[While Halloween is not typically part of Byzantine, Eastern Catholic tradition, we do live in a culture saturated with its observance, and since it comes from the history of our Western Catholic sisters & brothers, it is good to look deeper into it. I hope to give more of its history at a later time,…
Lance Roberts
"Magnify, O my soul, the glorious nativity of the Mother of God" - Matins
The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on September 8, belongs on the list of the Twelve Major Feasts of the Byzantine rite liturgical year (cf. Gospel of Sinai, 715 A.D.) We usually do not celebrate the…