Russian Liturgical Memories in the Slavic Byzantine-Catholic Menologion (Recensio Vulgata) of the Mid-20th Century

The article is devoted to the menologion (calendar of saints) compiled in 20th century for Russian Byzantine Catholics. latter are a church community with its own Byzantine-Slavic worship and piety, which follow both Catholic Eastern spiritual traditions. Like entire liturgical literature Catholics, was created Rome under auspices Congregation Churches, as part activities Apostolate, i.e., mission Church addressed Russia diaspora world. corpus service books Russian, Bulgarian Serbian Catholics called Recensio Vulgata. study contained Vulgata on basis Orthodox menologia pre-revolutionary Russia. compilers Byzantine-Catholic did not just select memories certain way, they also included names several martyrs Churches some additional commemorations Western saints. According menologion, history (orthodox) holiness North-Eastern ended at turn 1440s, when Principality Moscow Novgorod Republic abandoned Union Florence. reflects era after Florence events that show invariable patronage Mother God over people land. (RVM) contains twelve Russia-specific holidays honor icons God, nine celebrate period from late 15th 17th centuries. well-devised system East Slavic saints, ancient saints Latin teachers Church, churches different eras all subject harmonious logic, harmony serves organize whole.