Pada
sore hari tanggal 14 September 2012, setelah Bapa Suci Paus Benediktus XVI tiba
di Lebanon, beliau menuju ke Basilika St Paulus di Harissa.
Basilika
St Paulus di Harissa dimiliki oleh Gereja Katolik Melkit (salah satu dari 22
Gereja Timur yang bersatu dengan Paus Roma, dan bersama-sama dengan Gereja
Katolik Romawi membentuk 1 Gereja Katolik sedunia). Basilika ini dibuat sebagai
miniatur dari Gereja Hagia Sophia (Gereja Kebijaksanaan Suci) di Konstantinopel
(Istambul, Turki). Dan saat ini Basilika tersebut berada dalam pengelolaan para
imam Serikat Misionaris St Paulus, salah satu tarekat dalam Gereja Katolik
Melkit. Kompleks Basilika ini didirikan pada tahun 1948 hingga 1998. Selain
Basilika, komplek juga meliputi seminari dan pusat penerjemahan dokumen-dokumen
dan tulisan-tulisan gerejawi ke dalam bahasa-bahasa di Timur Tengah.
Bagi
siapa saja yang tertarik untuk melihat tayangan upacara yang berlangsung di
Basilika St Paulus tersebut dapat mengklik di sini, atau melihatnya pada layar
berikut (Youtube, berdurasi kurang lebih 1 jam) :
Bapa
Suci Benediktus XVI tiba di halaman depan Basilika, dan segera dijemput oleh
Bapa Suci Patriark Gregorios III Laham pimpinan tertinggi Gereja Katolik
Melkit.
Setibanya
di dalam Basilika, beliau segera disambut dengan puji-pujian dalam Ritus
Bisantin. Gereja Katolik memiliki beberapa Ritus, termasuk di dalamnya adalah
Ritus Latin yang telah begitu umum dijumpai di Indonesia, dan Ritus Bisantin.
Ada beberapa Gereja Katolik Timur yang menggunakan Ritus Bisantin, seperti
misalnya adalah Gereja Katolik Melkit dan Gereja Katolik Yunani Ukraina.
Seluruh Gereja Katolik Timur yang menggunakan Ritus Bisantin seringkali disebut
sebagai “Katolik Yunani”. Dapat dilihat bahwa Bapa Suci Benediktus XVI
memberkati semua yang hadir di Basilika dengan cara Ritus Bisantin, yaitu memberkati
dengan Salib di tangan.
Setelah
puji-pujian Ritus Bisantin mengiringi beliau ke dalam Basilika, upacara selanjutnya
diisi oleh Bapa Suci Patriark Gregorios III Laham yang maju memberikan ucapan
sambutan. Dapat kita lihat bahwa Patriark-Patriark Gereja-Gereja Katolik Timur
turut hadir di sana, termasuk di antaranya Bapa Suci Patriark Gregorios III
Laham pimpinan tertinggi Gereja Katolik Melkit, Bapa Suci Patriark Bechara
Boutros Rai pimpinan tertinggi Gereja Katolik Maronit, Bapa Suci Patriark Ignas
Yousef III Younan pimpinan tertinggi Gereja Katolik Suriah, Bapa Suci Patriark
Nerses Bebros XIX pimpinan tertinggi Gereja Katolik Armenia.
Puji-pujian
dalam Ritus Antiokhia yang dibawakan oleh Gereja Katolik Maronit.
Perarakan
dan Pembacaan Injil oleh seorang diakon Gereja Katolik Melkit.
Penyampaian
pesan oleh Bapa Suci Paus Benediktus XVI.
Penandatanganan
Surat Apostolik “Ecclesia in Medio Oriente” (Gereja di Timur Tengah) oleh Bapa
Suci Paus Benediktus XVI. Dokumen ini dapat dilihat di sini : Ecclesia in Medio Oriente.
Upacara
ditutup dengan doa Bapa Kami dan pelimpahkan berkat.
(
Penulis : DCS Evangelismos Katolik Timur. Sumber foto : Paus Benediktus XVI
memberkati dengan Salib Bisantin didampingi Patriark Gregorios III Laham, dari CNS
photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Catholic Press Photo & Catholic World Report.
Sumber tayangan : KTOTV sebagaimana terdapat pada Youtube. Referensi : Berbagai
sumber )
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14
September 2012, in the afternoon, after the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI
arrived in Lebanon, he headed to the Basilica of St Paul in Harissa.
The Basilica
of St Paul in Harissa is a Melkite Greek Catholic Church’s (one of the 22
Eastern Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome, and together with the
Roman Catholic Church forming one Catholic Church). The basilica was designed
as a miniature of the Great Church of Hagia Sophia (the Church of The Holy
Wisdom) located in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey). And the Basilica is under
the care of the Society of the Missionary of St Paul, one of the religious
congregations of Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The Basilica complex was
established in 1948 to 1998. Beside the Basilica, the complex also includes a
seminary and a center working for translating documents and writings of the
Catholic Church into various Middle Eastern languages.
For
anyone who is interested to watch the liturgical ceremony taken place in the
Basilica of St Paul during the apostolic journey of Holy Father Pope Benedict
XVI, please go to the screen on above of this page (Youtube, 1 hour duration).
Pope
Benedict XVI arrived in the Basilica. Patriarch Gregorios III of Melkite Greek
Catholic Church welcome him.
Upon
entering the Basilica, the Pope was immediately greeted with chants in the
Byzantine Rite. The Catholic Church has several Rites as her spiritual
treasury, including the Latin Rite which has been so common in Indonesia, and
also the Byzantine Rite. There are several Eastern Catholic Churches which uses
the Byzantine Rite, such as the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church. All Eastern Catholic Churches using the Byzantine Rite
are often referred to as the “Greek Catholics”. It can be seen that the Holy
Father Benedict XVI blessed all who were present at the Basilica in Byzantine
Rite custom, which is by a Byzantine cross in his hand.
Patriarch
Gregorios III Laham gave a speech to welcome Pope Benedict XVI in Lebanon,
particularly in the Basilica. We may see that the Patriarchs of Eastern
Catholic Churches were present there, including His Beatitude Gregorios III
Laham the Patriarch of Melkite Catholic Church; His Beatitude Bechara Boutros
Rai the Patriarch of Maronite Catholic Church; His Beatitude Ignas Yousef III
Younan the Patriarch of Syriac Catholic Church; His Beatitude Bebros XIX Nerses
the Patriarch of Armenian Catholic Church.
After
that, a praise was sung in Antioch Rite of Maronite Catholic Churh.
A
procession and very beautiful reading of Gospel by a deacon of Melkite Catholic
Church.
Holy
Father Pope Benedict XVI gave a message concerning the significant life of
Christians in the Middle East.
The
signing of the Apostolic Letter “Ecclesia in Medio Oriente” (The Church in the
Middle East) by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.
The signing of the Apostolic Letter "Ecclesia in Medio Oriente" (The Church in the Middle East) by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. This document can be found here : Ecclesia in Medio Oriente.
The ceremony ended with the Lord's prayer and papal blessing.
( Author
: DCS Evangelismos Katolik Timur. Picture source : Pope Benedict XVI blessed
with Byzantine Crucifix, accompanied by Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, courtesy
of CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Catholic Press Photo & Catholic World
Report. Movie source : KTOTV as uploaded on Youtube. Reference : various source
)
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