Hello everyone,
I had a quick question about the liturgies of the different Orthodox churches. In my town, we have Greek Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox and Syro Russian Orthodox churches. I was curious as to what the differences are in the liturgies at the three churches. (The Syro Russian church seems to have a bizzare history/story associated with it so I will not attend there.) I have spoken briefly to the priest at the Greek church and will probably attend a liturgy in the near future.
I was just curious as to whether the main difference is in language or are there other things that would be noticeably different to someone who is ignorant of the Orthodox faith.
Thanks for your help,
Tom
Only deal with the Serbian and Greek parishes that you mentioned , that other one is probably what we call "10 guys in a garage playing church (they syro russian one).
The Serbs and the Greek use the same liturgy. There will be small traditions that are different (the serbs will have three litanies after the Gospel, while the Greeks will go straight into the Cherubic Hymn for an example). The chant will be different between the two. All I can say is visit both of them and just pray for those involved with that so called syro russian "church."
