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19. It belongs only to an ecumenical council or to the Apostolic
See to determine, transfer or suppress feast days common to all the
Eastern Churches. On the other hand, to determine, transfer or
suppress the feast days of any of the individual churches is within the
competence not only of the Apostolic See but also of the patriarchal
or archiepiscopal synod, due regard being had to the whole area and the
other individual churches.[24]
20. Until such time as all Christians are agreed on a fixed day for
the celebration of Easter, with a view meantime to promoting unity
among the Christians of the same area or nation, it is left to the
patriarchs or supreme authorities of a place to come to an agreement by
the unanimous consent and combined counsel of those affected to
celebrate the feast of Easter on the same Sunday.[25]
21. Individual faithful dwelling outside the area or territory of
their own rite may follow completely the established custom of the place
where they live as regards the law of the sacred seasons. In families
of mixed rite it is permissible to observe this law according to one and
the same rite.[26]
22. Eastern clerics and Religious should celebrate in accordance
with the prescriptions and traditions of their own established custom
the Divine Office, which from ancient times has been held in high
honor in all Eastern Churches.[27] The faithful too should
follow the example of their forebears and assist devoutly as occasion
allows at the Divine Office.
23. It belongs to the patriarch with his synod, or to the supreme
authority of each church with the council of the hierarchs, to regulate
the use of languages in the sacred liturgical functions and, after
reference to the Apostolic See, of approving translations of texts
into the vernacular.[28]
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