An Orthodox Parish in the Western Tradition

When the Roman Church separated from Orthodox unity in 1054 her Latin Rite (style of Worship) was perfectly "Orthodox." She maintained that Apostolic Rite up until the mid 1960's when the forms of worship of the Western Church were radically and tragically altered. In the 19th century, the Western forms of worship were restored to Orthodox Christians who desired to use them. Over the years, these forms have been approved and in use in churches within Russian Orthodox, Antiochian Orthodox and Romanian Orthodox jurisdictions.

Holy Incarnation is an Orthodox parish in the Western tradition. This means that all liturgical traditions conform to the pre-schism Latin Rite as approved by theWestern Rite Vicariate of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. In particular, the Mass, which is named in honor of Pope St. Gregory the Great and conforms to the Latin Mass exclusively employed in the Roman Catholic Church prior to 1960s.

English is the primary language of worship at Holy Incarnation. However, sometimes the ancient language of the Western Church (Latin) is used particularly in the liturgical music sung by the choir.

Please feel free to examine the Service Booklets in use at Holy Incarnation.

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