Romanian Orthodox versus Catholicism

[Lost_Lamb]

I’ve been reading a lot about religion lately. I’m also interested in learning about my heritage. As my grandfather was 100% Romanian, and the first born in America, his family was not Catholic. He converted for my grandmother. Unfortunately, I never got to ask him about his previous religion before he died. I’m seeing it worded as Romanian Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox. Does anyone know which, and what they believe? I’m just curious about the differences, not converting. Thank you!

 

[bpbasilphx]

All Eastern Orthodox believe the same things, regardless of the ethnic or national label.

Many converts in the USA simply prefer to say “Orthodox” or “Orthodox Christian” or “Eastern Orthodox.”

I would recommend reading Timothy Ware’s famous book THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, which is the standard introduction in English. (He’s now known as Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia in the UK. You can read about him at Wikipedia or here:

orthodoxwiki.org/Kallistos_Ware

Probably one of the most famous Romanian Orthodox in America was the late Mother Alexandra, born Princess Ileana of Romania. She founded the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA, which was founded specifically as an English-speaking Orthodox monastery for women.

orthodoxwiki.org/Monastery_of_the_Transfiguration_%28Ellwood_City%2C_Pennsylvania%29

There are also Romanian Greek Catholics, who follow the Byzantine liturgy but are in communion with Rome. They have a monastery in California:

hrmonline.org/

 

[Tradycja]

The Romanian Greek Catholics follow the same tradition as the Romanian Orthodox.

You should check them out:
romaniancatholic.org/en/
I believe they also have a monastery in California.

I know you said that you are just curious,but I extend the invitation to you to become Catholic and live out your spiritual heritage in the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

 

[AdrianP]

Hi, I’m Orthodox Romanian myself.
All important moments in Bible for almost 2000 years are pointed by miracles that today happen in Orthodox Christianity.
1.The most important moment in Bible is Jesus resurrection proving him to be God and having power over death. The history say that Apostle Peter coming to the Holy Sepulcher and that he found a Light there. Over the Holy Sepulcher, the cave where Jesus body lied for some days a Church was built and in this Church , Holy Sepulcher Church in Jerusalem, in the celebration of Jesus resurrection on Orthodox Easter sometime different of Protestant Easter date the, a miracle happens year by year, Holy Light is coming from the sky on the ceremony done by Patriarch of Jerusalem, Leader of First Church in the World. On one year Armenians asked the political leader to move orthodox people outside the Church, at that time Protestantism and the debates of today didn’t exists, and the political leader agreed but said if the Holy Light will not come to you you need to eat some smelly things. So the Holy Light come to Orthodox Christians .This is history of Holy Light:
holyfire.org/eng/velich.htm
This is a movie about Holy Light in around 2000 and the priest on my Church saw it in reality and you can see it too.In the movie you can see Holy Light under middle gate in this:
youtube.com/watch?v=6EI71Uk28rI
2.When Jesus was baptised Jordan river moved backward to show that nature listens to God. Every year on Orthodox date of Jesus baptism when the Patriarch of First Church in the World does a ceremony, Jordan river moves backward from the time the Patriarch throws the cross in the water to the time cross is taken outside the water. Here is the movie and you can see water moving one direction and then cross moving the other way:
youtube.com/watch?v=CfmrqZwUjCQ&feature=channel_page
3.On Orthodox Date of Transfiguration a cloud comes to Mount Tabor.
4.Angels are present when priests give Food for Etrenal life to people in Orthodox Church, look in following movie at 2:38 and 2:40:
youtube.com/watch?v=RFA79d8859o&feature=channel_page
5.Orthodox Priests with Holy Spirit received at ordination, through prayer transform normal water in Holy Water changing molecular movement of molecules from Brownian to other movement and Water resists for years. Actually God is doing all these miracles.
6.Saint bodies stream myrrh
7.Prophets, miracle workers, people walking on water, levitation, seeing anywhere in Earth, apparitions after death and much much
more
8. At my grandpas death ceremony food started to grow by itself.
9. Holy Trinity , Jesus, Holy Mother of God is speaking today with many people in Orthodox World

Other miracles:
youtube.com/user/IoanRomania09

 

[Lost_Lamb]

The Romanian Greek Catholics follow the same tradition as the Romanian Orthodox.

You should check them out:
romaniancatholic.org/en/
I believe they also have a monastery in California.

I know you said that you are just curious,but I extend the invitation to you to become Catholic and live out your spiritual heritage in the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

Of course, there was one in Cleveland. Maybe next time I visit my grandma, I will go check it out. Of course, I still don’t know Romanian, so I don’t know what I’ll get out of it! Thank you very much for the information!

 

[Hesychios]

I’ve been reading a lot about religion lately. I’m also interested in learning about my heritage. As my grandfather was 100% Romanian, and the first born in America, his family was not Catholic. He converted for my grandmother. Unfortunately, I never got to ask him about his previous religion before he died. I’m seeing it worded as Romanian Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox. Does anyone know which, and what they believe? I’m just curious about the differences, not converting. Thank you!

He may have not actually been Orthodox.

Around Chicago, a lot of Eastern Catholics married Roman rite spouses (I have seen this many times myself) and everyone thought they were “converted”. This can actually be highly offensive to Eastern Catholics, who realize that ignorance of Eastern Catholicism is rampant in the Latin Catholic community (even among their own extended family), but usually grin and bear it.

This process of EC marrying into the Latin rite has gone on for so long some EC churches are showing early stages of collapse in North America.

Of course he may have been Orthodox as you suspect. Either way, your interest in your heritage is to be commended!

Follow the links provided above to learn more.

 

[jam070406]

I am half Romanian and have been frequenting a Romanian Greek Catholic Church. Just went to Divine Liturgy this morning.