In the other thread, I mentioned that it seemed somewhat ironic to me that when the Ruthenian BCC was most "latinized", it was probably at is apogee of membership and vitality. So it doesn't follow to me, as seems to being put forth in that thread, that "de-latinization" as such is always a good thing. My other feeling is that if it is a clerical movement, and not a movement of the people, it is in great danger of ending poorly.
See my post in
Ruthenian latinizations.
You're other point is absolutely correct. The pressure to Russify was just as great as the pressure to Latinize.
And sometimes having the pressure imposed from the top, mandated, too.
What is perhaps most ironic now, is if you wanted to experience the most traditional Rusyn Greek Catholic liturgy (complete with latinizations), you might have to go to Johnstown and not Pittsburgh.
Yes, Johnstown has been fondly referred to as the Byzantine-Amish. Presumably we have a more authentic, common, standard in the Ruthenian Recension which is why there is all the fuss about the BCC's
Revised Divine Liturgy (RDL).
