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Western Rite Orthodox parishes are mostly under Antioch or ROCOR. The church I attend is under the Antiochian jurisdiction. My particular parish uses the Mass of St. Gregory, though there is the Mass of St. Tikhon as well. We use the Tridentine Mass in English and if you have ever gone to a...

Please also do not discount the Western Rite of the Orthodox Church. Both the Eastern and Western Rites are beautiful and I love them both, but there is a Western Rite and if there is a parish in your area, I would advise adding one of those to your list of churches to visit. The ancient Church...

Or Orthodox. ^_^

This is the version of the Kyrie that we sing during mass. We're Western Rite Orthodox. It's so sweet and very worshipful.

Please go. It will be a very wonderful experience. It is pure worship with all attention on the Lord. I went to a couple of Divine Liturgies and found myself in the Western Rite attending catechism. It's worth it. :)

We have the NRSV with Apocropha. I'm going to get the Orthodox Study Bible for Christmas this year (gift from my husband!). https://www.amazon.com/Orthodox-Study-Bible-Hardcover-Christianity/dp/0718003594/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1544467220&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=orthodox+study+bible&psc=1

We have the NRSV with Apocropha. I'm going to get the Orthodox Study Bible for Christmas this year (gift from my husband!). https://www.amazon.com/Orthodox-Study-Bible-Hardcover-Christianity/dp/0718003594/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1544467220&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=orthodox+study+bible&psc=1

I go to St. Patrick's. This is my parish. I started attending off and on since we moved to the area in the summer. I was looking into Orthodoxy closely before going to this parish. Fr. Patrick was so kind and very genuine. He advised me from the beginning to check out the Eastern Rite parishes...

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I love AFR! Listening to Faith Encouraged was one of the reasons why I'm now starting to attend Orthodox churches with the intent to become Orthodox. I listen to the music while doing dishes or cleaning the house and it's so sweet and soothing.

B-I-N-G-O!!! Oh and let's not forget this is a midterm election year and with basically no platform other than impeach Trump, they only have this crap storm they've brewed and put off on the Repbulicans. NOW they care, because it's "about the children". Please. It's about getting another voter...

This is my story. I wasn't a believer when my husband and I met. In fact, I was very involved (though not initiated) in a Hindu temple. Very involved. So when I met my husband, he was and still is a Buddhist, but when we met, God wasn't that important to him. I felt that over time, he would come...

Same to you.

No, "interracial" marriages are not sinful. As the black member of an interracial marriage (my husband is white), I can say that we have not had any problems from either side of the family (except my mother in law at first wasn't exactly happy with the match, then met me and was very happy with...

Exactly. My origins are not Western, but I'm a westerner in that I was raised here and it is quite familiar, and ancient. The Western Rite isn't just something somebody made up. It's based on the ancient worship of the West rather than the Eastern Rite. It has a beauty and flavor all its own and...

I've been looking into Orthodoxy and have been looking at the Western Rite myself, as my family may be moving close to a WR parish in Virginia. There is a website www.theorthodoxwest.com that has resources and a documentary following Fr. Patrick Cardine to St. Laurence Center. You can also find...

That's exactly what we're doing now. We started celebrating St. Nicholas Day this year and it has really made this time of year more special and sacred. We also are very much into observing Advent as a family and my kids are really picking up on the reason for the celebration. I never grew up...

That's sad. So, she wanted to be a part of a church with a definite political leaning. That's not what I thought this was about. Call me a baby Christian (which I still am), but I thought we were supposed to pray for our leaders that God gives them the wisdom to govern the people. The parish I...

Thank you for your respectful response. I too have looked at some "stoppers" and LGBT issues aren't nearly at the top of my list as other things like preaching politics from the pulpit (you never know who may be listening or what they believe). I have decided after much contemplation that I will...

Excuse me? Did I say that I was perfect? Of course not. Are you trying to be catty or is this a joke? I take my spiritual life very seriously and I was asking a simple question. You could have kept your comment to yourself, thank you very much.