For EC, do visiting priests offer other liturgies?

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Say for instance your parish may host other EC groups like a Maronite might host a Byzantine? I know that some groups meet separately but what about a priest offering a Latin Mass for your EC parishioners? Ever happen?
 
In the Maronite parish, that I attend, Abouna is on vacation in Greese for two weeks; while he is away a retired RC priest is covering. Since he is not bi-ritual he is offering the mass in the Latin rite.
 
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In the Maronite parish, that I attend, Abouna is on vacation in Greese for two weeks; while he is away a retired RC priest is covering. Since he is not bi-ritual he is offering the mass in the Latin rite.
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How do the people deal with that? Do they have to have books so they know what the response are?
 
I’ve never experienced that (Latin Mass in lieu of Divine Liturgy), but we have had on occasion Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests substituting at our Ruthenian parish who are much more accustomed to their own chant tradition [Galician (Samoilka) vs. Carpatho-Rusyn (Prostopinije)]. This is not that big a deal for a typical Sunday liturgy, unless during Pascha or a feast day observance. I have adapted on occasion, using Galician chant responses.
 
shlomo,

I remember two interesting times, where a Maronite priest wasn’t available to Offer the Sacrifice:
  1. A Melkite priest (not bi-ritual), substituted for a few weeks. He had practised ahead of time. The deacons helped out, where required. He even managed to say the Syriac(Aramaic) parts.
  2. A Latin Franciscan (not bi-ritual), substituted once. He was raised in the Syriac Maronite tradition, before he became a Franciscan, so he didn’t have any problems Offering the Sacrifice.
Other Situation:

In one Syriac Maronite community, where they no longer had a priest, the Latin Roman Catholic priest, located in the same Church building, offered to say the NO Mass, but he permitted them to say some of the Maronite Hymns at different points in the Mass. They had adopted the Missalettes, to include these Hymns. They also said the Nicene Creed and the Our Father in Arabic.

In Christ,
keefa bar morun
 
I wish culture wasn’t such a barrier to the layfolk within the Syriac Churches - when our priest was unavailable without a replacement, I’d attend a Maronite, Syro-Malabar or Chaldean, Indian Orthodox, or Syriac Orthodox Liturgy (even Melkite and Ukrainian sometimes), but I’d be the exception. Most would just go Latin. Wouldn’t it be much more Liturgically appropriate for a Syriac or Maronite priest to tell his community - “there’s a Malankara Syriac parish just a few miles away this week you should attend” – I don’t think the statement has ever been made.
 
Casilda said:
Say for instance your parish may host other EC groups like a Maronite might host a Byzantine? I know that some groups meet separately but what about a priest offering a Latin Mass for your EC parishioners? Ever happen?
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In Augusta the Melkite church temporarily used a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest who has been there off and on for some time when there was no Melkite priest available but they use Byzantine liturgy anyway so I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. It is also important to take into consideration that many priests might be biritual anyway
 
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