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savedbygrace71
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I have a very, very basic question to ask so please understand my level of knowledge on this- practically none. I am a new Catholic myself, recently welcomed into the church though attending for many years.
At any rate, my grandmother is in a memory care nursing home and has a new next door neighbor. This woman is Greek, very friendly and has a lot of her faculties still around her. She loves my children (as most of the residents do) and in conversation I told her that they go to Catholic school. I asked her if she was Greek Orthodox. She said yes. I asked if she has a priest to come to see her each week, as I know there is a Greek church in the city near us. She thinks so- this is part of the difficulty with dementia, it’s not always easy to keep track of time.
Anyway, my question is how similar are the traditions in Greek Orthodox compared to Catholic Latin Rite? If I brought her a prayer card, or rosary, would that be meaningful to her? Particularly in terms of her dementia. I would want it to be meaningful in a deep way so it really connects in her brain, so I don’t mean, would it be thoughtful. I mean, would it actually be something that would connect for her as G.O.? I have a box of prayer cards and it would be so nice to give her one or two. Do the saints play a big part of cultural life in G.O. such that perhaps she would say, deep in the recesses of her mind, I know exactly what this is?
I hope this makes sense
Dementia is difficult. I’d like to do something that she can reach while she still can. My grandmother is mostly past that point. Thanks for your help.
At any rate, my grandmother is in a memory care nursing home and has a new next door neighbor. This woman is Greek, very friendly and has a lot of her faculties still around her. She loves my children (as most of the residents do) and in conversation I told her that they go to Catholic school. I asked her if she was Greek Orthodox. She said yes. I asked if she has a priest to come to see her each week, as I know there is a Greek church in the city near us. She thinks so- this is part of the difficulty with dementia, it’s not always easy to keep track of time.
Anyway, my question is how similar are the traditions in Greek Orthodox compared to Catholic Latin Rite? If I brought her a prayer card, or rosary, would that be meaningful to her? Particularly in terms of her dementia. I would want it to be meaningful in a deep way so it really connects in her brain, so I don’t mean, would it be thoughtful. I mean, would it actually be something that would connect for her as G.O.? I have a box of prayer cards and it would be so nice to give her one or two. Do the saints play a big part of cultural life in G.O. such that perhaps she would say, deep in the recesses of her mind, I know exactly what this is?
I hope this makes sense
Dementia is difficult. I’d like to do something that she can reach while she still can. My grandmother is mostly past that point. Thanks for your help.
