Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians

[Love365]

Are Catholics allowed to get married to
Eastern Orthodox Christians ?

 

[zippy2006]

Yes, but you are supposed to ask permission. See: "What Are the Requirements for Marrying a Non-Catholic Christian? (Catholic Answers)."

 

[RileyG]

An Eastern Orthodox Christian must get married in the EO Church and can only get married to a Christian who had a water Baptism, IIRC.

A Catholic must be married inside the Catholic Church, regardless of their partner's denomination, and agree to raise their children Catholic.

If not, they have to get a dispensation from the Bishop.

 

[Love365]

An Eastern Orthodox Christian must get married in the EO Church and can only get married to a Christian who had a water Baptism, IIRC.

A Catholic must be married inside the Catholic Church, regardless of their partner's denomination, and agree to raise their children Catholic.

If not, they have to get a dispensation from the Bishop.

They could have two weddings,
one in each church.

 

[RileyG]

They could have two weddings,
one in each church.

I don't think that's possible.

 

[Love365]

With God all things are possible.

 

[RileyG]

With God all things are possible.

They would have to choose to be either Catholic or Orthodox. Not both.

 

[Bob Crowley]

A betrothed Catholic and Orthodox couple look like they're caught between a Big Rock and a Little Rock!

 

[Lukaris]

There are couples in our parish ( in America) who are Catholic and Orthodox for generations.

 

[zippy2006]

They would have to choose to be either Catholic or Orthodox. Not both.

You yourself say that they could get a dispensation:

If not, they have to get a dispensation from the Bishop.

Ecumenical marriages are common enough. A dispensation of form is easier to obtain than a dispensation of cult (which is not to say that a dispensation of cult is particularly difficult to obtain in our day and age).

 

[johansen]

With God all things are possible.

Yep, even mixing oil and water.

My coworker got married in an episcopalian church. The minister described their church as "catholic but without the guilt".

 

[RileyG]

Yep, even mixing oil and water.

My coworker got married in an episcopalian church. The minister described their church as "catholic but without the guilt".

lol I heard that definition, too