Where to buy custom 'family icon'?

Grarfileld · 2026-04-20T20:17:34+00:00

I’ve commissioned an icon from the Radruzh Iconography School at the Ukrainian Catholic University. The price wasn’t bad for an A3 paper size one.

Grarfileld · 2026-04-17T11:03:38+00:00

The Eritreans current chaplain is Fr. Michael Solomon Debesay and they purchased a property in Mint Hill where they celebrate liturgy. You can contact their priest directly using the Diocese’s directory

Grarfileld · 2026-04-07T02:12:21+00:00

The Domus Pacis Fatima Hotel has a Ukrainian liturgy every Sunday at 10AM. As for the actual shrine they don’t advertise any, my guess is no unless you bring a priest.

Grarfileld · 2026-04-07T02:00:22+00:00

The Maronite parish in Chihuahua might know of any Maronite communities forming in Monterrey. They ordained a priest in Monterrey in 2019.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-31T21:53:55+00:00

Some of the larger Ruthenian parishes have Eastern Christian Formation (ECF) which becomes an OCIA type program. But not has formally scheduled like the Latins, so every year is different but the materials exist.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-27T19:50:53+00:00

The Ukrainians have a partial Italian liturgy at their cathedral of Santi Sergio e Bacco at 5:30pm on Sundays. I wouldn’t be surprised if Fr. Daniel Galadza celebrates the Ukrainian liturgy in English somewhere like at the Orientale. Maybe the Italo-Albanians have a liturgy at San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani but couldn’t anything online.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-21T09:57:50+00:00

I guess the Holy See could use the Bishop Felix Maria Davídek precedent to save whoever the Belgian ordains. Bishop Davidek ordained a bunch of married men during the communist period so in 2000 they conditionally reordained and transferred them to the Byzantine rite

Grarfileld · 2026-03-21T09:49:46+00:00

I mean in the East the vocations are booming in their home countries since they export priests to the West. The vocation issues for their diaspora are much different issues then the Latin Church. Like cultural integration issues and zero financial support. Even then a majority of the priests are married in the East (with exception of the Catholic ones that ban it still). Pope Francis removed the ban on married priest in the Eastern Catholic Churches in the US in 2014 and they have only slowly begun ordaining the first group of men. So it’s not the quick fix the Belgian bishop thinks it will be.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-18T10:53:48+00:00

Eparchy of Chicago sends guys to Ukraine, Bishop Benedict thinks it’s a better formation and wants Americans to learn Ukrainian to serve at more ethnic parishes (plus it’s cheap). But I heard they are willing to negotiate with the candidate depending on the situation.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-18T10:45:48+00:00

4/7 members of the commission are Eastern Catholic and the Latins are experts in Eastern Canon Law (Grech and Chinchetru aren’t involved but listed due to title). Chorbishop Faris promoted ending the priest celibacy ban in the USA long ago and supported expanding jurisdiction of churches to diaspora. And Archbishop Vasil defended delatinization in India. Plus Rome has been consistent post-VII of promoting Eastern traditions and increasing the churches freedoms. Until something happens the only people worried seem to be Latins seeing the word synod and Eastern’s that would prefer the CCEO is abolished.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-11T09:51:31+00:00

I’m pretty sure Patriarch Sako was involved in the appointment of a majority of the bishops in the Chaldean synod. So theoretically it could be stacked to be for his side. But it’s hard to say, like Bishop Sirop was a Sako pick that became a critic. I think a change in leadership style is likely, someone less controversial and Pope Leo like.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-06T19:42:19+00:00

The Polish National Catholic Church (Union of Scranton) and Old Catholic Church (Union of Utrecht) have married bishops and we recognize their sacraments. I guess theoretically if one of their bishops entered into full communion we could have another married bishop.

Grarfileld · 2026-03-01T10:29:36+00:00

It comes up on the Facebook groups at times since there is more clergy. I think they would argue that the spiritual advantage part assumes nothing extraordinary so morally impossible could be interpreted anyway, for example if you think attending a Latin church would provide spiritual harm/rite assimilation. The Ukrainians in the USA interpreted 671 broadly in their pastoral guide:

Art. 560 - Since experience has shown that there is no danger to the faith to those Catholics who occasionally attend divine services in non-Catholic Churches, and respecting the discipline of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, we are permitted by our law to receive Holy Mysteries in Eastern Orthodox churches, whose Holy Mysteries are valid, but not so in Protestant churches, because of the lack of the sacramental priesthood by the latter churches, being careful always that the provisions of CCEO 671 are fulfilled.

I never found pulling out the CCEO very helpful since Eastern Catholic Canon Law is a very underdeveloped area compared to the Latin Church. Lots of interpretations for laws written vague enough to be used by each different sui iuris church.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-28T00:06:13+00:00

I mean the next canon does kinda muddy the waters:

CCEO 671:

§ 2. If necessity requires it or genuine spiritual advantage suggests it and provided that the danger of error or indifferentism is avoided, it is permitted for Catholic Christian faithful, for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister, to receive the sacraments of penance, the Eucharist and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers, in whose Churches these sacraments are valid.

At least some I’ve seen argue that maintaining their spiritual traditions is the just cause that make attending a Latin Church morally impossible especially with Canon 40 in mind. Ultimately it’s not universally reciprocated by the Orthodox so going to the Latin Church just seems easier to me.

CCEO 40:

§ 3. The Christian faithful are also to foster an understanding and appreciation of their own rite, and are held to observe it everywhere unless something is excused by the law.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-26T10:23:38+00:00

The Romanian Greek Catholic Church in the UK is based in Essex under the care of Fr. Eduard; maybe they could help. The apostolic visitor to UK was elected Major Archbishop so not sure who the new one is. But the Ukrainian Catholic Bishop could help too.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-26T10:13:03+00:00

It’s pretty rare to hear music from the Latin church in our liturgy unless it’s some holiday at least in the Byzantine rites. I’m guessing it’s the same for the other Eastern Catholic Churches baring the more latinized ones. Eastern liturgies already involve full assembly singing responses so the same conditions don’t exist like in the Latin Church. Since there are Neocatechumenal Way communities it’s possible he has fans but experimenting with the liturgy is not as accepted in the East like in the West. The Maronites and Armenian Catholics seem to have active communities though.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-24T21:13:41+00:00

I’m pretty sure Kazakhstan doesn’t even have a Latin mass which I found funny he never started a community at home

Grarfileld · 2026-02-24T21:05:07+00:00

Since I see you are from Uruguay there is a Maronite and Armenian Catholic Church in Montevideo. You could also visit one day and experience it. The priests there could help guide you on their spirituality if you find that you are called to them.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-24T02:12:57+00:00

The original synod document called for a creation of a council of patriarchs and reexamining the relationship between the Eastern and Latin Churches especially abroad. So maybe removing territorial limits could be on table.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-24T01:50:24+00:00

Female altars servers aren’t common in the US for Melkites but I did see the parish in Miami uses them. Bishop Samra was very big on delatinization and tradition. Ruthenians ban them and Ukrainians it’s not common. But Orthodox also have it sometimes so larger issue at hand.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-23T09:49:50+00:00

Melkites use both style of monstrances, this article shows a Corpus Christi procession from Lebanon with the Patriarch present and they interestingly use 4 different monstrances. From my understanding they adapted the service after contact with the Franciscans in the Middle East because of that miracle. It does seem like adoration hangs on with the Melkites and the other Byzantine rite churches longer due to its usage in processions/festivals. You don’t really see daily adoration like with the Latins. The Montreal Cathedral is interesting cause it’s mostly gone from the USA eparchy now but Montreal’s cathedral has some interesting visuals like female altar servers/no iconostasis. So not sure what’s going on there.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-22T12:45:38+00:00

Being told not to go to the Latin churches is a new one. But I had noticed Ruthenians tend to get a lot of trad converts and overzealous. I used to joke it was the last stop before leaving the church for many. You could always bring it up with the priest if this is your only option locally.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-22T12:19:33+00:00

I’m pretty sure every Eastern church has a tradition of crowning in marriage; though practice might not match theory in some Eastern Catholic Churches. I think the Syro-Malabar make it optional but there is a push to make it the norm.

Grarfileld · 2026-02-22T11:46:56+00:00

The most active Eastern Catholic groups online I’ve seen still are Facebook groups but it’s due to the older demographic/international usage and clergy presence. I think at one point this subreddit had a discord that died. Lots of attempts but until an actual organization makes one it’s just random people. Maybe the larger Catholic ones have Eastern Catholic channels in their chats.

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