You don’t have to be Latin to worship in the Latin Church. Any Catholic is free to worship in any Catholic Church, Eastern or Western. I would suggest speaking to the Eastern Church priest, making a profession and attending the Latin parish with your wife and Eastern parish when convenient. (But never forget your Eastern roots, they are a blessing!! Perhaps one day your children will be practicing Eastern Catholics and thank you for showing them a beautiful and unique side of the Church that a minority in the West are able to experience.)
Hi John, I was baptized Eastern Orthodox and then converted to Catholicism
since I was already baptized and confirmed, I didn’t need RCIA, I just met up with my priest and he gave me some books to read… and then I just went to Confession and on Easter made my profession of faith and received the Eucharist that is all… if you convert from Orthodoxy, you immediately become Eastern Rite, but if there’s no Eastern Catholic parish around you (as is the case with me) you can attend a Latin rite parish… you can definitely receive Communion at ANY Catholic church in the world, of whatever rite. If you want to formally switch rites, there’s a little process to go through, - you notify the Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic bishops… there’s some paperwork. The reason is that the Church wants to preserve rites. HOWEVER… if you’re married to a Catholic, I think you’d immediately become Roman Catholic regardless! I suggest talking to a knowledgeable priest about this… there shouldn’t be any problems in any case! God blessbaptized Russian Orthodox, then became agnostic, then started going to a Protestant church… eventually decided to come back to the Sacraments, came back to Orthodoxy… but then - after much searching, lol - became Catholic. Now I’m home
awesome story
If you were baptized Lutheran, then I think you might automatically become Latin-rite anyway - I was, though I’m contemplating doing the paperwork to become eastern-rite.
), I would preserve your Eastern heritage (icons, akathists, Jesus prayer, etc.) as much as you can while still being spiritually beneficial - everything about the East, not just its liturgy, makes one wonder whether they are in Heaven or Earth.