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Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
My thoughts are that Slavic Orthodoxy appeals to a latent sense of high church and litrugical/monastic traditions that Catholics tend to indentify with.

The Antiochians, by contrast, have that feel of being out of the holy land in churches that are frequently more simple, less monastic, and less ornate. I think the chants straight from the Middle East capture the mind and imagination of Evangelicals.

Just some thoughts.

Monasticism started in the Middle East and the Semitic Churches survived because of monastic leadership. St. Ephrem, St. Maroun, etc..

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Originally Posted by Michael_Thoma
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
My thoughts are that Slavic Orthodoxy appeals to a latent sense of high church and litrugical/monastic traditions that Catholics tend to indentify with.

The Antiochians, by contrast, have that feel of being out of the holy land in churches that are frequently more simple, less monastic, and less ornate. I think the chants straight from the Middle East capture the mind and imagination of Evangelicals.

Just some thoughts.

Monasticism started in the Middle East and the Semitic Churches survived because of monastic leadership. St. Ephrem, St. Maroun, etc..


That as the case may be, I simply do not see the same emphasis on monasticism in the Antiochian Church here in America as its Slavic counterparts.

My point remains about the experience of American Antiochians.

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Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
Originally Posted by Michael_Thoma
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
My thoughts are that Slavic Orthodoxy appeals to a latent sense of high church and litrugical/monastic traditions that Catholics tend to indentify with.

The Antiochians, by contrast, have that feel of being out of the holy land in churches that are frequently more simple, less monastic, and less ornate. I think the chants straight from the Middle East capture the mind and imagination of Evangelicals.

Just some thoughts.

Monasticism started in the Middle East and the Semitic Churches survived because of monastic leadership. St. Ephrem, St. Maroun, etc..


That as the case may be, I simply do not see the same emphasis on monasticism in the Antiochian Church here in America as its Slavic counterparts.

My point remains about the experience of American Antiochians.


That is a pretty fair observation. The Ants have a lot of good things going for them. But as a jurisdiction in the US they are probably the least monastic.

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Originally Posted by Ad Orientem
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
Originally Posted by Michael_Thoma
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
My thoughts are that Slavic Orthodoxy appeals to a latent sense of high church and litrugical/monastic traditions that Catholics tend to indentify with.

The Antiochians, by contrast, have that feel of being out of the holy land in churches that are frequently more simple, less monastic, and less ornate. I think the chants straight from the Middle East capture the mind and imagination of Evangelicals.

Just some thoughts.

Monasticism started in the Middle East and the Semitic Churches survived because of monastic leadership. St. Ephrem, St. Maroun, etc..


That as the case may be, I simply do not see the same emphasis on monasticism in the Antiochian Church here in America as its Slavic counterparts.

My point remains about the experience of American Antiochians.


That is a pretty fair observation. The Ants have a lot of good things going for them. But as a jurisdiction in the US they are probably the least monastic.


The Antiochans seem to not place as much emphasis on her modern saints and martyrs as some of the Slavic Churches. I wish I could find the article on the matter that I read, but the Antiochan emphasis on a lot of New Testament saints and Early Church Fathers may be a little easier for some of the Evangelicals easing their way into "the saint thing".

In contrast, some of the Catholics who go to Orthodoxy are more disposed from their upbringing to look to saints through the last 20 centuries.




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Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
Originally Posted by Ad Orientem
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
Originally Posted by Michael_Thoma
[quote=A Simple Sinner]My thoughts are that Slavic Orthodoxy appeals to a latent sense of high church and litrugical/monastic traditions that Catholics tend to indentify with.

The Antiochians, by contrast, have that feel of being out of the holy land in churches that are frequently more simple, less monastic, and less ornate. I think the chants straight from the Middle East capture the mind and imagination of Evangelicals.

Just some thoughts.

Monasticism started in the Middle East and the Semitic Churches survived because of monastic leadership. St. Ephrem, St. Maroun, etc..


That as the case may be, I simply do not see the same emphasis on monasticism in the Antiochian Church here in America as its Slavic counterparts.

My point remains about the experience of American Antiochians.


That is a pretty fair observation. The Ants have a lot of good things going for them. But as a jurisdiction in the US they are probably the least monastic.


The Antiochans seem to not place as much emphasis on her modern saints and martyrs as some of the Slavic Churches. I wish I could find the article on the matter that I read, but the Antiochan emphasis on a lot of New Testament saints and Early Church Fathers may be a little easier for some of the Evangelicals easing their way into "the saint thing".

In contrast, some of the Catholics who go to Orthodoxy are more disposed from their upbringing to look to saints through the last 20 centuries.
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Interesting . . . and food for thought. Thank you, all.

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Originally Posted by harmon3110
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
Originally Posted by Ad Orientem
Originally Posted by A Simple Sinner
[quote=Michael_Thoma][quote=A Simple Sinner]My thoughts are that Slavic Orthodoxy appeals to a latent sense of high church and litrugical/monastic traditions that Catholics tend to indentify with.

The Antiochians, by contrast, have that feel of being out of the holy land in churches that are frequently more simple, less monastic, and less ornate. I think the chants straight from the Middle East capture the mind and imagination of Evangelicals.

Just some thoughts.

Monasticism started in the Middle East and the Semitic Churches survived because of monastic leadership. St. Ephrem, St. Maroun, etc..


That as the case may be, I simply do not see the same emphasis on monasticism in the Antiochian Church here in America as its Slavic counterparts.

My point remains about the experience of American Antiochians.


That is a pretty fair observation. The Ants have a lot of good things going for them. But as a jurisdiction in the US they are probably the least monastic.


The Antiochans seem to not place as much emphasis on her modern saints and martyrs as some of the Slavic Churches. I wish I could find the article on the matter that I read, but the Antiochan emphasis on a lot of New Testament saints and Early Church Fathers may be a little easier for some of the Evangelicals easing their way into "the saint thing".

In contrast, some of the Catholics who go to Orthodoxy are more disposed from their upbringing to look to saints through the last 20 centuries.
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Interesting . . . and food for thought. Thank you, all.

-- John [/quote]

Wow! That is a weird effect! crazy

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That looks like an Escher painting!

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Originally Posted by Dr. Eric
Don't the Catholics go to the OCA or ROCOR?

From what I've noticed, the Catholics who go East usually go to the BCCA then OCA or they go from BCCA to OCA... or ACROD.

That was my route to the OCA

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