Talk:Eastern Orthodox worship

Just Russian Orthodox Church?
I know the Russians are very elaborate in their bell ringing, but don't the Greeks ring bells too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.234.161.10 (talk) 23:52, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose merging this article into Byzantine rite since both deal with the same entity and each article has information lacking in the other as well as information better presented in one than in the other; Byzantine rite is the more accurate term since not all (albeit nearly all) Eastern Orthodox use that rite while some Catholics also use that rite. Vincent J. Lipsio (talk) 11:36, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support by arguments presented. Chicbyaccident (talk) 18:46, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose for two reasons:
 * 1. The two articles do not deal with the same entity, they deal with two separate entities that happen to be very similar. The worship practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church and those of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches are regulated and defined by entirely separate authorities, who do not meet together, do not make common decisions, and are under no obligation to maintain similar worship practices as the other. So far they have historically maintained similar worship practices, but that does not mean they are the same entity or that they will always continue to be similar in the future.
 * 2. The term "Byzantine Rite" is only very rarely used by Orthodox Christians as the name for their worship. It is largely a Catholic term, and the sources that use it are overwhelmingly Catholic sources. Orthodox sources rarely refer to the mainstream Orthodox worship practices as a "Rite" at all (and when they do, they typically call it the "Eastern Rite"). The common name for the Orthodox practices is clearly just "Eastern Orthodox worship". Ohff (talk) 01:05, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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