Vassula Ryden Excommunicated

[WetCatechumen]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

I often make fun of the abuses that happen in the Catholic Church, but due to my insecurities concerning the fact that your liturgy is in order and ours is not, I feel as if you are being unnecessarily sarcastic and I am a little bit offended.

Of course, please realize that these feeling may be completely unjustified on my part, and I should not have emotionally reacted that way. I only wanted you to know how I feel. However, it does not mean that it wasn't okay for you to say what you did. I just didn't like it, and I definitely shouldn't.

Rock and Roll and altars girls are the least of my worries, honestly, when it comes to liturgical abuses. It shows you what a sad state we are in. Please pray for us.

 

[stanley123]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

Yes.
I wholeheatedly agree. I don't know what happened to the RCC after Vatican II.

 

[stanley123]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

I often make fun of the abuses that happen in the Catholic Church, but due to my insecurities concerning the fact that your liturgy is in order and ours is not, I feel as if you are being unnecessarily sarcastic and I am a little bit offended.

I think it is a legitimate concern of the Orthodox, expecially when Catholics are talking about reunion. Why is it not fair for faithful Orthodox Christians to ask what they are supposed to be uniting with? And are they supposed to just accept the Catholic liturgy with its dancing girls, its puppet Masses, its rock and roll music, etc.

 

[WetCatechumen]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

I often make fun of the abuses that happen in the Catholic Church, but due to my insecurities concerning the fact that your liturgy is in order and ours is not, I feel as if you are being unnecessarily sarcastic and I am a little bit offended.

I think it is a legitimate concern of the Orthodox, expecially when Catholics are talking about reunion. Why is it not fair for faithful Orthodox Christians to ask what they are supposed to be uniting with? And are they supposed to just accept the Catholic liturgy with its dancing girls, its puppet Masses, its rock and roll music, etc.

It's a wholly legitimate concern. I encourage criticism of the abuse from our Orthodox brethren.

 

[stashko]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

I often make fun of the abuses that happen in the Catholic Church, but due to my insecurities concerning the fact that your liturgy is in order and ours is not, I feel as if you are being unnecessarily sarcastic and I am a little bit offended.

I think it is a legitimate concern of the Orthodox, expecially when Catholics are talking about reunion. Why is it not fair for faithful Orthodox Christians to ask what they are supposed to be uniting with? And are they supposed to just accept the Catholic liturgy with its dancing girls, its puppet Masses, its rock and roll music, etc.

It's a wholly legitimate concern. I encourage criticism of the abuse from our Orthodox brethren.

My cure is sever all  Dialogue with  Rome, let Rome go its own way ,whatever that is...Holy Orthodoxy  should concentrate converting the whole world instead.... These talks with Rome lead no where. Rome  loves it's power to much to change...As Christ says cut the Defective Member off ....

 

[ICXCNIKA]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

I often make fun of the abuses that happen in the Catholic Church, but due to my insecurities concerning the fact that your liturgy is in order and ours is not, I feel as if you are being unnecessarily sarcastic and I am a little bit offended.

Of course, please realize that these feeling may be completely unjustified on my part, and I should not have emotionally reacted that way. I only wanted you to know how I feel. However, it does not mean that it wasn't okay for you to say what you did. I just didn't like it, and I definitely shouldn't.

Rock and Roll and altars girls are the least of my worries, honestly, when it comes to liturgical abuses. It shows you what a sad state we are in. Please pray for us.

It is not my intention to offend you and your fellow co-religionists. I was only trying to put into words the difficult circumstances that I had to endure. You are correct that these are not the worst of offenses. That in of itself is a problem. I could give worse examples I have been privy to but I would rather not go down that road. Forgive me if I offended you. I will pray for you. Please pray for me.

 

[WetCatechumen]

An abuse in a Roman parish???! Of course I could have been confused by the jarring sounds of the Rock and Roll mass, The 20 girl altar servers etc.

I often make fun of the abuses that happen in the Catholic Church, but due to my insecurities concerning the fact that your liturgy is in order and ours is not, I feel as if you are being unnecessarily sarcastic and I am a little bit offended.

Of course, please realize that these feeling may be completely unjustified on my part, and I should not have emotionally reacted that way. I only wanted you to know how I feel. However, it does not mean that it wasn't okay for you to say what you did. I just didn't like it, and I definitely shouldn't.

Rock and Roll and altars girls are the least of my worries, honestly, when it comes to liturgical abuses. It shows you what a sad state we are in. Please pray for us.

It is not my intention to offend you and your fellow co-religionists. I was only trying to put into words the difficult circumstances that I had to endure. You are correct that these are not the worst of offenses. That in of itself is a problem. I could give worse examples I have been privy to but I would rather not go down that road. Forgive me if I offended you. I will pray for you. Please pray for me.

No worries. Again, I wouldn't have these insecurities if my Church didn't do such a miserable job with its Liturgy some time.

And yes, I have seen some bad ones, and heard of much worse.

 

[peccatorum]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

 

[elijahmaria]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

This is a raunchy comment. 

Sometimes it is better to ask whether or not it is prudent.

There are still ladies in the world...in case you don't get out much.

 

[Fabio Leite]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

I think you meant *cheap*, not "sheep", Peccatorum. "Sheep" are "ovelhas", and "ch" in English had the same pronunciation of "tch" in "tchau".

In Portuguese "sh" and "ch" have the same pronunciation, and many Brazilians do pronounce "cheap" and "sheep" exactly the same way, leading to this kind of misunderstanding. Nothing to see here, folks.

 

[elijahmaria]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

I think you meant *cheap*, not "sheep", Peccatorum. "Sheep" are "ovelhas", and "ch" in English had the same pronunciation of "tch" in "tchau".

In Portuguese "sh" and "ch" have the same pronunciation, and many Brazilians do pronounce "cheap" and "sheep" exactly the same way, leading to this kind of misunderstanding. Nothing to see here, folks.

Well the last laugh is on ME!!...I should have seen that and did not!

Sorry 'bout that!!...and thanks for making it all clear Fabio!

M.

 

[John Larocque]

There are a lot of bishops in the Catholic Church; it's inevitable that you're going to find one approving wacky things from time to time. Considering that bishops have approved clown masses I'm not sure why you find the idea that a couple of them approved of Vassula Ryden so hard to believe.

I've seen this phrase mentioned a few times, it's almost become a cliche. And yet, sometimes one needs to be reminded of events such as this one:
http://www.sanctepater.com/2010/01/cardinal-schonborns-mass.html

The "celebrant" is Cardinal Schoenborn. The mass is essentially a rock mass with balloons (!), and made the rounds at a couple of Catholic blogs. The video is well worth sitting through.

Schoenborn has stepped into it again regarding Medjugorje, sanctioning and welcoming their visionaries during "apparition time" at his Vienna cathedral, even though the local bishop of Mostar has forbidden any such activity in his diocese within the local churches of Bosnia. "This isn't collegial" is a phrase that's showing up on a few blogs,  but there's no reasoning that will satisfy supporters of suspect apparitions. Te Deum, Patrick Madrid's blog and Rorate Caeli have already sunk their teeth into the cardinal's latest incident.

 

[elijahmaria]

However sensational, it is always worth noting that as with much of Orthodox "critique" of Catholics and the Catholic Church...the sensational is presented as normative,  while ignoring that boring majority of devout Catholics attending spiritually nourishing liturgies.

There are a lot of bishops in the Catholic Church; it's inevitable that you're going to find one approving wacky things from time to time. Considering that bishops have approved clown masses I'm not sure why you find the idea that a couple of them approved of Vassula Ryden so hard to believe.

I've seen this phrase mentioned a few times, it's almost become a cliche. And yet, sometimes one needs to be reminded of events such as this one:
http://www.sanctepater.com/2010/01/cardinal-schonborns-mass.html

The "celebrant" is Cardinal Schoenborn. The mass is essentially a rock mass with balloons (!), and made the rounds at a couple of Catholic blogs. The video is well worth sitting through.

Schoenborn has stepped into it again regarding Medjugorje, sanctioning and welcoming their visionaries during "apparition time" at his Vienna cathedral, even though the local bishop of Mostar has forbidden any such activity in his diocese within the local churches of Bosnia. "This isn't collegial" is a phrase that's showing up on a few blogs,  but there's no reasoning that will satisfy supporters of suspect apparitions. Te Deum, Patrick Madrid's blog and Rorate Caeli have already sunk their teeth into the cardinal's latest incident.

 

[Paisius]

However sensational, it is always worth noting that as with much of Orthodox "critique" of Catholics and the Catholic Church...the sensational is presented as normative,  while ignoring that boring majority of devout Catholics attending spiritually nourishing liturgies.

The problem is the "sensational" is but a symptom of a much deeper and more pervasive illness.

 

[elijahmaria]

However sensational, it is always worth noting that as with much of Orthodox "critique" of Catholics and the Catholic Church...the sensational is presented as normative,  while ignoring that boring majority of devout Catholics attending spiritually nourishing liturgies.

The problem is the "sensational" is but a symptom of a much deeper and more pervasive illness.

Can you be more specific please.

M.

 

[stanley123]

The mass is essentially a rock mass with balloons (!),

There are a whole lot of Catholic Masses like that. For example, here is a Mass celebrated by Roman Catholic bishop Remi de Roo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh_nqtp3VrU

Here is Stephen Colbert doing a liturgical dance routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASYa-Wkroc

 

[stashko]

Here is Stephen Colbert doing a liturgical dance routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASYa-Wkroc

I like ,It's so funny.....Ha Ha Ha  ;D....Is this Guy Catholic and he Happened to wittiness a liturgical dance,  and now is Making Fun of it...... ???

Quotes edited - Michał Kalina

 

[John Larocque]

They had liturgical dancing at a parish in London, Ontario when I was younger. We walked out and didn't bother to stay until the end. Any parish and any service that has liturgical dancing is not worth attending. The priest once gave a verbal dressing down of parishioners who put less and less into the collection plate (as a reaction to liturgical inanities or what not). Hey, if it hits them in the wallet, they'll notice.

Remi de Roo was one of the most liberal Canadian bishops. Back then, you would hear a lot about social justice, nuclear war (i.e. White House is bad), poverty - although they were often very quiet if those social  justice concerns included abortion. They used to beat the drums on those issues, with a chorus of supporters on newspapers like "Catholic New Times" . Some of the same prelates presided over the liturgical destruction that went on in their dioceses and a few of them covered up abuse as well, shuffling priests around from parish to parish. I recall that Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit was the essentially the American counterpart to de Roo. There was a newspaper debate between de Roo and future Catholic convert Conrad Black where he took the bishop to task over their support for socialism.

 

[John Larocque]

A lawyer in the local paper made an astounding claim. He represented some female victims in the abuse scandal, and cited statements that the accused priest made apparently in the 1970s, to wit, that  "altar girls" were coming to the Church, and that it was the new, hip modern thing. But the real motivation (according to the lawyer) was that altar girls was the chief vehicle for heterosexually inclined priests to be in proximity with victims of the opposite sex. This is possibly the creepiest thing I have ever heard regarding the introduction of the practice. Altar girls finally got Vatican approval by the Venerable John Paul II. Most of the arguments that I've come across defending the Vatican were along the lines that if they cracked down on liturgical or doctrinal abuses, entire wings of the church would fall into schism. So, rather than watching their church go into schism, they'd wait for the Vatican II fossils to retire. The JP II episcopal appointees were a mixed bag - Roger Mahony for example (who was key in getting some Ratzinger books to the American market).

 

[WetCatechumen]

The mass is essentially a rock mass with balloons (!),

There are a whole lot of Catholic Masses like that. For example, here is a Mass celebrated by Roman Catholic bishop Remi de Roo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh_nqtp3VrU

Here is Stephen Colbert doing a liturgical dance routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASYa-Wkroc

Wow. That was amazing. Thank you Stephen for making it look as ridiculous as it is.

 

[elijahmaria]

A lawyer in the local paper made an astounding claim. He represented some female victims in the abuse scandal, and cited statements that the accused priest made apparently in the 1970s, to wit, that  "altar girls" were coming to the Church, and that it was the new, hip modern thing. But the real motivation (according to the lawyer) was that altar girls was the chief vehicle for heterosexually inclined priests to be in proximity with victims of the opposite sex. This is possibly the creepiest thing I have ever heard regarding the introduction of the practice. Altar girls finally got Vatican approval by the Venerable John Paul II. Most of the arguments that I've come across defending the Vatican were along the lines that if they cracked down on liturgical or doctrinal abuses, entire wings of the church would fall into schism. So, rather than watching their church go into schism, they'd wait for the Vatican II fossils to retire. The JP II episcopal appointees were a mixed bag - Roger Mahony for example (who was key in getting some Ratzinger books to the American market).

IF you were building your retirement package from revenue gleaned from the Catholic Church, would you not try to exaggerate the situation to your own and your client's advantage?

Are you really going to tell me that attorneys in the United States are more honest and moral than the vast majority of Catholic priests?

I come from a family of attorneys and priests so be careful how you answer this....

Mary

 

[John Larocque]

I don't think the lawyer is any more honest than the rest of them, but the notion that introducing altar girls was guided by predatory motivations, as opposed to the fashionably modernist, was something that I found believable.

 

[elijahmaria]

I don't think the lawyer is any more honest than the rest of them, but the notion that introducing altar girls was guided by predatory motivations, as opposed to the fashionably modernist, was something that I found believable.

Then you have my sympathies John, because you can only be part of the problem rather than its solution.

There are far too many devout Catholic priests and laypeople who are not going to fold or crumble or Dox, for it to be in your best interest to join those who seek more to destroy the Church than they do to aid the victims.

Some day when your films of odd masses are not just 20, 30,40 and 50 years old but they will be 100 years old and more, then the stinger will be out of your bee....and most of the Orthodox will have their wish:

"Better the Turban than the Tiara"

In Christ,

Mary

 

[Irish Hermit]

I don't think the lawyer is any more honest than the rest of them, but the notion that introducing altar girls was guided by predatory motivations, as opposed to the fashionably modernist, was something that I found believable.

I first met altar girls at the funeral of an old friend's father, a school teacher, and that was back in the days when the New Zealand Church was defying the Vatican by having them (girls, not funerals 

We had 4 beautiful tall teenage girls whose Franciscan type garb could not have been better designed to show them off as tempting morsels.  Among the men at the after cemetery bunfight the talk was all about the nubile girls on the altar and I would be pretty sure that some lapsed Catholics in that parish started attending Mass again.

 

[Irish Hermit]

I don't think the lawyer is any more honest than the rest of them, but the notion that introducing altar girls was guided by predatory motivations, as opposed to the fashionably modernist, was something that I found believable.

Then you have my sympathies John, because you can only be part of the problem rather than its solution.

There are far too many devout Catholic priests and laypeople who are not going to fold or crumble or Dox, for it to be in your best interest to join those who seek more to destroy the Church than they do to aid the victims.

Some day when your films of odd masses are not just 20, 30,40 and 50 years old but they will be 100 years old and more, then the stinger will be out of your bee....and most of the Orthodox will have their wish:

"Better the Turban than the Tiara"

In Christ,

Is anybody keeping a notebook of Mary's prophecies?  ;D :laugh:

 

[ialmisry]

There are a lot of bishops in the Catholic Church; it's inevitable that you're going to find one approving wacky things from time to time. Considering that bishops have approved clown masses I'm not sure why you find the idea that a couple of them approved of Vassula Ryden so hard to believe.

I've seen this phrase mentioned a few times, it's almost become a cliche. And yet, sometimes one needs to be reminded of events such as this one:
http://www.sanctepater.com/2010/01/cardinal-schonborns-mass.html

The "celebrant" is Cardinal Schoenborn. The mass is essentially a rock mass with balloons (!), and made the rounds at a couple of Catholic blogs. The video is well worth sitting through.

Schoenborn has stepped into it again regarding Medjugorje, sanctioning and welcoming their visionaries during "apparition time" at his Vienna cathedral, even though the local bishop of Mostar has forbidden any such activity in his diocese within the local churches of Bosnia. "This isn't collegial" is a phrase that's showing up on a few blogs,  but there's no reasoning that will satisfy supporters of suspect apparitions. Te Deum, Patrick Madrid's blog and Rorate Caeli have already sunk their teeth into the cardinal's latest incident.

To those who do not speak German, the sign is telling the people "Please write a prayer to God on the card and attach it to the balloon." It might have made more sense (relatively speaking) if it was an outdoor mass. Reminds me of the Buddhist prayer wheels.

 

[MLPB]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

I think you meant *cheap*, not "sheep", Peccatorum. "Sheep" are "ovelhas", and "ch" in English had the same pronunciation of "tch" in "tchau".

In Portuguese "sh" and "ch" have the same pronunciation, and many Brazilians do pronounce "cheap" and "sheep" exactly the same way, leading to this kind of misunderstanding. Nothing to see here, folks.

It reminded me of the line from Woody Allen's movie, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex":  "My name is Stavros Milos, and I am in love with a sheeps.  Daisy!!!!!!" ;D

 

[peccatorum]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

This is a raunchy comment. 

Sometimes it is better to ask whether or not it is prudent.
I know a few, indeed.


There are still ladies in the world...in case you don't get out much.

 

[peccatorum]

Well, altar girls are a necessity in the most humble parishes here in Brazil, since the guys only want to party at "samba" and "baile funk", to have easy, sheep sex. That's why there are few new priests in the roman catholic church, and almost everyone at my age in the orthodox parishes I knew are married and wish to be priests. That's terrible, WE ARE BACK TO THE '70 HERE!!!!!!! :'(

I think you meant *cheap*, not "sheep", Peccatorum. "Sheep" are "ovelhas", and "ch" in English had the same pronunciation of "tch" in "tchau".

In Portuguese "sh" and "ch" have the same pronunciation, and many Brazilians do pronounce "cheap" and "sheep" exactly the same way, leading to this kind of misunderstanding. Nothing to see here, folks.

Thank you. My bad...  :-X

 

[peccatorum]

Dude, I'ver seen Carlton Banks performing a dance like that in the Fresh Prince!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROEytcUmXvQ&feature=related

Serious, that's why there is a growing movement in catholic church called Missa Tridentina (tridentine mass), to fight these abuses.
As I said before, I am not against the guitar masses, but when we are before God (all praises to Him), we must do so in heart contricton, and a priest cannot do whatever he wants, with the Gospel being more important than the ritual as an excuse, because if he turns the mass into a show, the people are not there for God, but for entertainment (essa vai para o Padre Marcelo e suas igrejas sempre lotadas).
Ad Majorem Gloriam Dei.

The mass is essentially a rock mass with balloons (!),

There are a whole lot of Catholic Masses like that. For example, here is a Mass celebrated by Roman Catholic bishop Remi de Roo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh_nqtp3VrU

Here is Stephen Colbert doing a liturgical dance routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASYa-Wkroc

 

[CCTE]

a Romanian Orthodox priest invited a Roman Catholic priest to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy of Pentecost.

I read the news that the priest was deposed from priesthood by his bishop, for this co-celebration with a romano-catholic.

 

[ialmisry]

a Romanian Orthodox priest invited a Roman Catholic priest to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy of Pentecost.

I read the news that the priest was deposed from priesthood by his bishop, for this co-celebration with a romano-catholic.

Amen! Amen! Amen!

 

[Alveus Lacuna]

a Romanian Orthodox priest invited a Roman Catholic priest to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy of Pentecost.

I read the news that the priest was deposed from priesthood by his bishop, for this co-celebration with a romano-catholic.

Can you provide a reference, even if not in English, with some pictures?

 

[augustin717]

Well, he appealed against the decision of the diocesan bishop to the metropolitan:http://www.antena3.ro/romania/preot-ortodox-dat-afara-din-cauza-unor-poze-postate-pe-facebook-112759.html
http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/transilvania/pedeapsa-medievala-in-episcopia-din-caransebes-205050.html
The parish/village stands by the priest apparently-they claim there was no concelebration-having locked the church, forbidding the new priest sent by the bishop to go in and hold any service.
BTW
Had he concelebrated with the anti-Chalcedonians he would have suffered the same consequences according to the statues of the Romanian Church.

 

[ialmisry]

Well, he appealed against the decision of the diocesan bishop to the metropolitan:http://www.antena3.ro/romania/preot-ortodox-dat-afara-din-cauza-unor-poze-postate-pe-facebook-112759.html
http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/transilvania/pedeapsa-medievala-in-episcopia-din-caransebes-205050.html
The parish/village stands by the priest apparently-they claim there was no concelebration-having locked the church, forbidding the new priest sent by the bishop to go in and hold any service.

If true, I apologise bowed down before him, and pray that he be exonerated and reinstated.  I'd raise a question about the bishop laicizing an innocent man.

BTW
Had he concelebrated with the anti-Chalcedonians he would have suffered the same consequences according to the statues of the Romanian Church.

Something specific on that n the statutes of the BOR?

 

[augustin717]

Reportedly,they chased away the dean (protopop) cursing at him, accusing him of all sorts of stuff.
Since you read Romanian here are the directives regarding concelebration and communing with other Christian churches:
"În legătură cu comportamentul sacramental şi liturgic al ierarhilor, preoţilor, diaconilor, monahilor, monahiilor şi credincioşilor mireni ai Bisericii Ortodoxe Române în relaţie cu alte culte, pe temeiul Sfintelor Canoane şi al învăţăturii de credinţă ortodoxă, Sfântul Sinod a hotărât că nu este îngăduit niciunui ierarh, preot, diacon, monah, monahie sau credincios mirean din Biserica Ortodoxă Română să se împărtăşească euharistic în altă Biserică creştină. De asemenea, nu este îngăduit niciunui cleric ortodox să concelebreze Sfintele Taine şi Ierurgii cu slujitori ai altor culte.
Cei ce nu se supun acestei hotărâri pierd comuniunea cu Biserica Ortodoxă şi, în consecinţă, vor suporta sancţiuni canonice corespunzătoare stării pe care o ocupă în Biserică: depunerea din treaptă sau caterisirea, în cazul clericilor, şi oprirea de la împărtăşanie a credincioşilor mireni."
"As for the liturgical and sacramental behaviour of the hierarchs, priests, deacons, monks, nuns and laymen of the Romanian Orthodox Church towards other denominations, on the basis of the Holy Canons, the Holy Synod has decided that it is not permitted to any hierarch, priest, deacon, monk, nun or layman of the Romanian Orthodox Church to receive the eucharistic communion in any other Churistian church. Likewise, it is not permitted to any Orthodox clergyman to concelebrate the Mysteries or the "Hierourgies" with clergy of any other denominations.
Those not following this decision lose communion with the Orthodox Church and, as a consequence, will suffer the canonical sanctions corresponding to their Church status deposing from the clerical order, in the case of clergymen and banning from the Communion in the case of the lay faithful."

 

[ialmisry]

Reportedly,they chased away the dean (protopop) cursing at him, accusing him of all sorts of stuff.
Since you read Romanian here are the directives regarding concelebration and communing with other Christian churches:
"În legătură cu comportamentul sacramental şi liturgic al ierarhilor, preoţilor, diaconilor, monahilor, monahiilor şi credincioşilor mireni ai Bisericii Ortodoxe Române în relaţie cu alte culte, pe temeiul Sfintelor Canoane şi al învăţăturii de credinţă ortodoxă, Sfântul Sinod a hotărât că nu este îngăduit niciunui ierarh, preot, diacon, monah, monahie sau credincios mirean din Biserica Ortodoxă Română să se împărtăşească euharistic în altă Biserică creştină. De asemenea, nu este îngăduit niciunui cleric ortodox să concelebreze Sfintele Taine şi Ierurgii cu slujitori ai altor culte.
Cei ce nu se supun acestei hotărâri pierd comuniunea cu Biserica Ortodoxă şi, în consecinţă, vor suporta sancţiuni canonice corespunzătoare stării pe care o ocupă în Biserică: depunerea din treaptă sau caterisirea, în cazul clericilor, şi oprirea de la împărtăşanie a credincioşilor mireni."

Să împărţim

"In connection with the sacramental and liturgical conduct of hierarchs, priests, deacons, monks, nuns and lay faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church in conjunction with other confessions on the basis of the Holy Canons and teachings of the Orthodox Faith, the Holy Synod has decreed that it is not allowed for any hierardh, priest, deacon, monk, nun or lay faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church to partake of the Eucharist in another Christian church. Likewise it is not permitted to any Orthodox cleric to concelebrate the Holy Eucharist and blessings with ministers of other faiths."
"Those who do not obey this decree lose communion with the Orthodox Church and, therefore, will incur canonical sanctions corresponding to the status they occupy in the Church: deposition from rank or defrocking, in the case of clergy, and cession from the communion of the lay faithful"

Not 100% on point with the miaphysites, but we don't even concelebrate yet in Syria. I wouldn't expect it in Romania.

 

[orthonorm]

Here is Stephen Colbert doing a liturgical dance routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASYa-Wkroc

I like ,It's so funny.....Ha Ha Ha  ;D....Is this Guy Catholic and he Happened to wittiness a liturgical dance,  and now is Making Fun of it...... ???

Quotes edited - Michał Kalina

He is Catholic. That is a clip from _Strangers with Candy_, where in each episode the actors in character do a ridiculous dance which relates to the "theme" of the episode.

Acting and Humor.

But hey David sang and danced naked, so who are we to judge?

 

[Alveus Lacuna]

But hey David sang and danced naked, so who are we to judge?

Did he do it in the temple during the liturgy?

 

[LBK]

But hey David sang and danced naked, so who are we to judge?

Did he do it in the temple during the liturgy?

He did it around the Ark of the Covenant ....