Have u attended a Greek orthodox mass

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I have attended a Greek Orthodox mass and it is a learning experience.

Have you ? And what do you think?
 
I have attended a Greek Orthodox funeral liturgy. (requiem? I’m not sure what they call it.) However I don’t remember much aside from the frankincense, and the chanting in Greek and English as I was only 13. I’m sorry I can’t provide you with any information.
 
Yes, very similar and almost undistinguable in some aspects to the Catholic mass.
 
yes, i have

i prefer the roman catholic mass

the icons in the GOC are very beautiful
 
twf said:
Except that the Byzantine Divine Liturgy is ALWAYS chanted… always. A spoken Liturgy would almost be an abomination to the Orthodox.
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Agreed, I forgot about that.

I have great respect for the GOC
 
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I have attended a Greek Orthodox mass…
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The word Mass is a latin term, eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox would not use that word for their Divine Liturgy. It would be a major faux pas to ask a Greek Orthodox about his Mass.
 
brian_custer said:
yes, i have

i prefer the roman catholic mass

the icons in the GOC are very beautiful
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Yes they are. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas is IMO one of the most beautiful in the world. If only all the Catholic parishes in my area were this beautiful 🤷
 
ok; if you say so

i could’ve sworn the attendees at the GOC “ceremony” were calling it “mass”
 
brian_custer said:
ok; if you say so

i could’ve sworn the attendees at the GOC “ceremony” were calling it “mass”
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Just from my experience, and I have a lot of Greek Orthodox friends, they never refer toit as "mass. It’s always “Divine Liturgy”. Just like we Byzantine Catholics.
 
I do not understand how Catholics have come to name their liturgy, “dismissal”, as it comes from the Latin expression “Ite missa est” (Go, the dismissal is made).

For Orthodox, the Divine Liturgy is the meeting of heaven and earth, where the Church is lifted up out of time, uniting with the eternal heavenly worship of our creator and savior. It seriously pains me to hear it referred to simply as “dismissal”
 
If you go to an Eastern Catholic Byzantine liturgy, it would be exactly like the Orthodox liturgy, only Catholic so you can participate and even receive Communion 🙂
 
prodromos said:
I do not understand how Catholics have come to name their liturgy, “dismissal”, as it comes from the Latin expression “Ite missa est” (Go, the dismissal is made).

For Orthodox, the Divine Liturgy is the meeting of heaven and earth, where the Church is lifted up out of time, uniting with the eternal heavenly worship of our creator and savior. It seriously pains me to hear it referred to simply as “dismissal”
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its not a “dismissal” in that sense. Its the sense of a military commander giving his troops orders, and at the end the troops are commanded to act on those orders. The troops are given strength for their Mission with the Eucharist, then ordered to do the Mission
 
SyroMalankara said:
its not a “dismissal” in that sense. Its the sense of a military commander giving his troops orders, and at the end the troops are commanded to act on those orders. The troops are given strength for their Mission with the Eucharist, then ordered to do the Mission
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That is a pious fiction.
 
DeniseNY said:
Just from my experience, and I have a lot of Greek Orthodox friends, they never refer toit as "mass. It’s always “Divine Liturgy”. Just like we Byzantine Catholics.
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It might be a generational or regional thing. I had a couple of Greek friends growing up and they often referred to it as Mass. Maybe they were just trying to come up with a cultural equivalent that I could understand without them having to make an explanation.
 
prodromos said:
That is a pious fiction.
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Its practically irrelevant whether its pious fiction or the original meaning, as the “pious fiction” had taken root very early on:

The connection between the meaning “dismissal” and the “deeper” meaning of “mission” was also discussed by Benedict XVI (without making an etymological claim) in Sacramentum caritatis (2007): “In antiquity, missa simply meant ‘dismissal’. In Christian usage, however, it gradually took on a deeper meaning. The word ‘dismissal’ has come to imply a ‘mission’. These few words succinctly express the missionary nature of the Church”.[4]
 
SyroMalankara said:
Its practically irrelevant whether its pious fiction or the original meaning, as the “pious fiction” had taken root very early on:

The connection between the meaning “dismissal” and the “deeper” meaning of “mission” was also discussed by Benedict XVI (without making an etymological claim) in Sacramentum caritatis (2007): “In antiquity, missa simply meant ‘dismissal’. In Christian usage, however, it gradually took on a deeper meaning. The word ‘dismissal’ has come to imply a ‘mission’. These few words succinctly express the missionary nature of the Church”.[4]
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I doubt there are many Catholics who have any such understanding. To them it is simply “mass”.
 
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