Basil, Liturgy of Saint

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• Basil, Liturgy of Saint — ▪ Christianity       a eucharistic service used by Eastern (Eastern rite church) Orthodox and Eastern rite Catholic churches 10 times during the year: January 1 (the feast of St. Basil), the first five Sundays in Lent, Holy Thursday, Holy… …   Universalium

• Liturgy of Saint Basil — Greek icon of St. Basil the Great. The Liturgy of Saint Basil or, more formally, the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great, is a term for several Eastern Christian celebrations of the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist), or at least several anaphoras,… …   Wikipedia

• Basil the Great, Saint — born AD 329, Caesarea Mazaca, Cappadocia died Jan. 1, 379, Caesarea; Western feast day January 2; Eastern feast day January 1 Early church father. Born into a Christian family in Cappadocia, he studied at Caesarea, Constantinople, and Athens and… …   Universalium

• Liturgy of St. Basil —     Liturgy of St. Basil     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Liturgy of St. Basil     Several Oriental liturgies, or at least several anaphoras, have been attributed to the great St. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia from 370 to 379. That St.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Basil of Caesarea — Infobox Saint name=Saint Basil the Great birth date=ca. 330 death date=January 1, 379 [The exact date of Basil s death is debated by historians. See Rousseau (1994), pp. 360–363, Appendix III: The Date of Basil s Death and of the Hexaemeron for… …   Wikipedia

• Liturgy of St James — Orthodox bishop, holding his paterissa (crozier), presiding over a celebraton of the Liturgy of St. James in in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Liturgy of Saint James is the oldest complete form of the Eastern varieties of the Divine Liturgy still in… …   Wikipedia

• Basil Kovpak — (Ukrainian: Васил Ковпак, Vasyl Kovpak), a priest formerly of the Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, is the founder and current head of the putatively Traditionalist Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat, which rejects some… …   Wikipedia

• Saint John Damascene —     St. John Damascene     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. John Damascene     Born at Damascus, about 676; died some time between 754 and 787. The only extant life of the saint is that by John, Patriarch of Jerusalem, which dates from the tenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Peter — For other uses, see St. Peter (disambiguation). Saint Peter the Apostle Painting of Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the saint as Pope (1611 1612). Prince of the Apostles, First Pope, Martyr, Preacher …   Wikipedia

• Saint Nicholas — This article is about the 4th century saint. For the popular figure in Western folk legend, see Santa Claus. For other uses, see Saint Nicholas (disambiguation). Saint Nicholas …   Wikipedia