Name of Church St. Gabriel Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Address 2250 E. Maule Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89119
Phone number (702) 361-2431
Website www.stgabrielbyzantinecatholicchurch.org
Worship Schedule Saturday, Divine Liturgy (Mass/Vigil), 4 p.m. Third Hour at 9:45 a.m. Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m.
Confessions 30 minutes before Saturday liturgy or by appointment.
Names of priests Fr. Marcus Gomori, pastor.
Parish activities Eastern Christian Formation religious education program for children age 4 through high school. St. Gabriel Catholic preschool is located next to the church.
Liturgy Liturgies are reverent, in English and sung. There is no kneeling, parishioners usually stand or sit. All ages receive Holy Communion; the host is dipped into the chalice with a spoon and administered to the faithful.
Parking There is parking in lots around the church.
Additional observations St. Gabriel Byzantine in union with the Bishop of Rome, but is an Eastern Catholic rather than Roman Catholic church. They have the same faith and seven sacraments, but different customs and ways of celebrating liturgy. It traces its roots back to Constantinople (once called Byzantium). Two Greek missionaries, Cyril and Methodius, brought the Byzantine way of worship to Central and Eastern Europe. Some of these Catholics emigrated to the United States, and brought with them the Byzantine rite and traditions. Elements of the church include the ample use of icons, including an icon screen, frequent bowing and making the sign of the cross during liturgies, use of incense, congregational singing (a cappella), a central “Holy Table”, or altar with a decorative Gospel book.
Video with images of church:
Was there for Liturgy, Saturday 18 February.
It is a Great Church in a Small Building.
Fr. Marcus Gomori is Bi ritual to the Roman Rite.
He often Says weekday mass at the Las Vegas Shrine, of the Most Holy Redeemer.
I have been to both locations many times, when Fr. Marcus has been the celebrant.
Gorgeous church. I like how the Byzantines put the tapers in sand. I sometimes do that with small candles or leftover larger ones and burn them down.
If one clicks on the blue link after the word website in the article above, then clicks on the “Catholic church” link at the top, there is an excellent catechism to read, especially on how the development and usage of the icon screen came from the Jewish temple, and the similarities in the Latin Rite.
Thanks for that tip.
Plus you can play the slots or the tables after Mass. Worth driving to times two.
I don’t recommend gambling. But, if you do, please consider tithing a tenth of your winnings to the local Catholic parish, especially if it’s one of our small Byzantine parishes. :)
“…winnings…??!!??
Do not gamble much either, just an infrequent raffle. Try to quit when I am ahead. (Laughter.), or consider it loss to a good cause, thus not much of a Vegas fan. I learned early in life that one does not “beat the house”. My grandmother, who would not have a deck of cards in the house, nevertheless played roulette wheels at the county fair to win hams and birds. One time my grandmother, an aunt and I placed money on all the numbers except for one. A man came out of the crowd placed money on last number and won. No doubt wheel “fixed”.
Clarification: “as a man came out of the crowd”.
He did not give a chance to cover the last number.