By Giovanni di Napoli

Sunday morning (Oct. 4th), I took a subway ride to Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter Street) in Manhattan's Historic Little Italy to attend the 112th Annual Feast of Saints Cosma and Damiano, patrons of San Cosmo Albanese in Calabria. This year, returning to their roots, organizers decided to forgo the annual Latin rite Mass and celebrate their patronal feast with the Italo-Greek Albanian Divine Liturgy of their forefathers.

Excited about the new experience, as a Latin Catholic I was a little unsure if attending the Eastern Catholic Liturgy would fulfill my Sunday Mass obligation; happily, I learned that it did.

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