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eastern catholic

  1. AveChristusRex

    Need Help/Advice: Help Me Figure This Out

    I can't figure out how to make this anonymous... I am an Eastern Orthodox who has worked tirelessly to mend the division between east and west, but every now and then, I go through these waves of wishing that I was myself Catholic, rather than being [as the Romans would consider] an outsider...
  2. The Liturgist

    Can anyone recognize this church

    I of late have had two separate channels suggested to me by Youtube which depict parishes which appear to be some kind of Byzantine Rite Catholic, but I am not sure as I find Cyrillic hard to read. They are using melodies that are Russian Orthodox, but they are wearing Byzanrine rather than...
  3. The Liturgist

    Happy Ascension Day

    Once again I find myself recommending a liturgy from All Saints Margaret Street, the excellent Anglo Catholic parish in London that historically rivals St. Magnus the Martyr (I greatly wish St. Magnus would livestream their services so we could do a comparison): Also, here is a good...
  4. The Liturgist

    Billy Graham, And The Three Great Televangelists

    I thought, having recently felt compelled to state the following history in a few different topics, for those unfamiliar with the three great televangelists, Dr. James Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, and Rev. Robert Schuller, or the important work done in the Soviet Union by Billy Graham, the...
  5. amci

    Comparing the Eastern Syriac and Indian Church Communions

    Historical Christianity East of Mesopotamia Prior to 1552, there was one church hierarchy that used the East Syriac Rite in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, and India. Prior to 1599, the same was true of the Christian community in India that was part of that East Syriac Rite hierarchy, but...
  6. URA

    Light of the East--Great podcast!

    http://byzantinecatholic.com/podcast/ If podcasts are your thing, and you're curious about hearing things from an Eastern Catholic perspective, you may appreciate this program. It's on the radio in the Chicago area (750 AM, Sundays at 1:30), or you can click on the handy little link up there...