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#331667 09/05/09 10:07 AM
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I Was wondering if there a devotion to the Holy Family in the Eastern tradition?

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Not really.

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Thanks Father David smile

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Why not?

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I believe the East would consider the "Holy Family" to be God, the Theotokos and Jesus.

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The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is part of the Eastern Christian tradition. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic cathedral in London is called the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile [cerkva.org.uk].

There are icons showing the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt, so the concept of the Holy Family of our Lord, His Mother and the Holy and Righteous Joseph the Betrothed does exist in the East, though perhaps not quite in the same way as in the West. It seems the focus is on the flight into Egypt.

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(The Arabic text on the icon reads: "Entry of the Lord into Egypt with His Mother and Joseph the Carpenter.")

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The Ukrainian Catholic Church has a national shrine to the Holy Family: http://www.ucns-holyfamily.org/


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