LEWISTON – The Byzantine Eucharistic Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, corner of Bartlett and Ash streets.

The Rev. Robert A. (Basil) Parent will be the celebrant, assisted by cantor Stephen McGrath, a deacon candidate for the Melkite Church from St. Ann Melkite Greek-Catholic Parish, Danbury, Conn.

Parent is a Byzantine Greek-Catholic priest of the Diocese of Newton, Mass., for the Melkite Greek-Catholic Church. He was born and raised in Lewiston and was ordained in 1986.

Parent is bi-ritual in the Latin Rite and is presently serving the Diocese of Portland as the chaplain of the St. Gregory the Great Traditional Latin Mass Chaplaincy of South and Central Maine at the request of Bishop Richard Malone. The Traditional Latin Mass is celebrated by him at 8 a.m. every Sunday at the basilica and at noon in the cathedral in Portland.

All are invited to attend the Divine Liturgy. Discussion and a time for questions and answers will follow the liturgy for those interested. Anyone interested in the Byzantine churches and in future services is invited to see Parent after the liturgy.