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Jump to new posts Re: Greek Catholic Catechism by Diak @ 06/13/13 01:01 PM

Kyr +Peter of Australia is on the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission and is also on the English-language translation committee. If anyone would know it would be him. They met in British Columbia last August.
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Chaldean Synod: revitalising the Christian presence in Iraq and freedom for Syrian bishops by p. Albert Zarazeer 6/13/2013 http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Chaldean-Synod:-revitalising-the-Christian-presence-in-Iraq-and-freedom-for-Syrian-bishops-2819
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Quote:What is the UOC-KP doing today that is different from what others have done in this respect? The Serbs and Bulgarians went through extended periods of being "uncanconical". The Serbs had no less than three successive Patriachs not
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Jump to new posts Re: Melkite-Antiochian agreement: why not ... by bergschlawiner @ 06/13/13 12:42 PM

One church, two altars, standing on one side or the other! Isn't this getting ridiculous?
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What is the other OCA parish?
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Originally Posted By: JBenedictOriginally Posted By: eastwardlean?Maybe he had meant to make no comparison at all between the Byzantine and Roman liturgies. He clearly didn’t compare the quality of the Byzantine and Roman liturgies...That he had
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Originally Posted By: eastwardlean?I admit that upon rereading the Papal Nuncio's comments, for example, I thought that maybe I had misjudged his words the first time through. Perhaps he had only introduced the Latin liturgy and its English versions
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Originally Posted By: Orthodox CatholicCardinal Koch is hardly an authority on the ecclesial situation in Ukraine. Alex, He may not be an authority, but as head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, he certainly has access to peop
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JBenedict, I agree that we must interpret charitably. I admit that upon rereading the Papal Nuncio's comments, for example, I thought that maybe I had misjudged his words the first time through. Perhaps he had only introduced the Latin liturgy
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Originally Posted By: Peter JOriginally Posted By: Orthodox CatholicDear Peter, Actually, I was thinking about establishing first an independent Orthodox Patriarchate and later becoming a canonical Patriarchate. Don't you like being in the UGCC
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Originally Posted By: Orthodox CatholicDear Peter, Actually, I was thinking about establishing first an independent Orthodox Patriarchate and later becoming a canonical Patriarchate. Don't you like being in the UGCC?
Faith & Theology
Jump to new posts Re: Greek Catholic Catechism by Krysostomos @ 06/13/13 08:10 AM

It seems, that many in Finland are interested in the coming English version - even there are nowadays no gc priests in our small RC church... But a priest of UGCC from Germany comes a couple of times a year to say the eastern Mass in Helsinki.
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Jump to new posts Re: Sympathy for the Devil by chadrook @ 06/13/13 07:57 AM

Originally Posted By: Our Lady's slaveMe - well I avoid titles if I can't/ don't wish to be be courteous I'm not likely to meet him so I'm not likely to address him Now, if I was in conversation with a member of his flock, I would refer to him a
Eparchial & Parish Events
Holy Trinity is one (of only two) OCA Parishes which has a Weeping Icon of Our Lady of Mariapocs. It is located near Unionown. http://www.heraldstandard.com/religion/holy-trinity-orthodox-celebrates-th-anniversary/article_9a53
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Jump to new posts Re: Friday fasts... by Lester S @ 06/13/13 02:46 AM

I tend to follow what Our Lady of Fatima has listed on their calendar. Apparently, they've made some changes to their site. http://www.byzantinecatholic.org/calendar/index.php Usually they would have dots denoting what was, or wasn't permitted
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Jump to new posts Re: Icon of Our Lady Of Fatima by griego catolico @ 06/13/13 01:01 AM

Yes, yes, I know, I know, I have resuscitated an 8-year-old thread! 8 years ago, I wrote the following: Quote:Here is more info about the icon from the booklet, Welcome to the Byzantine-Russian Catholic Chapel in Fatima, written by the late Mit
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Dear Peter, Actually, I was thinking about establishing first an independent Orthodox Patriarchate and later becoming a canonical Patriarchate. When Moscow declared its patriarchate (as well as other Orthodox Churches), it took a long time for worl
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The Moscow Patriarchate would like to dominated the church in Ukraine. Ukrainian Orthodox don't want that as it is also a kind of cultural/national domination. The reason that "uncanonical" is in quotation marks is because it is Moscow th
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In addition, the idea that there are no national(ist) churches in Roman Catholicism is just silly as well. We can look into that, but clearly the Cardinal has a reified view of the world (which unfortunatley seems to characterize Vatican ost-politic
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Dear JBenedict, Cardinal Koch is hardly an authority on the ecclesial situation in Ukraine. To be charitable does not mean one has to be uncritical. And to be critical, doesn't mean one is uncharitable. He really should have stayed home as the
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Jump to new posts Friday fasts... by LittleFlower @ 06/12/13 10:55 PM

I'm Russian Catholic and have a question about Friday fasts... I don't have a parish of my rite and I need to clarify with a priest about which calendar etc I'm supposed to follow. But - I read that for the Russian Orthodox, there's a strict fast o
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Jump to new posts Re: Head in the clouds, lost sight of practical faith by Thomas the Seeker @ 06/12/13 09:19 PM

The suggestion of participating in Matins and Vespers is excellent; at a minimum, I would suggest reflecting on one Psalm in the morning and another in the evening. The Psalter was the prayer book Jesus used.
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Jump to new posts Patriarch Twal to Arab Christian Media Conference by Tomassus @ 06/12/13 07:33 PM

Patriarch Twal to Arab Christian Media Conference “The Media is capable of toppling or upholding governments as it is also capable of starting wars and ending others” Rome, June 12, 2013 www.zenit.org/en/articles/patriarch-twal-to-arab-chri
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Originally Posted By: IAlmisryOriginally Posted By: JBenedictOriginally Posted By: Orthodox CatholicThe nationalist dig you rightly point out was also meant to include the national Orthodox Churches - something Rome likes to bring up time and again s
Scripture and Patristic Writings
Jump to new posts Re: Liturgical Calendars by 8IronBob @ 06/12/13 05:34 PM

Originally Posted By: KklczThe calendar we use is created by the Byzantine Seminary Press, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Maybe they could help as well. It has every passage to read for everyday and all the Saints days. Correct. This is made available to m
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