Thank you for a wonderful video! The video explains a lot. It really should be seen by all Latin rite Catholics because they seem to know so little of their sister Catholic churches in the East. It would be so prudent and helpful if Roman Catholic priests would talk about the sister churches from the pulpit. Even to share liturgies on special occasions. Perhaps then so many parishioners would not be asking me "Who or what is the Theotokos?"
The Eastern Catholic Churches, also called the Oriental Catholic Churches and historically known as the Eastern-rite Catholic Churches or Uniate Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian particular churches sui iuris in full communion with the Pope in Rome. With about 18 million members, they make up a small part (about 1 percent) of the Catholic Church together with the Latin Church (Western Church). Headed by patriarchs, metropolitans, and major archbishops, the Eastern Catholic Churches are governed in accordance with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, although each church also has its own canons and laws on top of this, and the preservation of their own traditions is explicitly encouraged. The total membership of the various churches accounts for about 16 million, according to the Annuario Pontificio, thus making up a small part of the Catholic Church, with the rest of its more than 1.2 billion members belonging to the Latin Church. While the Maronite Church is considered the sole of them to permanently have remained in full communion with the Holy See, most of the other churches unified at some point from the 16th century onwards. The most recent of the Eastern Catholic Churches is the Eritrean Catholic Church, which was unified in 2015. Full communion constitutes mutual sacramental sharing between the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church, including Eucharistic intercommunion. On the other hand, the liturgical traditions of the 23 Eastern Catholic churches, including Byzantine, Alexandrian, Armenian, East Syrian, and West Syrian, are shared with other Eastern Christian churches: the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Church of the East. Although some theological issues divide the Eastern Catholic churches from other Eastern Christian churches, they do admit members of the latter to the Eucharist and the other sacraments, as governed by Oriental canon law. Notably, Eastern Catholic churches have different traditions concerning clerical celibacy than the Latin Church: in general, Eastern Catholic Churches allow the ordination of married men as priests. Eastern Catholic churches have their origins in the Middle East, East Africa, Eastern Europe and India. However, since the 19th century, they have spread to Western Europe, the Americas and Oceania by emigration, partly because of persecution, where eparchies have been established to serve adherents alongside those of Latin Church dioceses. Latin Catholics in the Middle East, on the other hand, are traditionally served by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Archangel Michael. Archangel Gabriel. May your wings encircle me, protecting me from the snares of Satan, defend me in battle, Most Holy Incorporeal Powers!!! MASTER...GIVE THE BLESSING!
Went to Chaldean mass last week. I do understand Arabic, Aramaic or Assyrian language they used aside from the liturgical book translations but I didn’t need to! It was great
I wouldn't prefer ANY rite, though IAM eastern Catholic (Ukrainian) as long as you follow the scriptures, and the teachings of Christs Church, you will be saved. (Pachamama worship in the Vatican notwithstanding of course)
@@MegaMackproductions - unfortunately not. Family was Orthodox, my grandmother converted to Mormonism, I was raised in that, but I had one relative, God rest his soul, who was still alive to teach me the fundamentals. However, I find the Catholic Church to be more valid, and I was also able to find a way to retain my Eastern Tradition. Where I used to live was Polish/Ukrainain and German, so Mormonism was nowhere near prevolent, and most people are actually Catholic.
I'm a Syro-Malabar Christian in India, with the East Syriac traditions. In our liturgy, we stand for the most part. We stand for the readings of the gospels and sit only for the priest's sermon. That's the only time everyone sits, but there are exceptions for the elderly and ill. We stand for the consecration of the hosts. We kneel only for a brief period of time. The liturgies and traditions of Orthodox and Eastern Catholics are more or less the same.
Hello! I am a Catholic who has only ever attended the Roman Catholic Mass and I plan on attending a Byzantine Divine liturgy very soon. i’m aware that there are a lot more songs and prayers, responses, etc. said in these services and i wanted to know if these will all be in the missalette or will I have to look elsewhere?
Wondering if you have gone yet. Anyway, actually, it wouldn’t be called a missalette. Sorry, but I had to look that up in the dictionary. Said it was a short form of missal, & so the ‘-ette’ must mean ‘small’, & I looked up ‘missal’, & that came from ‘Mass’, but we don’t have Mass (instead, Divine Liturgy, as you know) b/c we don’t use Latin & ‘Mass’ comes from ‘missa’ in the Mass. But our dismissal is ‘Let us go forth in peace’ (although there are still a few more prayers & bits of singing after that). I call it just a hymnal, or booklet if it’s small. Maybe we don’t have a special name for it… 🤔 Certain varying parts might be on the bulletin, & might also be posted on the church or eparchy website. Anyway, something that is to everyone’s advantage is the fact that the things in the Liturgy that change are few & they change only like clockwork. (There are several books, like Typikon & Menaion, that indicate what changes when, but laymen shouldn’t need to consult them.) Each Sunday of the yr has its own hymns, its Troparion & Kontakion. Those are sung according to certain tunes (called Tones) that change in an 8-wk cycle. Also, during Lent, some music can get penitential-sounding. (But we always sing lots of ‘Alleluia’, b/c we’re joyous & praising God even in & for Lent.) And the Liturgy will prob. vary a little from 1 of the Eastern Churches to another, but most of the variation is the tunes the hymns are sung & chanted to. So basically, if you keep going back, you will hear the same things in cycles, & pick it up, & eventually memorize much. Also, we have no organs. Everything is a cappella, but just match your singing instead to that of people who know the music better.
Not all Catholics are Latin/Roman rite There are many Eastern rite Catholics. Byzantine Catholic liturgy is still a thing. Eastern Catholic hasn't changed much in the past millennium... The traditions and spirituality are profound.
It's interesting how Pope John Paul II, in 2002, upheld Pope Zachary's ban from 745 of Roman Catholics venerating archangels not found in canonical scripture (i.e. allowing veneration of only 3 of the 7 Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael), yet he says the Catholic Church needs to "breathe with both lungs, West and East)". Everyone knows that St. Uriel is the 4th Archangel, so as a "Catholic" I guess it's actually safe to venerate or at least recognize Uriel, too.
Yes we can recognize Uriel. Angels have a huge place in Eastern Christian spirituality. Even on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, we commemorate “All the incorporeal powers” (angels, and other heavenly beings). I hope this helps. Fr. Tom Loya
1 Corinthians 11:3-10 [3]But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God. [4]Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head. [5]But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven. [6]For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head. [7]The man indeed ought not to cover his head: because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. [8]For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. [9]For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man. [10]Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.
