catholic Hierarchs, including the Bishop of Mukachevo, His Grace Milan Sasik, C.M
For Videos of Eastern Rite Liturgies, just click in this here and another one here for Liturgies in Arabic and Liturgies in English as well and below are some Photos taken in this Solemn Commemoration of the Anniversary of Blessed Theodore Romzha, who is also the former Eparch of the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve until his Assasination in 1947.
A very rare compilation of a Old Video footage of the Divine Liturgy with a Presbyteral Ordination the then Eparchy, now Metropolia, of Presov in Slovakia, under the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. His Grace Most. Rev. Jan Hirka, who have previously serve as the Apostolic Administrator due to the demise of its Bishops Blessed Peter Pavel Gojdic and Blessed Vasyl Hopko, is the one Ordaining the Deacons. The Slovak Greek Catholic is the only Sui Iuris Eastern Catholic Church to be exact that has enjoy freedom at the midst of Communist Rule in the then Czechoslovakia, after it was granted recognition and 1968 and allow to restore Communion with the Pope, though majority of their Churches remains at the hands of Czechoslovak Orthodox Church
Celebration of the Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion in the Holy Ressurection Monastery, a Monastic Community of the Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St. George in Canton, Ohio. This Community are for the revival of Byzantine Traditions within the Catholic Church, specially the Liturgical Tradition and Popular Piety shared by Eastern catholic Churches under the Byzantine Rite.
Ordination to Episcopacy of Most. Rev. Bosco Puthur as Bishop of Curia of the Syro Malabar Catholic Major Archiepiscopate of Ernakulam-Angamaly, His Principal Co-Consecrators are His Excellencies Archbishop Andrews Thazhath and Archbishop George Valiamattam and his Principal Consecrator is the Major Archbishop Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. this took place in 2010, a year before the Major Archbishops demise in 2011, of which Bishop Bosco Puthur becomes the Apostolic Administrator of the Major Archiepiscopate until the Election of His Beatitude George Alencherry.
