Byzantine Catholic/Greek Orthodox marriage

[mchiz]

Does a Byzantine Catholic woman have to get married in her boyfriend’s Greek Orthodox church?

And, where are their children baptized?

Who can be godparents?

 

[LakaYaRabb]

It is best to consult with said Greek Orthodox priest of said fiancee’s Orthodox parish.

Usually, one has to be Orthodox to receive Holy Crowning in an Orthodox Church. However, exceptions have been made, i’ve heard.

Your Bishop would have to give you his dispensations for this. Technically, the children would be Orthodox.

Godparents usually have to be Orthodox.

One might convince one’s Orthodox spouse to receive Holy Crowning in the Ruthenian Church. The Orthodox party would have to agree to this, as well as the Orthodox party’s Bishop (which is extremely unlikely, I hear). The children would then be raised Ruthenian Catholic.

Interestingly enough, Kyr Elias Zoghby+, memory eternal, was from a mixed marriage. His Father was Syrian (Antiochian) Orthodox (a convert from the Maronite Catholic Church) and his Mother was Melkite. He grew up going to both Churches, though I do not know where he was baptized or whether he received Holy Communion in both Churches or only one.

I hope this helps.

 

[JuanCarlos]

It would probably be easier to get a dispensation from the Catholic bishop to marry in the Orthodox Church then the other way around.

 

[Pravoslavac]

Does a Byzantine Catholic woman have to get married in her boyfriend’s Greek Orthodox church?

And, where are their children baptized?

Who can be godparents?

In order for the Eastern Orthodox Church to acknowledge the marriage as valid, it has to be performed in the Orthodox Church.

Yes the Byzantine Catholic has the same service as the Orthodox does, however the Byzantine Catholic church is in union with the pope of rome and the Eastern Orthodox are not.

As for the baptism of children that is a decision that you both need to make, and probably should be done before engagement, etc.