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Dear Archimandrite Gregory,
How did "sacrament" come into use in the Greek Orthodox Church? It seems like a leap for the Greek Church to use a word derived from Latin.
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Paul,
this does not speak to your question regarding the use of the term "sacrament" among the Orthodox, but it does reflect that Churches will terms and titles that may be more commonly familiar. The local GO parish in Scottsdale is Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. The local UGCC was actually renamed from "Assumption of the BVM" to "Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church".
BTW, apologies to Archimandrite Gregory for jumping into a question directed to him.
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It shouldn't be considered a "leap." It testifies to the unity of the early Church, a unity we all hope and pray will be achieved again.
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Fr Deacon John, Your comment reminds me of a friend I had at St Peter & Paul in Phoenix (part of the OCA Diocese of the West.) In the course of his secular work he once served officials from our Eparchy and his question to me afterwards was: "What's an Eparchy?" 
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Originally posted by Deacon John Montalvo:
Paul,
this does not speak to your question regarding the use of the term "sacrament" among the Orthodox, but it does reflect that Churches will terms and titles that may be more commonly familiar. The local GO parish in Scottsdale is Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. The local UGCC was actually renamed from "Assumption of the BVM" to "Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church".
BTW, apologies to Archimandrite Gregory for jumping into a question directed to him. Father Deacon John, Thanks for your reply. I probably should have addresed the question to all the Forum. "Dormition", I like that. It is an Eastern church after all. God bless you, Paul
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As for the use of the word "sacrament" in place of "mystery" among Orthodox and also Eastern-rite Catholics: --
I think that for the Orthodox it was simply using the word that was already in common usage in the English language before their arrival in North America. Also in English the word 'mystery' carries connotations very different from those of the Greek word. However, if people have received a basic catechizing, they should understand the terms.
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A mystery is a moment when the human and divine make contact. The early Church formalized the seven mysteries or sacraments, essentially the same thing, at the behest of the West but with the agreement of the East.
It was characteristic of the West that they sought to define them sharply and of the East that they were hesitant to do so.
Nonetheless, most theologians would agree that one's whole life should become mysterious/sacramental not just these seven enumerated times when we receive the sacraments/mysteries.
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Andrew
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