Divine Liturgy

Vespers & Divine Liturgy Schedule

Saturdays

• Vespers: 4:00 PM

• Divine Liturgy: 5:00 PM

Sundays

• Divine Liturgy: 8:00 AM
  

Mondays

• Divine Liturgy: 6:00 PM

Cincinnati Divine Liturgy

• Twice a month at St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Parish (see our calendar for dates)

The Divine Liturgy is what Byzantine Catholic Christians call our weekly Eucharistic service, similar to the Roman Catholic Mass. The Divine Liturgy is almost entirely chanted a capella. Most of the year we use the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, a liturgy codified in the 4th century by its namesake. The liturgy is broken up into two parts: the Liturgy of the Catechumen and the Liturgy of the Faithful, also known as the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist, respectively.

Vespers is the Evening Prayer that begins the liturgical day. For this reason we have Great Vespers on Saturday evening to begin our Sunday prayer and follow it with Divine Liturgy. The practice of beginning the next day at sundown began with Judaism and which Catholic Christianity has kept to this day.