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« on: February 05, 2010, 05:05:06 PM » |
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Today I was thinking.....some day I want to take my grandmother back to her ancestrial home of Warsaw, Poland. she has regretted not going to Poland to see her grandparent's graves when she was younger. is the liturgy the same in Poland? I would think they have a large Catholic population in Poland, but I know there is an Orthodox church of Poland.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 05:41:32 PM » |
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There are about 400000 of the Orthodox in Poland (there are about 380000000 citizens of Poland), so there aren't many of us. Services are done in Church Slavonic (with the exception of 4 Churches) and the Liturgy is highly Russianised (with an exception of a few places where it is done in Ukrainian style). I think it would not differ much from the one you can see in your OCA Parish.
I, and I think Michał, will be glad to answer any of your questions you have about Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 10:43:23 PM » |
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There are about 400000 of the Orthodox in Poland (there are about 380000000 citizens of Poland), so there aren't many of us. Services are done in Church Slavonic (with the exception of 4 Churches) and the Liturgy is highly Russianised (with an exception of a few places where it is done in Ukrainian style). I think it would not differ much from the one you can see in your OCA Parish.
I, and I think Michał, will be glad to answer any of your questions you have about Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
I think you may have an extra zero in the population of Poland. There are 38 million, not 380 million. Not even the United States has that many people! http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:POL&dl=en&hl=en&q=population+of+Poland |
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 03:53:09 PM » |
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LOL, thanks.
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 04:02:32 PM » |
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LOL, thanks.
Here I was thinking "My, those Poles have been busy since I was there."  |
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2010, 04:46:33 PM » |
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LOL, thanks.
Here I was thinking "My, those Poles have been busy since I was there." LOL! When were you there? I visited Warsaw, Lodz, and Krakow in the summer of 2006. |
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 11:27:17 PM » |
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The Polish Orthodox Church for all intents and purposes is Ukrainian or Belarusian. The Polish Orthodox church has been providing some very good priests for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada since about 1980.
When I have visited Poland, one of the things that impressed me in the Orthodox Church was the fantastic choirs. The priests are very, very intelligent. Very good at answering questions about the faith. It has always been a great experience. I could not find a single thing to say against the Orthodox Church in Poland.
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2010, 01:14:00 AM » |
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LOL, thanks.
Here I was thinking "My, those Poles have been busy since I was there." LOL! When were you there? I visited Warsaw, Lodz, and Krakow in the summer of 2006. In 1987, still under Communism. I was at Warsaw, Krakow, Czestachowa, Gdynia, Gdansk (I have a great grandfather from near there) as I remember. |
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