Melkite divine liturgy question

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Second question on the EC forum today! šŸ™‚

Iā€™m going to a Melkite Greek Church tmrw for divine liturgy and was wanting to know what to expect liturgical wise, will they use english or greek? The only EC Iā€™ve been to is a Maronite parish, are they similar? I looked on the parish website but did not find a lot of information. Thanks!
 
At the Melkite parish Iā€™ve been to they alternate between English, Greek and Arabic.
 
From what Iā€™ve experienced, the Melkite Divine Liturgy is celebrated in either English, English with Arabic, or Arabic. Itā€™s really hard to tell what the liturgy will be, but its more than likely to be one of the first two. Though, Arabic is awesome as well! šŸ˜ƒ

As for receiving communion, the Melkite process is intinction. Cross your arms, walk up, tilt your head back, DONā€™T stick out your tongue. šŸ™‚

The DL will not be similar to the Maronites because the Melkites are Byzantine. Check out a video on youtube for reference.

Enjoy yourself!
 
NorthTexan88 said:
Second question on the EC forum today! šŸ™‚

Iā€™m going to a Melkite Greek Church tmrw for divine liturgy and was wanting to know what to expect liturgical wise, will they use english or greek? The only EC Iā€™ve been to is a Maronite parish, are they similar? I looked on the parish website but did not find a lot of information. Thanks!
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At the Melkite parish I attend the liturgy is mostly in English. Arabic and Greek are also used, but what is said in those languages is repeated in English.

Communion is given by intinction (though I think Iā€™ve read on this forum that some parishes commune with the spoon).

Melkites and Maronites are different rites. I donā€™t believe they are similar, but Iā€™m sure someone more knowledgeable than me can give you a more complete answer.

If you have a chance, let us know what you think of the Divine Liturgy šŸ™‚

AzzurriFan
 
Domnall said:
From what Iā€™ve experienced, the Melkite Divine Liturgy is celebrated in either English, English with Arabic, or Arabic. Itā€™s really hard to tell what the liturgy will be, but its more than likely to be one of the first two. Though, Arabic is awesome as well! šŸ˜ƒ

As for receiving communion, the Melkite process is intinction. Cross your arms, walk up, tilt your head back, DONā€™T stick out your tongue. šŸ™‚

The DL will not be similar to the Maronites because the Melkites are Byzantine. Check out a video on youtube for reference.

Enjoy yourself!
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You beat me to the post šŸ™‚
 
AzzurriFan said:
At the Melkite parish I attend the liturgy is mostly in English. Arabic and Greek are also used, but what is said in those languages is repeated in English.

Communion is given by intinction (though I think Iā€™ve read on this forum that some parishes commune with the spoon).

Melkites and Maronites are different rites. I donā€™t believe they are similar, but Iā€™m sure someone more knowledgeable than me can give you a more complete answer.

If you have a chance, let us know what you think of the Divine Liturgy šŸ™‚

AzzurriFan
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Thanks for the help everyone! Yea Iā€™ll definite let yā€™all know how the DL goes!
 
Two other questions I forgot
  1. How does confession usually work?
  2. How long is the DL?
 
NorthTexan88 said:
Two other questions I forgot
  1. How does confession usually work?
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Depends on the parish, though the Melkites I believe have been better at delatinizing. So you will be standing in front of the icon of Christ and the priest will stand beside you. Some would do this in some other location, like a room, but would still have an icon of Christ for you to face and the priest still be beside you.
NorthTexan88 said:
  1. How long is the DL?
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Depends on the priest and the choir. Anywhere from 1 hour - 2 hours.
 
Did someone say liturgical spoons? šŸ˜ƒ

In all seriousness, there are Melkite parishes which do the communion in the manner of intinction. šŸ™‚
 
AnthonyJ said:
By intinction, given in the mouth, without a spoon. I believe this is the norm for the Melkites
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The norm for the Melkites is to use a spoon. At some point, I believe there was an outbreak of a disease, the Melkites stopped using the spoon to stop the spread of the disease. Thing is, from that point on they just didnā€™t get back to using the spoon again.
 
ConstantineTG said:
The norm for the Melkites is to use a spoon. At some point, I believe there was an outbreak of a disease, the Melkites stopped using the spoon to stop the spread of the disease. Thing is, from that point on they just didnā€™t get back to using the spoon again.
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No, the norm for the Melkites is otherwise. The spoon may have been the norm in the past, but that is no longer the case.
 
Crescentinus said:
Did someone say liturgical spoons? šŸ˜ƒ

In all seriousness, there are Melkite parishes which do the communion in the manner of intinction. šŸ™‚
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:D. Like I said before, at my parish communion is done by whatā€™s at least the current norm, intinction. (Iā€™m too much of a newbie to know which is the more ancient form of communion). BUT never fear, the liturgical spoon is still there for infants and toddlers who approach for communion :D.
 
I thought I woul post after my first DL at the Melkite Church. Iā€™m glad I finally got to attend, itā€™s my goal to go to every rite in the Church at least once!
  1. The architecture was awesome! There were icons everywhere.
  2. I gave up on trying to follow along in the booklet so I just enjoyed the ā€œsmells and bellsā€
  3. A lot of standing was done!
  4. communion was different. They used actual bread, it was interesting. No spoon was used
As a side note, I love being Catholic! Just an example of how awesome it is, the priest at the Melkite Church was running late so I went to the Maronite Church around the corner for confession then went to the Melkite for DL. Itā€™s amazing how universal we really are
 
NorthTexan88 said:
I thought I woul post after my first DL at the Melkite Church. Iā€™m glad I finally got to attend, itā€™s my goal to go to every rite in the Church at least once!
  1. The architecture was awesome! There were icons everywhere.
  2. I gave up on trying to follow along in the booklet so I just enjoyed the ā€œsmells and bellsā€
  3. A lot of standing was done!
  4. communion was different. They used actual bread, it was interesting. No spoon was used
As a side note, I love being Catholic! Just an example of how awesome it is, the priest at the Melkite Church was running late so I went to the Maronite Church around the corner for confession then went to the Melkite for DL. Itā€™s amazing how universal we really are
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Thatā€™s awesomeā€¦what was the name of their booklet?
 
Celticnovice said:
Thatā€™s awesomeā€¦what was the name of their booklet?
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I canā€™t remember the whole thin but I think it was

ā€œThe divine liturgy according to the Byzantine Melkite Churchā€ā€¦and something about St. John Crysostome
 
Iā€™ll be attending a Melkite usage Divine Liturgy at a Byz Cath church this Sunday. Is there anything I should know about how to conduct myself? Particularly as regards metania, venerating icons, etc.
 
SammyJankis90 said:
Iā€™ll be attending a Melkite usage Divine Liturgy at a Byz Cath church this Sunday. Is there anything I should know about how to conduct myself? Particularly as regards metania, venerating icons, etc.
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You donā€™t have to venerate icons if you donā€™t know how to. Otherwise, just follow what others do during Liturgy.
 
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