Rome hosts Jubilee of Eastern Churches

Rome hosts Jubilee of Eastern Churches

From May 12 to 14, the Vatican is hosting the Jubilee of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which features a series of Divine Liturgies in various Eastern ...

Vatican hosts Jubilee of Eastern churches

CV NEWS FEED // The Vatican is celebrating the Jubilee for Eastern Churches this week, featuring liturgies from a variety of Eastern rites and drawing thousands… The post Vatican hosts Jubilee of Eastern churches appeared first on CatholicVote org.

The thirteenth of the great jubilee events is underway in the Vatican – the Jubilee of the Eastern Churches. About 5,000 faithful and representatives of the Eastern Catholic Churches: patriarchs and metropolitans from all continents came to Rome for the occasion. The jubilee began with a Holy Mass celebrated in the morning in St. Peter's Basilica in the Ethiopian rite. The liturgy celebrated in the Choir Chapel was prepared by the Ethiopian Chur…

The Trinity Gate Church was built at the beginning of the 12th century (around 1108) and is the only stone structure on the territory of the Lavra that has never been destroyed.