Byzantine Companion is a comprehensive prayer and liturgical resource for Byzantine Catholics and anyone drawn to the Eastern Catholic tradition.
Features include:
*Daily Scripture Readings: Complete Byzantine lectionary with Epistle and Gospel readings for every day of the liturgical year
*Great Lent Readings: Old Testament readings from Genesis, Proverbs, and Isaiah for Vespers and Sixth Hour services
*Interactive Calendar: Tap any date to view that day's feasts, fasting, and Scripture readings
*Daily liturgical information with saints, feasts, tones, and fasting guidelines
*Full liturgical calendar with major and minor feasts color-coded by rank
*Curated collection of Byzantine Catholic prayers
*Complete Holy Gospels and Epistles with built-in reader and verse highlighting
*The Psalter organized by Kathisma for daily prayer
*The Jesus Prayer with prayer details
*Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom — full text to pray along with at Liturgy
*Devotion to the Theotokos with the Akathist Hymn
*The Rule of the Theotokos — pray the full 15 decades or a single decade, with St. Basil's morning prayer and special Dormition Fast hymns
*The Holy Rosary
*Thanksgiving Journal — keep a record of God's kindness in your life, with a daily morning list of thanksgivings and a chronological record of God's mercies as they happen
*Examination of conscience and confession preparation guide, with a printable list to take into the confessional
*Customizable prayer reminders and notifications
*Patristic wisdom from the Church Fathers — 150+ readings from the Desert Fathers, Cappadocian Fathers, and saints of the Byzantine tradition
*Curated media resources: podcasts, sacred music, videos, and spiritual reading
*Glossary of Byzantine Catholic terms
*Fasting settings that follow the liturgical tradition
*Feast ranking guide
*Byzantine Companion is designed for daily use — whether you are preparing for Divine Liturgy, following the liturgical cycle, or deepening your personal prayer life. All content is available offline, and all information is completely private and visible only to you.
Glory to God for all things.
There appear to be some slight differences amongst traditions. In our Melkite parish we have March 9 as wine and oil for the feast of the Holy Martyrs of Sebaste but this app appears to retain it as a strict fast. However, I love it so far. I have never seen a so comprehensive eastern Catholic app. It beats using an Orthodox app and having nowhere to go during lent and Pascha.
Great App to find Byzantine Catholic Resources!
JPMiller1020
Great App to find Byzantine Catholic Resources! It provides a lot of useful information quickly, and helps answer simple questions without assuming you grew up in an Eastern Catholic Church.
Best Byzantine prayer app
jag8300
It’s hard to find good content for Byzantine Catholics, there are a few really good ones like ECPub or the one by Edmonton Eparchy but this blows all others away. So grateful to the developers of this app. Glory to Jesus Christ.
You’ll love this app
Case addicteereter
If you’re a traditional and/or Eastern Christian you’ll have a wonderful time in this app. Something you’ll realize you needed sooner.
What's New in 1.5.0
Thanksgiving Journal — a new feature for recording what you're thankful to God for. Build a daily morning list of thanksgivings, log entries throughout the day, and revisit "on this day" memories from prior years. Inspired by St. Basil, St. John Chrysostom, and the Fathers' teaching on remembrance.
Rule of the Theotokos — redesigned prayer flow with fewer taps. Tap anywhere to advance, related prayers grouped together, and each of the 15 decades is now tappable directly from the home screen.
Patristic Wisdom expanded — 76 new sayings from the Desert Fathers (Paradise of the Holy Fathers). Search now tolerates small typos in author names.
Confession Prep — print a one-page list of your sins with a notes section, so you can leave your phone behind.
Prayer text refinements — Nicene Creed and Divine Liturgy doxologies updated to match Časoslov wording.
Polish — cleaner menus, gentler reminder permission prompts, and other small visual fixes.
Glory to God for all things.
Version 1.5.0
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Information
Seller
Brian Mungo
Size
40 MB
Category
Reference
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
