Very westernized and watered-down liturgy. I sincerely hope there are Eastern Catholic parishes in Montreal that are more faithful to the authentic Orthodox liturgical tradition. They are unfortunately few and far between, but one excellent example is Saint Elias in Brampton, Ontario.
Anyways, the chants sung are proper Byzantine. From the sounds of it, it sounds like it was Axion Estin sung in Greek... but it is nonetheless beautiful.
Well, crudely, I'd say that this is "Byzantine-Lite". For our new translation of the Divine Liturgy, the Melkites have now expanded the Divine Liturgy to the original, which is good.
As for Byzantinising everything, do donate money to us if you want to see something fully Byzantine. More icons, and more ornaments cost more money. What we have are the bare essentials, and it seems to be fine for now. If you want to see more, stop criticising and start helping.
it is actually the same church the Atioch church that separated after the fall of the ottoman empire, it is originally the melkite church and separated because of the church regained its connection with the western church...
The presentation of this church and video is latinized. This is not as authentic tradition as you find in the Antiochian and Greek Orthodox Church located also in Montreal.
Very westernized and watered-down liturgy. I sincerely hope there are Eastern Catholic parishes in Montreal that are more faithful to the authentic Orthodox liturgical tradition. They are unfortunately few and far between, but one excellent example is Saint Elias in Brampton, Ontario.
ajl22586 11 months ago
une seule faute: les Melkites sont Catholiques ils ne sont pas divises en Orthodoxes et Catholiques.
widdo17 1 year ago
Can an Eastern Catholic Liturgy be celebrated on a Western Catholic Church?
dacatholicbandorgan 2 years ago
Yes and vise versa. It is a matter of logistics not theology.
Hkepfer 2 years ago
yes, as a matter of fact they can, as they are in full communion with Rome
fleisch09 2 years ago
@dacatholicbandorgan
Ofcourse, any Catholic rite can be celebrated/offered in any Catholic Church.
mexicoalful 3 weeks ago
Although I attend both the Novus Ordo and Tridentine Masses, I would also like to attend a Melkite Liturgy once in a while.
dacatholicbandorgan 2 years ago
Anyways, the chants sung are proper Byzantine. From the sounds of it, it sounds like it was Axion Estin sung in Greek... but it is nonetheless beautiful.
cmnunis 2 years ago
Well, crudely, I'd say that this is "Byzantine-Lite". For our new translation of the Divine Liturgy, the Melkites have now expanded the Divine Liturgy to the original, which is good.
As for Byzantinising everything, do donate money to us if you want to see something fully Byzantine. More icons, and more ornaments cost more money. What we have are the bare essentials, and it seems to be fine for now. If you want to see more, stop criticising and start helping.
cmnunis 2 years ago
Looks like The Divine Liturgy being chanted in a Roman Catholic Church. I've never seen a Melkite Church look like that before.
stevennewnan 2 years ago
it is actually the same church the Atioch church that separated after the fall of the ottoman empire, it is originally the melkite church and separated because of the church regained its connection with the western church...
bakerhd 2 years ago
The presentation of this church and video is latinized. This is not as authentic tradition as you find in the Antiochian and Greek Orthodox Church located also in Montreal.
carolking 3 years ago