ABOUT US

Our differences with the Roman Catholic Church are primarily disciplinary and administrative. Some of our goals and practices include:

To restore the ancient rights and privileges of the clergy and the bishops.
To restore the clergy and the laity their right to take part in the election of their Patriarchs and Bishops.
To release the clergy from the compulsory vow of celibacy.
The inclusion of the laity in the liturgical worship of the Church. This includes the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and The Divine Office.
To promote a spirit of charity among Christians of all denominations; to repress all sentiments of bitterness and fanaticism; to accentuate all points of agreement with others, and to minimize, as far as possible, points of disagreement, with a view that the accomplishment of the Will of our Divine Lord, that his followers should be united in one body. (St. John, XVII)
Our Mission centers on the ideals of “In essentials, unity; In non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity." We look forward to the unification of, not only both lungs of the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic Churches, which form the full body of the Faith, but all Christian Denominations. That we may all be one body in Christ.
Remembering the precepts of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength”; “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." We base our life on loving others, for God. Instead of looking at differences in a person, religion, or race, we strive to seek out similarities in each other that grow our relationship with our Divine Lord.
Our Faith is based upon Apostolic Tradition of the Undivided Church, belief in the Holy Trinity as the One Triune Godhead - One God, in three distinct persons; the definition of the seven Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Church; the Creeds; the teachings of Sacred Scripture and the Patristic Fathers.
We believe in the Seven Sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ, as well as the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Transubstantiation. Our common form of the Holy Mass is celebrated from the Missale Romanum (Pre-1955) and The Traditional English Missal (William Knott).
We practice the invocation of and veneration of the Holy Mother of God, as well as the Saints and the Holy Angels.
We pray for the Resurrection of the Faithful Departed. We pray for the souls of the Church suffering in purgatory.
We believe in the use of icons, statues, the veneration of relics; and the Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament to be a means of finding greater faith and devotion.
We trust that God is truth and the center of our life. With God being all truth, we belief that science and faith will not overrule one another. Neither can true Religion be harmed or its progress impeded by bold, honest, straightforward enunciation of scientific, historical, or theological ascertain facts, nor can true religion be assisted by fraud, falsehood, concealment of the truth, exaggeration or any kind of impostor.
We reject simony or any other earthly reward for any sacraments, spiritual graces or guidance received from the clergy.