Originally posted by Cathy:
This is true, but first our parishioners must be open to accepting those people without Slavic last names. Atleast in the Cleveland-area, time and time again they feel that the Byzantine Church belongs solely to the Slavs -- and then don't do anything to encourage their own children to belong to the Byzantine Church once they marry "outside." Actually,it strikes me as really odd.
I notice the same thing around the Butler, PA area, Cathy. There seem to be a lot of people of "grandparent age" who think the eastern church is for Slavs. At the same time, their kids and grandkids are nowhere to bee seen.
I don't have one drop of Slav blood in me and my exerpience at different parishes (BBB & UGCC) has been varried. Some have been warm, others quite cool.
