When I have visited OC's they sure weren't interested in knowing who the "stranger" was, much less saving my soul...
In some American parishes, Greek ones in particular, a lack of missionary impetus is a serious problem. I think the ecumenist tendencies of the Greek Patriarchate contribute sorely to this problem.
It greatly depends on the jurisdiction into which you're received. The GOA, which I know best, receives Roman Catholics by simple acknowledgement, since it regards Roman Catholic Sacraments as valid and portable. Other jurisdictions may not be so liberal.
Are you serious?!?! The Greek Church in America really acknowledges Roman Catholic their mysteries outside of the Church?
Being a member of a different local church I don't know much about the issue but here's what one of their diocesan newsletter is saying:
For the record, the Eparchial Synod of Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with the concurrence of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, has determined to recognize by extreme Oikonomia the heterodox Baptisms normatively performed according to the prescribed form in the following denominations and churches: (a.) Anglican Catholic (b.) Anglican Communion (Church of England, Episcopal, etc.) (c.) Assembly of God (d.) Baptist (e.) Church of the Brethren (f.) Lutheran (g.) Methodist (h.) Moravians (i.) Non-Chalcedonian and Monophysite Churches (j.) Old Catholic (Polish National Catholic Church, Church of Utrecht, Liberal Catholic Church, etc.) (k.) Presbyterian (l.) Roman Catholic (m.) United Church of Christ.
In my Greek parish we recently admitted some RC's by chrismation. I think this fine. However, I don't see how you can accept the baptisms of groups like Baptists, since they deny the existence of Sacraments in the first place.
Glad I got Lutheran Baptism then. However, they might not call it a sacrament, but I think they believe the Holy Spirit comes on the person then, and they performed it with faith of that in the right formula, I think it should be ok, whether or not they call it sacrament, or have wrong idea of how many sacraments work.
In some American parishes, Greek ones in particular, a lack of missionary impetus is a serious problem. I think the ecumenist tendencies of the Greek Patriarchate contribute sorely to this problem.
On the other hand, you could some places are too insular and nonecumenist, so they never talk to anyone. The problem isn't ecumenism or anti-ecumenism, but failure to spread it.
I think ecumenism is ok, desire to reunite and efforts for that, but assimilation, which is occurring eg in Catholic churches, is a danger. And such assimilations are never made for real ecumenism, because it's not reuniting, it's abandonment.