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OUR CHURCH RITES
During its first thousand years, when Christianity was unified as one Church, the five great centers, or Patriarchates, of
Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, Rome and Constantinople, held and express that Faith.
When the During its first thousand years, when Christianity was unified as one Church, the five great centers, or
Patriarchate of Rome broke with Orthodox Christianity, separating itself from the other four Patriarchates in the eleventh
century, it took with it some of the ancient liturgies of the previously Orthodox Christian West.
Centuries passed before it was possible to restore the Western (Occidental) Liturgical worship to the Orthodox Church.
Occurring first in Europe in the nineteenth century, restoration of the Western Orthodox Liturgical heritage in America
would not take place until the turn of the twentieth century.
The Divine Liturgy of Saint Tikhon has its ancient origins in western Liturgical practices now restored to the fullness of the
Orthodox Faith. Approved by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow
in 1904 for the use of the American Church.
The Western Rite (Occidental Rite) or the American Rite I and the Eastern Rite (American Rite II) are named after Saint
Tikhon, because it was he, who, when serving as a missionary bishop in America, was instrumental n securing its original
approval for American Use. In recognition of his holy life and many contributions to the Orthodox Faith, both in America
and in Russia, he was canonized in 1989. The continuation of Saint Tikhon vision was carried on by our beloved Saint
Aftimios who was also canonized in 1996.
While Western (Occidental) Rite Orthodox congregations are still relatively rare, they have become a rapidly growing
dimension of Orthodoxy. Our mission is to welcome you and invite you to join us as we worship and work together
bringing our Orthodox Christian Faith to the American people and to all Western cultures unstained by ethnic influence.
If you are truly interested in the teaching of Orthodoxy we invite you to come to visit us every 3rd Sunday of the month
from 5-6 pm, and we will be glad to speak with you.
To make an appointment please call 1 323-255-6911
All blessings
THBCOC
Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, Rome and Constantinople, held and express that Faith.
When the During its first thousand years, when Christianity was unified as one Church, the five great centers, or
Patriarchate of Rome broke with Orthodox Christianity, separating itself from the other four Patriarchates in the eleventh
century, it took with it some of the ancient liturgies of the previously Orthodox Christian West.
Centuries passed before it was possible to restore the Western (Occidental) Liturgical worship to the Orthodox Church.
Occurring first in Europe in the nineteenth century, restoration of the Western Orthodox Liturgical heritage in America
would not take place until the turn of the twentieth century.
The Divine Liturgy of Saint Tikhon has its ancient origins in western Liturgical practices now restored to the fullness of the
Orthodox Faith. Approved by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow
in 1904 for the use of the American Church.
The Western Rite (Occidental Rite) or the American Rite I and the Eastern Rite (American Rite II) are named after Saint
Tikhon, because it was he, who, when serving as a missionary bishop in America, was instrumental n securing its original
approval for American Use. In recognition of his holy life and many contributions to the Orthodox Faith, both in America
and in Russia, he was canonized in 1989. The continuation of Saint Tikhon vision was carried on by our beloved Saint
Aftimios who was also canonized in 1996.
While Western (Occidental) Rite Orthodox congregations are still relatively rare, they have become a rapidly growing
dimension of Orthodoxy. Our mission is to welcome you and invite you to join us as we worship and work together
bringing our Orthodox Christian Faith to the American people and to all Western cultures unstained by ethnic influence.
If you are truly interested in the teaching of Orthodoxy we invite you to come to visit us every 3rd Sunday of the month
from 5-6 pm, and we will be glad to speak with you.
To make an appointment please call 1 323-255-6911
All blessings
THBCOC
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