Adopted culture

[Kripost]

. That's cute. We speak Greeklish in our house.

We speak Ukrainilish. Or something like that...with random Russian words thrown in if somebody's really mad and in a vulgar mood.

Mama, de ty poklala the salt and pepper? Seriously, I've said that.

I had heard both Greeklish and Ukrainilish before. Not sure if the Australian versions are the same as other countries.

 

[Ioan cel Nou]

Ah, we speak Romglish, or perhaps Englanian. The strangest thing is that since I've started going to our current parish it's they who seem to be adopting some English things rather than me adopting Romanian (I'm one of two non-Romanians there and the other is a Greek). The parish is startint to use more and more English. Last weak Father proudly turned up with an English copy of the horologion and then had me read all the prayers of preparation for the Eucharist out loud after they'd already been done in Romanian and before he started Liturgy. I couldn't help thinking I was speaking to myself!

James

 

[The Virginian]

I'm just curious if any of my fellow American converts to Orthodoxy feel the same way I do in that I've found the Russian culture of my historically Russian parish as an adopted culture?

Hmmmm!
I don't know if I've adopted the culture of the Greek parish near my home, or whether I feel more comfortable there.
my family was chrismated and received into Holy Orthodoxy, in what later became the GOA part of the Pan-Orthodox parish. We were AOA, Holy Transfiguration.
Even before our AOA priest was transferred the majority of the Divine Liturgy was in English. I'll never forget the first Lamb's Dinner I attended; it was as if I'd stepped into a little Greek village. Whenever I attend I follow -and sing- along in the transliterated liturgy booklet, and feel no shame, guilt or whatever.
My membership is still in an AOA parish, which is in the Western Rite Vicarite. I have however spoken with my priest and he has given me permission to "help" at the GOA parish since she is the one which established the faith here,
aided both Holy Transfiguration and St. Benedict, and needs her 'children' to help her continue. (I of course, must remember my AOA home).


"...He that does not provide for his own
household is worse than an infidel..."

 

[Michael G]

My OCA parish is truly PAN-Orthodox. We have Russians, Greeks, Serbs and about 1/2 the parish are converts. The priest is a convert, as is the deacon. It is a true mixture of Orthodox cultures and American Culture. I am not Russian, I am German-American. I do not like Slavonic, Greek, Ukranian, Serbian or Arabic to be spoken during the liturgy. We are in America and the vernacular language in America is English. A little ethnic flavor is ok and desirable, but this is America and while we don't yet have our own united American Orthodox Church, someone has to start working toward it's development. The Russians who introduced Orthodoxy to America had no plans on ever being this way. A quick read of the life of St. Innocent will reveal that. It is my hope that as Orthodoxy continues to spread within America it will adopt it's own Orthodox culture.

 

[Dust and Ashes]

Our parish is probably 70% converts with the cradles weighing in at about 15% Arabic, 10% Greek and 5% Russian. This makes for some cultural variety but it is mostly just plain old American with a little exotic flavoring. I personally tend to favor Russian a little since St. Seraphim of Sarov is my patron but there isn't much Russian culture demonstrated since there are so few there.