Oremus - Roman Rite in the Orthodox Church

From Pastoral Vicar Father Anthony (Bondi) Dear Fathers, It is with profound sadness that I convey to you the death of Father Deacon [Polyca...

An "ukaz" in the Russian Orthodox Church means an official decree from a Bishop. Here is the Dec. 18, 2010 ukaz which appoint Fr. ...

Some have expressed either dismay, or dissatisfaction, or disapproval, regarding the fact that so many different forms of Western rite are c...

On May 28, 2011, at Christminster (the monastery of Christ the Saviour) in Canada, Dom Joseph DelGiorno was ordained to the sacred diaconate...

So many clergy have been received into the ROCOR recently that keeping up with their names, even, is a bit of a challenge. Much less has it ...

BREAKING NEWS: "At the proposal of the President of the Synod of Bishops, a Western Rite Vicariate was established. His Grace Bishop Je...

By the grace of God and at the hands of His Grace Bishop J EROME of Manhattan, acting for the Metropolitan, Father Philip Ramstad of Sts. A...

SUNDAY OF FORGIVENESS called Palm Sunday by the people [station at St. John Lateran] Preparations * Willow branches and/or palms; leaves ...

(above: an old Roman rite Liturgy) The Milan Synod gained a lot of respect for its phenomenal scholarly work on the Western rite. Certainly...

On three occasions in this year of 2011, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy is scheduled to be celebrated in the Western Rite by Bishop Jerome of...

"With the Blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, "Reader Polycarp Robert Sherwood will be ordained to the Diaconate this Wednesday a...

The newly-received Western rite clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia are now listed on the parish directory page at http://w...

"We are a single community of Orthodox Christians, and we are the local Church in Dallas, the local Church in Northeast Texas. It doesn...

One of the recently-received Western rite clergy in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, is Fr. Patrick Lowery of Michigan. Ad multos...

Here are some pictures (new to my eyes) of the former Latin rite monastery of Orthodox monks upon the holy mountain Athos (which closed in 1...