David Petras

Very Rev. Archpriest David Petras is a retired priest of the Byzantine Catholic Church in the USA. He has been a professor of Byzantine Liturgy and Moral Theology and held many prestigious positions in the academic world. He is also a pastor of souls and an author of many publications.
2 Posts
Dec
09
2021
By David Petras
Conception of Saint Anna

Conception of Saint Anna

Faith, Featured Articles, Liturgy
by Very Rev. Archpriest David Petras The conception of the all-holy virgin Mary in the womb of Anna is celebrated on December 9 in the Byzantine tradition, for a natural reason, that the Eastern ancients thought a girl was in the womb one day less than a boy. However, in the Ruthenian Church in America, the feast is now celebrated together with the Roman Church on December 8, nine months before her birth on September 8, because she is the patron of the United States. [The Ukrainian Catholic Church celebrates this feast on December 9.] It is clear that this…
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Dec
07
2021
By David Petras
Our Holy Father Nicholas

Our Holy Father Nicholas

Faith, Featured Articles, Liturgy, News
by Fr. David Petras One can easily say that the greatest saint of the Byzantine Church is Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Yet the only thing we know of him for certain is his name, and that a holy man named Nicholas was the bishop in Myra in the fourth century. He has become essentially connected with the feast of Christmas. While the details of his life are certainly legendary, the first appearance is the Vita per Michaelem, in the ninth century, and then by Simeon Metaphrastes in the tenth century, yet we cannot help but suspect…
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