Thank you both, I was not aware of most of such variations. Yet, none are as widely different as the distinctions between Catholic Rites and the disciplines regarding marriage are they?
"Thank you both, I was not aware of most of such variations. Yet, none are as widely different as the distinctions between Catholic Rites and the disciplines regarding marriage are they?"
No, not at all. For example, I would be perfectly at home at a Slavonic Liturgy even though I understand very little Church Slavonic. I'd be even more at home in an Arab Church, though I know less Arabic. Certainly I'd be more at home at a Melkite DL than the average Latin Rite Catholic. In the area of doctrine and theologoumenna, I think its a safe bet that there is far, far less variation among the Orthodox than among those who "pass for" Catholic.