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steyr_m
24th December 2010, 08:55 PM
As the title says, I went to Ukrainian Catholic mass tonight. It was very different. lots of chanting. The priest faced the altar for most of the service. The people probably did 200-300 "signs of the cross". Anyone else been to an eastern service?

RJB
24th December 2010, 10:19 PM
As the title says, I went to Ukrainian Catholic mass tonight. It was very different. lots of chanting. The priest faced the altar for most of the service. The people probably did 200-300 "signs of the cross". Anyone else been to an eastern service?
There is a Byzantine branch about 100 miles away that I'd like to go to someday. Pre-vatican II, the priest faced the altar with the congragtion as a sign that he as well as the whole church was making the offering to God. Now it looks like a show