Feasts

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Prayer, Fasting and Worship

4 questions

• QWhen did the first church including St. Mary and the Apostles depart from the old Jewish rituals?
• QWhy do our Nativity and Resurrection Liturgies take place at night rather than in the morning?
• QHow does the Coptic Church differ from the Catholic and the protestant churches in her fasting and celebration of Christmas and Easter?
• QI could not find the Glorious Feast of the Ascension nor Covenant Thursday listed in the Synaxarium. Is there a reason for this?

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