Sunday Of The Second Coming Of Christ (meat-fare)

[cmotherofpirl]

What is the meatfare? Is that what you give up next week?

[Vincent Vega]

(Withholding smart-alec response)
Quick question - what is an EC?

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' post='1779259' date='Feb 11 2009, 10:39 PM'](Withholding smart-alec response)
Quick question - what is an EC?[/quote]
Eastern Catholic as opposed to RC .

[Vincent Vega]

Oh,oh,oh.
Makes sense.

[cmotherofpirl]

I have been always tempted to do Lent as the Byzantines do, so I wanted more info on it. I think they start giving stuff up this week.

[Apotheoun]

The Sunday of the Last Judgment (a.k.a., the Sunday of the Second Coming, and which is also called Meat-fare) has that name because the Gospel reading for the day is about the Last Judgment (Matthew 25).

The name Meat-fare is used sometimes for this Sunday because it is the last day that a person can eat meat (i.e., from vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, etc.) and shellfish until the Holy Pascha.

The Sunday following Meat-fare Sunday is called Forgiveness Sunday (or the Sunday of Forgiveness), with the secondary name of Chees[i]e[/i]-fare Sunday.


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Edited February 12, 2009 by Apotheoun

[MissyP89]

coagulated milk-fare?

That's AWESOME.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='MissyP89' post='1779456' date='Feb 11 2009, 11:04 PM']coagulated milk-fare?

That's AWESOME.[/quote]
Dust and his fiddler.



I corrected it, but all of these posts will be lost in the great transfer.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Apotheoun' post='1779451' date='Feb 12 2009, 01:55 AM']The Sunday of the Last Judgment (a.k.a., the Sunday of the Second Coming, and which is also called Meat-fare) has that name because the Gospel reading for the day is about the Last Judgment (Matthew 25).

The name Meat-fare is used sometimes for this Sunday because it is the last day that a person can eat meat (i.e., from vertebrates: mammals, birds, fish, etc.) and shellfish until the Holy Pascha.

The Sunday following Meat-fare Sunday is called Forgiveness Sunday (or the Sunday of Forgiveness), with the secondary name of Chees[i]e[/i]-fare Sunday.


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So you become a vegetarian for Lent? Can you please repost the calendar you had up?

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1780000' date='Feb 13 2009, 12:14 PM']So you become a vegetarian for Lent?[/quote]
Yes, Meatfare Sunday is when those who have decided to follow the ancient fast give up meat for Lent, and next week is Cheesefare Sunday when Byzantines give up dairy products for Lent, but not everyone follows the ancient fast. Fasting in the Eastern Tradition is not a "legal" requirement, and so there are no canonical penalties for those who do not follow the ancient norms, nor is fasting done under pain of mortal sin. Instead, fasting is a spiritual practice encouraged by the Church for one's growth in holiness through detachment from earthly goods. That said, monastics keep the ancient fast, and the lay faithful are encouraged to keep it as well, but most of the laity follow a less strict form of the fast, fasting only on Wednesdays and Fridays from all meat (including fish), dairy products, oils, and wine. Married couples are also encouraged to fast from the marital embrace during Great Lent, and during the other liturgical fasts, i.e., Apostles' Fast, Dormition Lent, and the 40 day long St. Philip's Fast before the feast of the Nativity, and prior to the reception of communion throughout the year.

Edited February 15, 2009 by Apotheoun

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1780000' date='Feb 13 2009, 12:14 PM']Can you please repost the calendar you had up?[/quote]
February 15 --- Sunday of the Second Coming of Christ (Meat-Fare)
February 22 --- Forgiveness Sunday (C.heese-Fare)
February 23 --- Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast
March 1 -------- 1st Sunday of Great Lent - Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 7 -------- 2nd All Souls Saturday
March 8 -------- 2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas
March 14 ------- 3rd All Souls Saturday
March 15 ------- 3rd Sunday of Great Lent - Veneration of the Holy Cross
March 21 ------- 4th All Souls Saturday
March 22 ------- 4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John Climacus
March 25 ------- Feast of the Annunciation to the Mother of God
March 26 ------- Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
March 28 ------- Akathistos Saturday
March 29 ------- 5th Sunday of Great Lent - St. Mary of Egypt
April 4-12 ------- Great and Holy Week
April 4 ----------- Lazarus Saturday
April 5 ----------- Flowery (Palm) Sunday - Entrance into Jerusalem
April 6 ----------- Holy and Great Monday
April 7 ----------- Holy and Great Tuesday
April 8 ----------- Holy and Great Wednesday
April 9 ----------- Holy and Great Thursday
April 10 ---------- Holy and Great Friday
April 11 ---------- Holy and Great Saturday
April 12 ---------- PASCHA - The Resurrection of Christ
April 12-19 ------ Bright Week
April 19 ---------- 2nd Sunday of Pascha - St. Thomas
April 23 ---------- Feast of St. George the Great-Martyr
April 26 ---------- 3rd Sunday of Pascha - Ointment Bearing Women
May 3 ------------ 4th Sunday of Pascha - Healing of the Paralytic
May 6 ------------ Mid-Pentecost
May 10 ----------- 5th Sunday of Pascha - Samaritan Women
May 11 ----------- Feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius
May 17 ----------- 6th Sunday of Pascha - Man Born Blind
May 21 ----------- Day 40 - Ascension of Our Lord
May 24 ----------- 7th Sunday of Pascha - Holy Fathers of the 1st Nicean Council
May 30 ----------- 5th All Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday)
May 31 ----------- Day 50 - Pentecost - Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
June 7 ------------ All Saints Sunday
June 8- 28 ------- The Apostles' Fast
June 24 ---------- Nativity of St. John the Baptist
June 29 ---------- Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
July 12 ----------- Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
August 1-14 ----- Dormition Fast
August 6 --------- Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
August 15 -------- Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

[cmotherofpirl]

Thanks . Where can I find the Mass readings for these days?

[Apotheoun]

The Byzantine Forum posts them as the Sunday feast approaches, and I am sure that there are other internet sources for the biblical pericopes associated with the different feasts in the Byzantine calendar, but I do not know of them off hand. Also, I am sure that the various Orthodox Church websites have the readings listed for the Sunday feasts, but they probably follow the old calendar.