The house blessing was today. Fr. Basil had the boys carry crosses through the house during the procession. Afterward we had pumpkin and pecan pie, made by Athanasia last night, and had a nice talk with Fr. Basil.
One of the things that came up was the possibility of changing the time of the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Nativity of Jesus. It seems that there are some people who want to have the Divine Liturgy start right after the Vigil instead of starting after Sunrise, so that like at Pascha the Divine Liturgy would take place just after midnight. I learned a couple of things during the conversation:
1. The Patriarchate of Jerusalem starts the Divine Liturgy right after the Vigil.
2. Holy Trinity Cathadral (my bishop's cathedral) didn't permanantly change the time to just after the Vigil. Last year was just an trial balloon to see how it would go.
3. As expected, the people who oppose changing the time are those with children. Kids hate midnight services.
I have no idea what my parish is going to do this year, but my family will do our best to be at all the services no matter the time. I do wonder about the Patriarchate of Jerusalem's practice; did it develop before or after the Crusades? Knowing that would go a long way toward settling my mind on the subject.
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Curious as to what the Crusades have to do with the timing. I'm fairly ignorant on history.
We had a mission parish that did a midnight Nativity liturgy. I liked it, but then I have a Catholic background.
Like Mimi I have a Catholic background. I would love a midnight liturgy too.
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