Gary
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« on: March 14, 2012, 09:23:26 AM » |
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Hi everyone,
Several years ago I was baptized in Kyiv (Kiev) in a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kiev Patriachate (KP). I have not practiced the faith, but I want to change. I have read that KP is not recognized by other Eastern Orthodox Churches. If I attend a church of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, or the Orthodox Church in America, will they consider my baptism to be legitimate? Or will it not be an issue?
Looking forward to reading your responses.
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Iconodule
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2012, 09:27:56 AM » |
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It will depend on which priest/ jurisdiction you talk to, but if, for example, you went to the Greek Archdiocese or the OCA, I highly doubt they would require you to be re-baptized. These jurisdictions will typically chrismate someone baptized in a Roman Catholic or mainstream Protestant church. You may not even have to be chrismated- you could be received by confession. In any case I don't think it will be difficult for you. You may need some proof of your baptism- a certificate perhaps. The best answer to your question though will come from the priest who will be receiving you.
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 10:07:38 AM » |
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Welcome to the forum, Gary!!!  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 10:20:05 AM » |
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Iconodule, thanks for the reply. If asked, I can provide my certificate of baptism, after I get from a deposit box, but I hope the priest can read Ukrainian  |
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 11:22:37 AM » |
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LizaSymonenko, Spaceeba bolshoi! Or should I say Dyakuyou  |
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 01:16:13 PM » |
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Either one would work fine! By the way, if you were to visit a Ukrainian church....there would be no issues reading the certificate!  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 09:52:10 AM » |
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Either one would work fine! By the way, if you were to visit a Ukrainian church....there would be no issues reading the certificate! In most ACROD parishes you probably can still find someone who can read it as well as literary Rusyn and Ukrainian are very similar. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2012, 10:43:05 AM » |
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I asked that question some time ago to a theologician of the Moscow Patriarchate. He said that re-baptism was not necessary.
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2012, 03:01:15 PM » |
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Thanks guys |
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