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    The Other Catholics: A Short Guide to the Eastern Catholic Churches

    Let me clear up some terminology for everyone. The "panels" are icons and should always be seen, rather than statues, in Eastern Catholic temples; in Oriental Catholic temples, you may see icons, statues, or a mixture, it can vary depending on the Church sui iuris. There is not a 'Romanian...
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    The Other Catholics: A Short Guide to the Eastern Catholic Churches

    No, I am saying that there are no living persons now, nor in the past half century, who are of the Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church, which is only of blessed memory and has been such for that long a period. The Georgian Byzantine Church has actually never had a hierarch (a prelate of...
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    Can we make our Eastern Brethren feel more at home?

    May be a moot point, but Cross Potent and Jerusalem Cross aren't the same thing. Cross Potent Jerusalem or Crusaders' Cross As for the cross used by the Oriental Orthodox, about which someone asked, it is an Armenian Cross, sometimes improperly referred to as a Khachkar. Many years, Neil
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    Melkite Divine Liturgy

    Thank you :) . Many years, Neil
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    Catholic Eastern Rites vs. Eastern Catholic Churches

    Firstly, a caution to the OP, Wikipedia is generally a less than reliable source for many things - information on the Eastern and Oriental Catholic Churches is high on that list of many things and the article to which you linked is an example par excellence in illustration of that. Secondly...
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    Godspeed, Karl Keating! Catholic Answers has a new president...

    I'll certainly join my sister, Anhelyna, in confirming what my old friend and brother, John, has said!!! And I do so in the context of being a banned person there (though you'll not find any indication of such under my name), as well as having been the original moderator there of what, as...
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    Melkite Divine Liturgy

    Riley, You've been given pretty good information by the posters. The Melkite Community in Nebraska is located in Lincoln and serves the Divine Liturgy at St George Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church there at 10am - every Sunday, I believe. The priest serving there currently is a member of the...
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    Blessing with the Dikirion and Trikirion

    GB, There are only 2 Coptic Catholic parishes in the US - St Mary's in LA and Resurrection in Brooklyn, NY: Find Us - By Church - Coptic Catholic Church - United States - California - CA: Los Angeles - 7 Find Us - By Church - Coptic Catholic Church - United States - New York - NY: Brooklyn -...
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    Blessing with the Dikirion and Trikirion

    Beautiful! Eis polla aeti, Despota!
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    New Bishop Named for Eparchy of St Thomas in Detroit of the Chaldeans

    His Holiness has named Father Frank Kalabat, presently pastor of St Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church in West Bloomfield, MI, to succeed Mar Ibrahim N. Ibrahim as Bishop of the Eparchy of St Thomas in Detroit of the Chaldeans. Axios, Axios, Axios! May God grant many years to Bishop-Elect...
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    The Eastern Catholic thread got me wondering - do the EC's submit to the CCC?

    John, my friend! Prayers that you're well, my brother! It has been a long time! Many years, Neil
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    The Eastern Catholic thread got me wondering - do the EC's submit to the CCC?

    The CEC is, as AXO and ebia noted, not something to which anyone - Latin or Eastern - 'submits'. It is indeed a reference text. It is not the catechism of the Eastern Churches, however. The various Eastern and Oriental Catholic Churches have developed their own such texts, with the Ukrainians...
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    What do you think?

    You are essentially correct. A married man may be ordained to the priesthood in (most of) the Eastern and Oriental Catholic Churches and in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches. A priest may not marry and a married priest who is widowed may not remarry - the former rule is absolute, the...
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    +His Holiness Mar Emmanuel III Delli has reposed

    I'm done with this foolishness. These are my final comments on the matter. The Magisterium is concerned with theology and not with pontifical stylings. The language usage of the Latin Church, including that by the Bishop of Rome, in regard to its Sister Churches is inconsistent and suffers the...
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    +His Excellency, Bishop Jan Hirka, has reposed in the Lord

    His Excellency, Vladyka Jan Hirka, Emeritus of the Eparchy of Prešov of the Slovak Catholics reposed in the Lord on April 10 in Presov, Slovakia. Bishop Jan was aged 90 and in the 65th year of his priesthood and 25th year as a Bishop. O God of all spiritual and corporeal beings, You Who...