What your church is like

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In_All_Things said:
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This is my church OCA the Iconistasis is rather modern but Father insisted it go above his head. we leave the Royal doors open through the divine liturgy but close them during other liturgies. since this pic was taken an icon of the nativity and an icon of the ressurection have been added to either wall to the side of the altar and soon they’re putting up Icons of the four hierarchs in the altar.
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Please tell me that this beautiful temple will be covered in icons in the near future? 😃 Awesome!
 
Beautiful churches!! 🙂
Though I agree with the poster who said that the externals are not everything, I do love the really traditional churches, whether they’re Roman or Eastern, and they help me to worship God.
 
DadDave said:
St Basils is a beautiful church for sure. Just wish it wasn’t so farm far away
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DadDave,
Have you ever paid a visit here? stsophiaukrainian.cc/ It’s a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in The Colony, TX. I MapQuested it and it’s only 27 minutes from McKinney. Maybe you could pay a visit. 🙂 My husband and I would like to go out for a visit, it’s about 48 or so minutes from us.
 
Monica4316 said:
it’s so beautiful 🙂 I wish I could visit it!

is the Byzantine rite a separate rite? (so it’s not Russian, not Ukrainian, not Ruthenian, but - Byzantine?)
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I don’t know much about rites myself so I wouldn’t be of much help ;), but St. Basil’s is part of the Byzantine Ruthenian rite…and they are still under the leadership of the Pope. That’s all I know. 🙂
 
Monica4316 said:
it’s so beautiful 🙂 I wish I could visit it!

is the Byzantine rite a separate rite? (so it’s not Russian, not Ukrainian, not Ruthenian, but - Byzantine?)
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The Byzantine Rite are the liturgical traditions used by the Orthodox Churches and some Eastern Catholic Churches. The Russian Catholic Church, the Ruthenian Catholic Church. and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church all use the Byzantine rite.
 
Monica4316 said:
Beautiful churches!! 🙂
Though I agree with the poster who said that the externals are not everything, I do love the really traditional churches, whether they’re Roman or Eastern, and they help me to worship God.
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Holy Family Church, Rockford, IL
 
Monica4316 said:
it’s so beautiful 🙂 I wish I could visit it!

is the Byzantine rite a separate rite? (so it’s not Russian, not Ukrainian, not Ruthenian, but - Byzantine?)
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St. Basil’s is Ruthenian. I had the opportunity to visit there last summer. It is a beautiful parish (both the church and the people).
 
Aelred_Minor said:
I am not an Eastern Catholic, but if you like I can offer a description of a Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic church in my state that I’ve visited.

The exterior of the church is eligant and beautiful, stone with a dome of gold-colored tiles. Inside it has pews and uses votive candles. The pews have kneelers but no one seems to use them. There is an iconostasis made of stone pillars and gold metalwork and several large icons, but you can see between the pillars and bars and icons to the sanctuary (if that is the proper term in an Eastern church) beyond, especially though the gate-thingy (I don’t know what the proper term is), which is shaped like two gold saraphim. The liturgy is in English with a few lines of what I took to be Church Slavonic, though I’m not sure.
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In the Ruthenian church I attend at times, the kneelers are only used during Lent (the Great Fast).
 
Monica4316 said:
I’m wondering, what does your church look like? pews, or no pews? is there an iconostasis, or not? does it use incense? what are the icons like? etc.

I’m just curious 🙂
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The website is a work in progress, but you can see answers to most of your questions there. We also have a church hall with ping-pong table, a kitchen used for coffee hour and pierogies, an outdoor playground, and a children’s play room. Our priest and his family are among some of the wonderful people you’ll meet if you hang around after Liturgy.

St. Sophia UGCC’s Temple
St. Sophia UGCC’s Vestibule and Narthex
St. Sophia UGCC’s Nave
St. Sophia UGCC’s Candles and Lights
St. Sophia UGCC’s Doors
St. Sophia UGCC’s Sacristy and Vestry
St. Sophia UGCC’s Sanctuary
VeiledCatholic said:
DadDave,
Have you ever paid a visit here? stsophiaukrainian.cc/ It’s a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in The Colony, TX. I MapQuested it and it’s only 27 minutes from McKinney. Maybe you could pay a visit. 🙂 My husband and I would like to go out for a visit, it’s about 48 or so minutes from us.
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We’d love to have you!
 
VeiledCatholic said:
DadDave,
Have you ever paid a visit here? stsophiaukrainian.cc/ It’s a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in The Colony, TX. I MapQuested it and it’s only 27 minutes from McKinney. Maybe you could pay a visit. 🙂 My husband and I would like to go out for a visit, it’s about 48 or so minutes from us.
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Yes, however, the majority of the liturgy is in Ukrainian unlike St Basil’s which is in entirely in English. A lot of Ukrainain also spoke at coffee hour afterwards.
 
The church we attend is Sts. Peter & Paul in Haubstadt, IN. It’s an hour drive for us but well worth it.

Here are a few pics of our church.

Facing the front of the church.
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Some of the windows & stations.
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Mary.
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Icons.
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Facing the rear of the church.
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