Circumcision of Christ

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The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord is a feast day of the Eastern Orthodox Churches on January 1[1] (or on January 14, which corresponds to January 1 on the traditional Julian calendar for those churches which continue to use it).[2] The Feast of the Circumcision was formerly celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church as a holy day of obligation (a day on which Roman Catholics must attend Mass). [3] To believers, it is a feast celebrating not only Jesus, the "Giver of the Law", consenting to submit to Jewish Law, but also the first time that Jesus spilled his blood for mankind. It thus demonstrates not only Jesus' obedience, but also forshadows the Crucifixion.

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Eastern Orthodox Churches also celebrate this Feast on January 1 of either the Gregorian calendar or the Julian Calendar, depending on which style is used in a particular church. In Russia, the day of Old Style Circumcision (January 14 according to Gregorian calendars in 20th and 21st centuries) is known as "The Old New Year", because before 1918 it was the New Year day. The feast is celebrated as an All-Night Vigil, and the hymns of the feast are combined with those for St. Basil the Great. After the Divine Liturgy, Russian Orthodox churches will often celebrate a New Year Molieben (intercession).

In addition to Eastern Orthodox adherents, Traditional Roman Catholics still celebrate this feast under this name, but most Roman Catholics now, with the revisions of the Mass that followed the Second Vatican Council, celebrate January 1 as the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, and it remains a holy day of obligation. The day is actually both of these feasts along with the Octave Day of Christmas, its name in the 1962 Missal, and the liturgy includes elements reflective of all three.

The Church of England's Book of Common Prayer liturgy celebrates this day as the Circumcision of Christ. The modern Common Worship liturgy observes this day as a Festival called the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus.

  1. ^ Greek Orthodox Archdiocese calendar of Holy Days
  2. ^ Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarchate of Moscow
  3. ^ Liguorian, July-August 2007
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