![]() ![]() The concept of 'rite' also, sometimes, while useful for categorization purposes of liturgiologist, and such, can be oftentimes to 'confining' in other words, the ideal for the Church should be the bishop, and he has priests under his omophor who use whatever approved Orthodox rites as practiced by the saints of the Church. He sounded so Latinized that I never went back to that church.Īs long as a Priest is competent, and has permission from the Bishop, the idea sounds, well. Furthermore, one priest chastised the parishioners for confessing faults that were not considered venial sins as he felt it was a waste of his time. When I attended two Masses in an WRO Antiochian parish, and then stayed for a day of recollection, I was shocked that the priests were teaching the people to distinguish between mortal and venial sins when they go to confession. Personally, I prefer to attend the Eastern Orthodox Holy Services rather than the WRO Services, especially those celebrated in the Antiochian Archdiocese. However, the situation expressed by the OP seems rather strange as respect should be shown for both. I have heard that the Antiochian Bishops encourage their priests to celebrate both the Eastern Holy Services and those of the WRO. Some Roman Catholic Bishops appear to be very anti-Eastern, especially in their shortage of priests. They were quite disappointed, so they tried to transfer to an Eastern Catholic seminary. I knew some Catholic seminarians who had hoped to get bi-ritual faculties, but their bishop did not approve their application. Latin Catholic Priests, from what I was told when I was still a Roman Catholic, must be trained and approved by their Ordinary (Bishop) in order to get bi-ritual faculties which would enable them to celebrate Holy Services in both the Eastern Catholic and Latin Catholic parishes. To moderators: I apologize if I put this in the wrong place, but there are multiple issues here. ![]() And, one more matter, in his sermons, he always talks about the Western Rite and how Orthodox it is.ĭoes this happen anywhere else where a Western Rite priest will serve an Eastern Rite Vespers, Orthros and Divine Liturgy? Again, he is a very good man, but frankly, he doesn't know what he's doing a lot of the time and it impedes my ability to pray. He's also does not know the Byzantine tones (and he has said he has no desire to learn them) and it is very hard for us chanters to pitch off of him and he cannot pitch off of us. As a result, the "dialogue" between priest and faithful is choppy, at best, and doesn't flow organically. He frequently skips over individual parts of the service, he does not know the rubrics and frequently adds/subtracts words from the service as he deems fit. He does not know the Eastern Rite well at all. Whenever my priest goes out of town (which has been a lot lately) or is otherwise unable, the celebration of Vespers and also Orthros and the Divine Liturgy has been left to a retired archpriest. This is a sensitive topic for me and I in no ways wish to insult a priest, a very good man. ![]()
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