Are there Roman Rite Churches within Orthodoxy?

[xixxvmcm85]

There are many Catholic churches that function as the “Catholic equivalent” (so to speak) of some Orthodox church in the EO communion.

Does the converse apply to Orthodoxy as well? Are there “western churches” in the Orthodox communion?

 

[Psalter]

There are many Catholic churches that function as the “Catholic equivalent” (so to speak) of some Orthodox church in the EO communion.

Does the converse apply to Orthodoxy as well? Are there “western churches” in the Orthodox communion?

They have a few “Western rite” parishes, but these borrow more from Anglicanism than the Roman rite.

 

[xixxvmcm85]

They have a few “Western rite” parishes, but these borrow more from Anglicanism than the Roman rite.

And do these parishes constitute their own church or are they parishes under a pre-existing Eastern church?

So there is no “Latin-Rite” in Orthodoxy?

 

[StMarina303ad]

There are many Catholic churches that function as the “Catholic equivalent” (so to speak) of some Orthodox church in the EO communion.

Does the converse apply to Orthodoxy as well? Are there “western churches” in the Orthodox communion?

No there are no western churches in Orthodoxy. There are some Orthodox Churches like the OCA (Orthodox Church of America) which have nearly 100% english Liturgies.

 

[Peter_J]

And do these parishes constitute their own church or are they parishes under a pre-existing Eastern church?

The latter, parishes in otherwise-Eastern Churches. For example, the Antiochian Orthodox Church has some WRO parishes.

Also, it isn’t like in the RCC where each person belongs to a particular Rite.

 

[Harpazo]

No there are no western churches in Orthodoxy. There are some Orthodox Churches like the OCA (Orthodox Church of America) which have nearly 100% english Liturgies.

Shlom lekh,

I think the OP is talking about the Western Rite in the Antiochian Orthodox Church which was a complete innovation in the late 1800s, I believe. They use the Divine Liturgy of St. Tikhon, which is pretty much the Anglican “Mass” without the filioque clause. They even celebrate the same feast days as the Latin Church, including the Conception of the Theotokos on 8 December.

It will be interesting to see where it goes.

The OCA, on the otherhand, is basically the Russian Orthodox Church, but an American version. In principal it was supposed to be an amalgam of all the Orthodox Jurisdictions in America, but in practice it isn’t.

Alloho minokhoun,
Andrew

 

[StMarina303ad]

The latter, parishes in otherwise-Eastern Churches. For example, the Antiochian Orthodox Church has some WRO parishes.

Also, it isn’t like in the RCC where each person belongs to a particular Rite.

I know that there were hundreds of Evangelical Converts all across the U.S. (lead by about 20 Pastors who were the original Campus Crusaders) that converted to Orthodoxy back in the 1980’s are you talking about their churches? I know they entered the Antiochian Orthodox Church because none of them could speak Greek. Because those priests are fully Orthodox - not some “western rite”. Fr. Gilquiest (I hope I’m spelling his name right) came to our Greek Orthodox Church here in Sacramento about 1 year or 2 ago. His testimony is facinating!

 

[Peter_J]

I know that there were hundreds of Evangelical Converts all across the U.S. (lead by about 20 Pastors who were the original Campus Crusaders) that converted to Orthodoxy back in the 1980’s are you talking about their churches?

No, I’m talking about Orthodox (in communion with Constantinople) parishes that use a Western Rite.

In some respects, they can be compared to the Eastern Catholic Churches, although the analogy only extends so far.

 

[Psalter]

And do these parishes constitute their own church or are they parishes under a pre-existing Eastern church?

So there is no “Latin-Rite” in Orthodoxy?

They do not constitute their own church; I believe they are pre-existing churches under the Antiochian jurisdiction.

 

[VARC]

The Western rite parish in my area uses the “Liturgy of St Gregory” which is basically a Tridentine mass with a few revisions.