Aliturgical days
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Aliturgical Days are days in the Christian liturgical year when mass is not celebrated.[1]
Latin rite
[edit]In the Latin liturgical rites the only fully aliturgical day is Good Friday. Because of this, a specific mass known as the Mass of the Presanctified is used.[2]
Byzantine rite
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In the Byzantine rite used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Byzantine Catholic Churches there multiple aliturgical days beyond Good Friday. During Great Lent, it is forbidden to consecrate a new Eucharist, so the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is used, where a previously consecrated host is used.
References
[edit]- ^ Thurston, Herbert (1907). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Oxford Reference website, Mass of the Presanctified
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