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May I ask, was informal inter communion common before the agreement or while not formally put into practice did it pave the way for this to become more common?
But Eastern Orthodox do commune Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholics (and vice versa) on a regular basis in the Middle East. We have had that confirmed a number of times here and yet people who don’t like the facts then try to deny it.
A Synodal and Patriarchal Letter.
To All Our Children, Protected by God, of the Holy See of Antioch:
Beloved:
You must have heard of the continuous efforts for decades by our Church with the sister Syrian Orthodox Church to foster a better knowledge and understanding of both Churches, whether...
Since you asked the question I hope the mods will not consider my answer proselytizing. Simply start attending an Eastern Catholic Church, after a suitable amount of time 1-2 years you may petition to change your sui iuris Church by writing both bishops involved.
How can it detract when almost nobody celebrates it? I remember reading an estimate that about 1% of African Americans celebrate it so about 500,000 people?
A TRANSLATION OF
THE JEWEL
Written by Mar Abd Yeshua, Nestorian Metropolitan of Nisibis and Armenia, a.d. 1298.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Nestorians_and_their_Rituals/Volume_2/Appendix_B
https://store.ancientfaith.com/the-ancient-faith-psalter/
The Ancient Faith Psalter is nice in that it is ordered from Sat Vespers through Friday Matins rather than Psalms 1-150 in order.