It’s not an ignorant question at all. Of the 22 Eastern Catholic Churches, the only ones I could think of that would use Liturgical Greek would be the Ellinorrythmi (aka the Greek-Byzantine Catholic Church, but that’s just too confusing of a name) Church as well as perhaps the Melkite Catholic Church on occasion.The former uses solely Biblical Greek: I’ve watched their liturgy online before. There’s also the Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church; I’m sure its most esteemed monastery of Grottaferrata uses Koine Greek in its liturgy. I’d say that there’s a chance that the Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church might use Koine Greek, too, although at least in the Albanian Orthodox Church, they’ve long shifted to celebrating Divine Liturgy in Albanian. I’m sure the same goes for Catholics of either kind in Albania, too.Is Koine Greek used in any of the Eastern Catholic Churches (ECC’s) as a main liturgical language? If so, which? And are these ECC’s that use Koine Greek common in the U.S.?
Sorry if it’s an ignorant question.
You are correct: Our Lady of Wisdom in Las Vegas. While the majority of the liturgy is celebrated in English, there are small parts that are chanted or sung in Italian and Greek. Because of it’s local roots, there is occasionally some Arabic thrown in, especially for Pascha and Pentecost. However, almost always, the other languages are sandwiched between the English in an effort to avoid any alienation or confusion. (In my humble opinion, their liturgies are the most fun to be involved in).I do believe that there is one church tied to the Italo-Greco-Albanian Church in Nevada I want to say, but I don’t remember any mentioning of the Greek language on its website. It was a mission church, if I recall correctly; I believe they only celebrate Divine Liturgy in English.
Odds are good that it will be either mostly English or mostly Romanian, with a possible repeat of some elements in the other. The parish is probably majority ethnics, either way.There is a “Romanian Byzantine Catholic” parish only a few miles away from me, that is part of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy in Ohio. What languages do you think would be used in the liturgy? Apparently this parish does its chanting for the liturgies in English, so does this mean most of the liturgy is said in English or a combination of other language(s)?
If most of the liturgy is done in English does this mean that the parish is made up of many non-Romanian speakers or non-Romanian parishioners? I’m always afraid of attending an “ethnic” parish because I don’t feel like I’ll “fit in,” even if it is a Rite in the Catholic Church.