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Liturgy of Saint Basil

The Liturgy of Saint Basil or, more formally, the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (Coptic: Ϯⲁ̀ⲛⲁⲫⲟⲣⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲁ̀ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ, Ti-anaphora ente pi-agios Basilios), is a term for several Eastern Christian celebrations of the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist), or at least several anaphoras, which are named after Basil of Caesarea. Two of these liturgies are in common use today: the one used in the Byzantine Rite ten times a year, and the one ordinarily used by the Coptic Church.

The five Sundays of (Palm Sunday is not considered by the Orthodox to be part of Lent)

Great Lent

On and Holy Saturday

Holy (Maundy) Thursday

On the of Nativity (Christmas) and Theophany (Epiphany). However, if the Great Feasts of Nativity or Theophany fall on a Sunday or Monday, the Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated on the day of the feast, and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated on the Eve.

Eves

On the of St. Basil, which in the Byzantine calendar occurs on the first of January (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, January 1 falls on January 14 of the Gregorian Calendar for the years 1901–2100).

feast day

Opening Dialogue

Armenian Liturgy[edit]

Not used since about the 10th century, the Armenian Church had additional anaphoras, one of which known as the Liturgy of Saint Basil, which was mainly the Byzantine text translated into Armenian.[17]

See also[edit]

Divine liturgy

full text of the current Byzantine Liturgy of Saint Basil

The Divine Liturgy of our Father Among the Saints, Basil the Great

Byzantine setting

Anaphora for the Liturgy of St. Basil

Online text of the Coptic Liturgy of Saint Basil as used at present by the Coptic Church

The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (with Scriptural footnotes)