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The Christian East & West
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Thanks for that info, eastwardlean. I guess I shouldn't have used the word "catechumenate". But you can see my point anyhow: that someone can be in the process of leaving Orthodoxy for Catholicism, yet still consider himself/herself Orthod
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Town Hall
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Please go here to see my latest entry, this one about why I am Ukrainian Catholic.
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The Christian East & West
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An Orthodox Christian who is becoming a Catholic isn't really a catechumen at all. Indeed, he or she is regarded by the Catholic Church as having received already all the sacraments of initiation. The only thing lacking is the eucharistic fellowship
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The Christian East & West
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Disclaimer: I feel I should start by acknowledging that most Orthodox disapprove of intercommunion and, in particular, of the Catholic policy of giving communion to an Orthodox Christian who requests it. Let's not turn this thread into a debate about
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The Kliros
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The Croatian Greek Catholics are one of three groups who share digs with the Rusyns and Ukraininans at the Greek Catholic seminary in Zagreb. I have a Rusyn Orthodox friend (from Bratislava, not Croatia) whose (great?) grandmother was a GC from Zumbe
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The Christian East & West
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Your remarks bring to mind that he was so hard to categorize because he was experienced in so many different ways by people, there being so many facets to his personality and activities. I could describe him summarily as reactionary, revolutionary, c
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Church News
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Originally Posted By: IAlmisryThey are about 2,000 years late. And it was dedicated to all of her. Aw, c'mon now. The Catholics, along with the Orthodox in the mid- east need all the help they can get. Cut them a tiny break. Constant snark reflect
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Church News
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They are about 2,000 years late. And it was dedicated to all of her.
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Faith & Theology
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^ The Android gods apparently apparently sent this post to the wrong thread. Sorry.
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Town Hall
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God grant you many blessed years of peace, health, and happiness!
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Are you coming south?
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By now some of you may have heard about the shooting I asked you to pray about on the national news. Here is the latest. The man who was shot made it through surgery. He was shot in the ear & it went through his cheek. No brain damage. He is abl
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I have no idea. Here we all thought the Catholic Church had a huge stance on this example, but I guess it just doesn't seem to feel as strong as it has until now. It seems like we'd better learn more from the ROC in order to get to the problems in
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I think the Russian church is setting an example that other churches could do well to follow.
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Yeah. Unfortunately, it seems that what happened there during Soviet times is unfortunately what is becoming the norm in the West now. It just seems like the tide is swayed that the West is becoming what the East was in the last 1/4 - 1/2 Century o
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Prayer
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I just heard that the man made it out of surgery. They think he is going to be OK!
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Prayer
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A friend from Iowa sent me a prayer request, this happened in his friends( the pastor) Parish. Mercy Jesus! This morning a man walked into St. James the Just Catholic Church in Ogden, UT & shot his father-in-law in the head during noon Mass. Th
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This is good news! Abortion continues to be a major spiritual problem in the former Soveit Union, and a bold initiative like this seems to be just what's needed. Let us all pray for its success--not only that lives will be spared and families stren
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Town Hall
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Thank you for the link. The author expressed my opinion about Putin and his government's (mis)use of the Faith in Lear and succinct terms.
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Faith & Theology
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Sad to say they do not in the US and in Slovakia. It may be weird along the Slovak Ukraine border where the Rusyn eparchies were split from each other after the war.Not all Slovak Greek Catholics in Slovakia are on the western Paschalion though. The
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Originally Posted By: ApotheounOriginally Posted By: TomassusCardinal Kurt Koch on the Dialogue Between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches 10 June 2013 http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/52587/ . . . Cardinal
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Prayer
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Prayers for Fae's well-being and recovery.
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Prayer
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Prayers for Mary's repose in peace and that her memory be eternal.
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Prayers continue for our dear sister and friend and her family as they undertake this major step in their lives.
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Bless, Father Prayers for your uncle's repose, that the Lord look with compassion on him and lead him to a place of green pastures, where there is neither pain nor sighing, but only life everlasting. Prayers too for the comfort of yourself and all
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