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Editor | November 9, 2020

Glory to Jesus Christ!

On Oct. 11, Father Vasyl Symyon celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio for the faculty, staff, and students.
I was blessed to have partaken in my campus’ first Divine Liturgy in years.

My name is Chad Durante, a current student here at Franciscan University of Steubenville and vice president of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Byzantine Club, which has 20 members.
The club and its members have been spreading awareness of the East on campus since it was formed in 2015, long before I entered college.
In part of sharing the beauty of the East was the desire to bring Divine Liturgy to campus.

Thankfully, after a failed attempt last semester due to the pandemic, the club was able to bring the cornerstone of Byzantine Catholicism to our campus. Franciscan University is a truly Catholic institution filled with students desiring to discover the true universality of the Church.
Many of my close friends love to discover different forms of the Mass and even different rites within the Church like the Byzantine Rite.
This led to an amazing turnout of over 200 students and faculty attending the Divine Liturgy. Continue reading →

Prayer, crying out to God is only source of salvation, pope says

Junno-Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service | November 9, 2020

VATICAN CITY — The purpose of crying out to the Lord in prayer is not to get used to suffering, but to remember that God, and not humankind, is the only source of salvation and consolation, Pope Francis said. Continue reading →

“Eucharist” means “thanksgiving”

Sister Barbara Jean Mihalchick | November 9, 2020

Here we are ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, one of the original and early religious feasts that came through our founders of this country who were from the Reform Movement and were very grateful for all that they received and experienced when they moved to this country.
It has continued to be a religious feast of sorts, at least a reminder, always, to be thankful to our Higher Power, to our God, who has provided so much for us in this blessed land. Continue reading →

Changing the subject

David Mayernik Jr. | November 9, 2020

You may have noticed a slight change on the cover of The ByzantineCatholic World
from previous months.
On the masthead — now inset on the letter “O” in “World” — is the onion dome of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius. After transferring files to a new computer in the office, I found the former masthead to be a bit “fuzzy” so Archbishop William Skurla and I decided to design a new one. It’s one small change in a year of change. Continue reading →

WORLD NEWS (Catholic News Service)

Read the latest world news as reported by Catholic News Service. With headquarters in Washington, offices in New York and Rome, and correspondents around the world, CNS provides the most comprehensive coverage of the church today.

Court says N.Y. pandemic limits on houses of worship restrict religious freedom
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-26
Study leads to benchmarks for sexual misconduct policies at seminaries
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-25
Bishops say Advent during pandemic can be a time to draw closer to Jesus
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-25
Food banks do their best to help families have a hearty Thanksgiving meal
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-25
Church aids tiny Colombian island’s residents left homeless by hurricane
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-25
Communities that take their own ‘path’ lack Holy Spirit, pope says
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-25
Mexican church, civic leaders: No pilgrims at basilica for Guadalupe feast
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-24
Use of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines is morally acceptable, say bishops
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-24
New date for local WYD suits needs of dioceses, Vatican official says
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-24
In Washington, with new president, cardinal-designate hopes for dialogue
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-24
Forty years after killings, Salvadoran city claims Maryknoll Sisters as its own
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-23
Pandemic another burden for Black Catholic community in Miami Archdiocese
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-23
Like their counterparts a century ago, seminarians serve others amid pandemic
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-23
Pope meets with NBA players’ union delegation at the Vatican
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-23
Pope, in new book, talks about personal ‘lockdowns’ that changed his life
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-23
Dream big, don’t settle for less, pope tells young people
Source: CNS Published on 2020-11-23

An Explantation of the Byzantine Rite Liturgical Practice of Observing All Souls Saturdays

ETERNAL MEMORY! VIČNAJA PAMJAT’! ALL SOULS SATURDAY “The Holy Fathers were convinced that the commemoration of the departed by alms and sacrifices (Divine Liturgies) brings great comfort and benefit to them.” (SYNAXARION FOR MEAT-FARE SATURDAY) O Church, equally observed in … Continue reading →

	November 2020
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 22nd Sunday After Pentecost 22nd Sunday After Pentecost November 1, 2020 Gal 6:11-18 Lk 16:19-31 See more details Cosmas and Damian Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian Unmercenaries November 1, 2020 The holy unmercenary wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian (303). The holy priest-martyr Theodore Romza, Bishop of Mukachevo, brave defender of the Byzantine Catholic Church, killed by the Soviets A.D. (1947). See more details • •	2 St Akindynos & Others St Akindynos & Others November 2, 2020 SS. Akindynos, Pegasius, Aphdonius, Elpidephorus, and Anempodistus, Martyrs, suffered martyrdom for the Faith in Persia under King Sapor II about A.D. 345. See more details •	3 St. Acepsimas & Others St. Acepsimas & Others November 3, 2020 SS. Acepsimas, Bishop of Hanita in Assyria. Joseph, Presbyter, and Aithalus, Deacon, were imprisoned, tortured, and put to death by King Sapor II of Persia. Renovation of the Church of St. George the Great-Martyr, in Lydia, where his Relics are reposed. See more details •	4 St. Joannicius St. Joannicius November 4, 2020 Our venerable father, Joannicius the Great, a native of Bithynia in Asia Minor. He was in turn a soldier, a solitary hermit near Mt. Olympus, possessed the gift of prophecy and worked miracles. He opposed the Iconoclasts, died at age 94 in A.D. 846. SS. Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and Hermas, Presbyter, were put to death at Myra in Lycia in Asia Minor, Date uncertain. See more details •	5 SS Galaction & Episteme SS Galaction & Episteme November 5, 2020 SS. Galaction and Episteme, a Christian husband and wife who were converted and baptized during a persecution, after which each retired into a monastery. They confessed the Faith at Emessa in the reign of Decius, Emperor. SS. Patrobas, Hermias, Linus, Gaius, and Philologus, from among the 70 Apostles. See more details •	6 St. Paul the Confessor St. Paul the Confessor November 6, 2020 Our holy father, Paul, Archbishop of Constantinople, Confessor, strenuously upheld Catholicism against the Arians, but fell victim to the bigotry of the Emperor Constantius. In banishment he was left without food and was strangled by the Arians with his own Omophorion A.D. 350. See more details •	7 33 Martyrs of Melitene 33 Martyrs of Melitene November 7, 2020 SS. Hieros and Others with him, Armenian Christians, 33 in number, suffered at Melitene under the Emperor Diocletian in the first years of the 4th Century A.D. Our holy father, Lazarus, wonderworker, fasting in the hills of Galilee. See more details •
8 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 23rd Sunday after Pentecost November 8, 2020 Eph 2:4-10 Lk 8:26-39 See more details Archangel Michael & All Angels Archangel Michael & All Angels November 8, 2020 Synaxis of St. Michael the Archangel and all Angels. (Feast from the time of Constantine the Great, Emperor) See more details • •	9 SS Onesiphorus & Pophryius SS Onesiphorus & Pophryius November 9, 2020 SS. Onesiphorus and Porphyrius, Martyrs. Porphyrius was of the household of Onesiphorus spoken of by St. Paul in his 2nd Epistle to Timothy (2:16-18). They preached the Gospel towards the close of the 1st century. Tradition says they were tied to wild horses and torn to pieces. Our venerable mother, Matrona, died in peace A.D. 466, having lived 100 years. Venerable, Theoktista, of Lesbos Island. See more details •	10 St. Erastus & Others St. Erastus & Others November 10, 2020 SS. Erastus, Olympus, Rodeon, Sosipater, Tertius, and Quartus, Apostles. Erastus was converted by St. Paul and one of his helpers (Acts 19:22). Sosipater was a kinsman and disciple of St. Paul (Rom. 16:21). Quartus was a disciple of the Apostles, mentioned by St. Paul (Rom. 16:23). See more details •	11 SS Menas, Victor, & Vincent SS Menas, Victor, & Vincent November 11, 2020 SS. Menas, Victor, and Vincent, Martyrs, suffered martyrdom A.D. 296. St. Stephenida, Martyr, endured death A.D. 213. Our venerable father, Theodore Studite, Confessor, Hegumen-Abbot. He resisted the Iconoclast Emperor at Constantinople, was banished four times, and ended his days in exile, aged 80, A.D. 826. See more details •	12 St. Josaphat St. Josaphat November 12, 2020 St. Josaphat, Priest-Martyr, Archbishop of Polotsk, was the first of the Orientals to be canonized at Rome A.D. 1867. Born at Vladimir, Poland A.D. 1584, at twenty he entered the Order of St. Basil, became a priest and was consecrated Archbishop in Lithuania. By his zeal he effected many conversions. In spite of warning, he visited the parish at Witepsk where the Schismatics cruelly put him to death for the Faith A.D. 1623. Our holy father, John the "Almoner," a native of Cyprus Island, distributed all his possessions among the poor, yet he left seventy churches in Alexandria in place of the seven he found there, during the reign of Emperor Heraclius. He died in Cyprus A.D. 619. Our venerable father, Nilus, lived with the Solitaries of Mt. Sinai; died at Constantinople sometime after A.D. 430. See more details •	13 St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom November 13, 2020 Our holy father, St. John the Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, most famous of both the Greek and the Latin Church and one of the four great Doctors of the Orient, called "Golden-Tongued" because of his eloquence. The Catholic Church honors him as the "Heavenly Patron of Ecclesiastical Orators." He revised St. Basil's Divine Liturgy. He suffered deposition and exile for his firm stand against the dissolute life at the Court of the Emperor Arcadius and Honorius. He died at Comana in Cappadocia, at the age of 62, A.D. 407 (Confer January 27 and 30.) See more details •	14 Philip Apostle Philip Apostle November 14, 2020 1 Cor 4:9-16 Jn 1:43-51 See more details •
15 24th Sunday After Pentecost 24th Sunday After Pentecost November 15, 2020 Eph 2:14-22 Lk 8:41-56 See more details SS Gurias, Samonas, & Habib SS Gurias, Samonas, & Habib November 15, 2020 SS. Gurias, Samonas, and Habib, Martyrs, at Edessa in Syria, were beheaded A.D. 299 under Emperor Diocletian. See more details • •	16 Matthew Apostle - Evangelist Matthew Apostle - Evangelist November 16, 2020 St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. His early Apostolic work was concerned with the Jews for whom he wrote his First Gospel in their own Aramaic tongue. He was martyred in Africa by fire. See more details •	17 St. Gregory St. Gregory November 17, 2020 Our holy father, Gregory, "Taumaturgus," i.e., wonderworker, Bishop in Neocaesarea: died A.D. 270 in the reign of Emperor Aurelian. Tradition states that he was instructed concerning the Holy Trinity by the Theotokos and St. John the Evangelist. See more details •	18 SS Plato & Roman SS Plato & Roman November 18, 2020 SS. Plato and Roman, Martyrs: the former suffered death A.D. 296; the latter A.D. 304. See more details •	19 St. Obadiah St. Obadiah November 19, 2020 St. Obadiah, Prophet, is of the Twelve Minor Prophets, having lived in the ninth century B.C. St. Barlam, Martyr, was a pious peasant who was imprisoned and tortured for the Faith at Antioch A.D. 304, in the persecution under Diocletian and Galerius, Emperors. See more details •	20 St. Gregory the Decapolite St. Gregory the Decapolite November 20, 2020 Our venerable father, Gregory of Decapolis, suffered much in the Iconoclastic persecution underthe Emperor Leo the Armenian. Our holy father, Procius, Archbishop of Constantinople, was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom. He died A.D. 446 in the reign of Theodosius the Younger, Emperor. See more details •	21 Entrance of the Theotokos Entrance of the Theotokos November 21, 2020 Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. (This Feast was introduced in Constantinople about the year A.D. 700.) See more details •
22 25th Sunday After Pentecost 25th Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 Eph 4:1-6 Lk 10:25-37 See more details St. Philemon & Others St. Philemon & Others November 22, 2020 SS. Philemon and Others with him, Apostles, were disciples of St. Paul the Apostle, suffered martyrdom A.D. 68 under the Emperor Nero. St. Cecilia, one of the most famous Virgin-Martyrs; she converted her betrothed and his brother to Christianity. She was seized and suffocated with the stem of a heat bath in her own mansion. She died probably in the reign of Emperor Septimus Severus. See more details • •	23 Amphilochius & Gregory Bishops Amphilochius & Gregory Bishops November 23, 2020 Our holy fathers, Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, and Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum. The former died about A.D. 400, the latter about A.D. 600. See more details •	24 St. Catherine St. Catherine November 24, 2020 St. Catherine, Great Virgin-Martyr, after confessing the Christian Faith, was scourged for a long time with scorpions and suffered martyrdom by beheading A.D. 250 under the tyrant Maximin Daza, Emperor. St. Mercurius, Great Martyr, martyred A.D. 250 during the reign of Decius, Emperor. See more details •	25 SS Clement & Peter SS Clement & Peter November 25, 2020 Our holy father, Clement, Pope of Rome (third after St. Peter the Apostle), was cast into the Black Sea with an anchor around his neck probably A.D. 100 under Trajan, Emperor. Our holy father, Peter, Bishop of Alexandria, put to death by the order of Emperor Mzximin Daza, A.D. 311. See more details •	26 St. Alypius the Stylite St. Alypius the Stylite November 26, 2020 Our venerable father, Alypius, Stylite, who remained on his lofty perch 53 years and attained the age of 118, A.D. 608. Dedication of the Church of St. George in Kiev. See more details •	27 James the Persian Martyr James the Persian Martyr November 27, 2020 St. James the Persian, Great-Martyr, suffered a fearful martyrdom A.D. 421, under the Persian ruler Varanes V. He was progressively cut to pieces, first fingers, then toes, hands, feet, arms, legs were successively cut from his living body, while he praised God in Psalmody. Our venerable father, Palladius See more details •	28 Stephen Venerable Martyr Stephen Venerable Martyr November 28, 2020 St. Stephen, "the Younger." Venerable Martyr suffered martyrdom with Three Hundred and Forty-Three other Christians, victims of the fury of the Iconoclast Emperor Constantine Copronymus A.D. 766. St. Irenarchus, and Seven Women, Martyrs, who suffered death with him A.D. 292. See more details •
29 SS Paramon & Philemon SS Paramon & Philemon November 29, 2020 SS. Paramon and Philemon, martyrs: the former martyred during the reign of Emperor Decius, A.D. 250; the latter under Aurelian, Emperor. Our venerable father, Bessarion. Venerable, Acacius, spoken of in "The Ladder of Perfection." See more details •	30 Andrew Apostle Andrew Apostle November 30, 2020 St. Andrew, the "First-called" Apostle, brother of St. Peter the Prince of the Apostles. He was a disciple of St. John the Baptist. Tradition has it that he was crucified on a cross shaped in the form of an X at Patras in Achiia (Greece) A.D. 60, under the reign of Nero, Emperor. See more details •