Byzantine worship is characterized by various cycles. As part of its structure, each day of the week has a given liturgical focus - the weekly cycle of commemorations - in which each weekday is dedicated to a particular mystery, event or personage in salvation history.
This week we will feature the Weekly Cycle of Byzantine Worship as part of our blog posts.
We are given "commons" for the days of the week, used when there is no other solemn feast to be observed. Commons are parts of the Divine Liturgy that consist of texts common to an entire category of saints, such as Apostles or Martyrs, or persons (e.g. the faithful departed). The term is used in contrast to the ordinary, which are those parts of the Divine Liturgy that are reasonably constant, or at least selected without regard to date, and to propers, which are the parts of the Divine Liturgy that vary according to the date, either representing an observance within the Liturgical Year (another one of the Byzantine Cycles of Worship), or of a particular saint or significant event.
This week we will feature the Weekly Cycle of Byzantine Worship as part of our blog posts.
We are given "commons" for the days of the week, used when there is no other solemn feast to be observed. Commons are parts of the Divine Liturgy that consist of texts common to an entire category of saints, such as Apostles or Martyrs, or persons (e.g. the faithful departed). The term is used in contrast to the ordinary, which are those parts of the Divine Liturgy that are reasonably constant, or at least selected without regard to date, and to propers, which are the parts of the Divine Liturgy that vary according to the date, either representing an observance within the Liturgical Year (another one of the Byzantine Cycles of Worship), or of a particular saint or significant event.
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