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From a letter read today, February 12, in all US Melkite Greek Catholic parishes from Bishop Nicholas Samra, mandating the end of "First Communion" celebrations in US Melkite parishes (which goes against the traditional Eastern practice of Infant Communion...
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I ask the moderators not move this to the non-Catholic religions section as this is directed toward Eastern Catholics, whose opinions I would very much like to hear.
A new western-rite Orthodox mission is forming in my area. The priest overseeing it also...
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Theodore, a former Anglican since writing this.) But I've come to take a liking to the tiny Western-Rite Orthodox parish in my I have to move.
Orthodox parish within his neighborhood (a ten minute walk from my home ).
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Hello All! I know this has been discussed before, but I was wondering if anyone had Raya's Byzantine Missal and would be willing to trade it for a prayer rope or two.
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BM has 850 pages but the typeface seems larger to me than page gives Syedna Raya's parish as:
St George's R C Byzantine Church
Birmingham, Alabama 1958
I'm guessing the "R C" was used because....
parish!) So, I can't really compare the two.
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Can someone lay out the key differences between these to variations on the Byzantine Rite? This may effect my vocational choice (UGCC or Romanian).
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Liturgically there is some variation; but that's often true from parish to parish, let alone Church to Church the traditions celebrate ....
The differences get smaller from there and of course.
Similar to the Melkite and Greek usage.
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Just a friendly reminder to my fellow ECs who follow the New Calendar (not that the Church hasn't prepared or reminded us enough already).
And admittedly a "prompt" for Q&A from our Latin Catholic friends as to why that is the case.
No Ash Wednesday for...
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The melkites i think,do you know when their Easter might be?
or is it different for each parish? Quote or is it different for each parish? If you are asking about Russian Greek Catholics it is different like my Russian parish....
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John, gracious host over at ByzCath Forum, has been laid low by a nasty bout of illness keeping him homebound since early December. John is a cradle Ruthenian, although he presently worships with the Melkites,
Please keep John in prayer. He had seen some...
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O Holy Father, Heavenly Physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent Your Only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to heal all our ailments and deliver us from death: visit and heal Your servant John, granting him release from pain and restoration ... .
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On another thread here someone mentioned the lack of married seminarians in the Ruthenian Church in America as evidence of Latinization and the imposition of the Roman norm of celibacy. However, I was thinking, how would a married man support his way ...
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parish who is on his way to priestly ordination (he was ordained deacon last year) who parish they will be serving (traditionally married priests serve their home parish and aren't moved (Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Melkite, Romanian....
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Do you consider yourself "Roman Catholic"? Some Eastern Catholics see themselves as "Roman Catholics" while others don't as "Roman" is thought by some to imply "Western" or "Latin Rite" So do you or don't you?
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Btw, a member of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church, worshiping at a Roman Catholic parish or Greece, then a "Roman" Catholic would be a Melkite or Greek Orthodox (since they are Romanoi).
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Dearly beloved,
Having been baptised into the Latin Church after a too-short catechesis of one year (compare this to the early Church ), many crises crop up my mind which have no business being there. For a sense of peace, I want to start praying the ...
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Customarily, in parish practice, the 17th Kathisma is omitted and the Polyelelos sung even when.
Of the Holy Psalter published by the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton's "Office of Educational is not read.
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The priest has decided that I'm not ready for this Easter's baptism ceremony (i struggled a lot with catholicism coming from a muslim background)
I was very upset because I was so ready for it but his decision is final.
I'm quite heartbroken. Any advice...
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Ask questions and share your feelings your Parish has RCIA sessions for, however, in my Parish, the journey with RCIA is anywhere from 1.5 to Latin-rite Catholicism....
With a Lenten Small Faith Sharing Group if your parish offers one ..
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