Enchiridion · Grant 13, 2°; provision 7
Patriarchally established Passion devotion in Eastern Churches
Use the Passion devotion established by the patriarch where the Way of the Cross is not customary.
Time required Length of the devotion established by the patriarch
- When
- Any day
- Where
- As prescribed for the approved Eastern devotion
- Who
- Faithful of the relevant Eastern Church under the patriarch’s provision
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Follow the exercise established by the relevant patriarch for his own faithful.
- The grant applies where the customary Way of the Cross is not practiced.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Prescribed work
Duration varies
Length of the devotion established by the patriarch
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. This depends on the exercise established for the patriarch’s own faithful where the customary Stations are not used.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions, except where the prescribed work itself includes Communion or a liturgical celebration
Occasion and source notes
Grant 13 names patriarchs. Canon 152 of the Eastern code also applies common-law references to patriarchs to major archbishops, unless the law expressly provides otherwise or the nature of the matter indicates otherwise. This general equivalence does not supply a particular substitute devotion: the competent hierarch must actually have established it for his own faithful.
Source and exact reference
- Enchiridion indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)13, 2°; provision 7
- Manual of Indulgences, approved USCCB English edition (2006), hosted copy13, 2°; provision 7
- Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 152Canon 152: common-law references to patriarchs and major archbishops
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.