Most Orthodox-oriented Eastern Catholic churches

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ciero said:
I don’t know where you pray…but in the Byzantine world Mattins and Lauds are never separated as the Latins do. Orthros is just the Greek word for Mattins (Latin), both describe the morning service.

And I don’t know anyone who could do Mattins with the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in an hour.

Sunday Orthros at Holy Resurrection Monastery where I usually attend takes about 2hours 15 min. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom takes about 1.5 hours.
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I think he might have meant they are roughly both an hour each.
 
St. Ignatius of Antioch Greek Melkite Catholic Church in Augusta, Ga (which I attend) is as about as orthodox as you can get. 👍
 
Our parish, St Emilian Byzantine in Brunswick, Ohio is pretty good. We do have pews but we also have Matins (1 hour) before the celebration of the Divine Liturgy(1 1/4-1/2 hour).
The Pre Sanctified Liturgy is every Wednesday and Friday of the Great Fast and we celebrate the Akathist to the Holy Theotokos every second Tuesday except during the Great Fast. The cantors are quite good and we also have a subdeacon active in the parish(me). Fr. Marek Visnovsky ,our pastor, is a married priest with a beautiful wife and two wonderful children. He is very strong in his love and care for the Holy Traditions.
 
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I emphatically agree in regard to Holy Resurrection Monastery. Quite orthodox!

St. Andrew Russian Catholic is also quite orthodox. I go there about once a month if I can.

Yes, at St Andrew they have chairs, however, I have seen many OCA and other, big “O” , Orthodox churches that have…(gasp)…pews. If it is just a matter of pews, chairs or nothing that defines how orthodox a parish is, we are in deep trouble. In this time of the Great Fast we are to look past the material things to the spiritual through fasting. Likewise, we should look past the material essence of the physical church and look deeper into the spirit of orthodoxy in the parish life.
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St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Church in NYC is also very orthodox.
 
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