Today, thank to the Dominicans we participated to an Orthodox liturgy. I had already participated to an Orthodox Mass, but today we tried to be together in front of the Lord praying the Vespers. It is not clear to me how it works, because they said that their new day starts with the evening, as for Jewish people.
I see that there are difficulties in starting an ecumenical dialogue. However, I think it is really worth the effort.
The main differences that I noticed in the liturgy is about the use of the the Scriptures, which is definitely more prominent in our Vespers, and the repeated use of the name of Jesus in invocations.
They also used some prayer against the devil, which, honestly, is something that I was missing.
It is definitely worth the effort, but that may be my background.
By the way: the image is a postcard that I received today from an old Jesuit friend.
