5/5 Carmelo R. 1 year ago on Google • 113 reviews
I
visited
this
church
on
a
Sunday
in
February
2020.
It
was
an
excellent
and
memorable
experience.
It
was
also
the
first
time
I
entered
an
Orthodox
church
in
my
life.
Mass
lasted
for
two
hours,
from
10:30
AM
to
12:30
PM,
and
people
were
raised
for
long
time.
So,
did
I.
Orthodox
Christians
are
raised
for
long
time
during
mass
in
order
to
feel
pain
as
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
did
when
he
was
crucified.
I
really
felt
the
presence
of
God
during
mass.
As
I
was
not
able
to
chant
Our
Father
(Πάτερ
ἡμῶν)
and
Nicene
Creed
(Το
σύμβολο
της
Πίστεως)
in
Greek,
I
chanted
them
in
Latin.
A
child
sitting
next
to
me
was
surprised
to
hear
me
chanting
Greek
prayers
in
Latin.
However,
the
priest
also
chanted
them
in
English.
Our
Father
and
Nice
Creed
are
the
same
for
both
Roman
Catholics
and
Greek
Orthodox.
The
Filioque
clause,
which
is
omitted
by
the
Greek
Orthodox
church,
is
the
only
difference
in
the
Nicene
Creed.
Kyrie
Eleison
(Lord
have
mercy)
was
chanted
as
it
is
in
the
Roman
Catholic
Church.
The
Orthodox
sign
of
the
cross,
right
to
left
with
three
finger
joined,
is
different
from
the
Roman
Catholic
one.
The
revised
Julian
calendar
is
the
most
significant
difference
between
the
Roman
Catholic
church
and
the
Greek
Orthodox
church.
Some
Orthodox
churches
still
use
the
Julian
calendar.
I
also
took
a
mass
leaflet.
Although
I
can
read
Greek,
I
did
not
understand
it.
Ancient
Greek
is
the
language
of
Christianity
because
the
New
Testament
was
written
in
Koine
Greek
and
many
ecclesiastical
terms
come
directly
from
Greek
itself
or
from
Greek
via
Latin.
The
people
I
met
are
kind,
welcoming
and
humble.
Jesus
himself
was
humble.
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