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An Interview with\u00a0Sanziana\u00a0Tamiian. (Full Interview<\/strong>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sanziana Tamiian is the eldest daughter of Fr. Calin Tamiian and Sarah Tamiian. She is currently a first-year student of Clinical Psychology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. In her free time, she loves to read, travel, knit and meeting new people. She is so excited to be helping and serving the Romanian\u00a0Greek Catholic Church in America.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Q: S\u00e2nziana, can you tell me about your faith and your faith journey?<\/em><\/p>\n

A: I am a priest\u2019s\u00a0daughter.\u00a0 Being born into that role has a\u00a0big\u00a0influence\u00a0in who I am and\u00a0what I believe.\u00a0I would say that my faith journey started from the moment I was baptized into\u00a0the\u00a0Romainian\u00a0Catholic Church.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I view my faith as a love affair.\u00a0\u00a0I view\u00a0all\u00a0that I do\u00a0as a way to\u00a0show how I love God\u00a0and how I love the traditions that he has given us.\u00a0I\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0that through the fact that I am a cantor at our church;\u00a0I lead catechism classes with our youth;\u00a0I try\u00a0every day to say the Jesus\u00a0Prayer which is a very important part of my life.\u00a0 Practicing\u00a0that has\u00a0definitely directed\u00a0me and helped my faith grow. What has\u00a0helped\u00a0me at this point now,\u00a0and how I\u00a0am\u00a0growing\u00a0in\u00a0my faith,\u00a0is being able to read more of the\u00a0Church fathers.\u00a0 I\u00a0really use these\u00a0beautiful resources\u00a0in order\u00a0to\u00a0really understand what it means to be a Byzantine Catholic and how I can live that through every moment of my entire life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201dTo be a Byzantine Catholic is to be in love with all aspects of who Christ is.\u201d<\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Q. What does it mean to be a Byzantine Catholic? What does it feel, smell, taste like?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0To be a Byzantine Catholic is to be in love with all aspects of who Christ is, from what our faith is as Christians. For me what it smells like (to being\u00a0Byzantine) is just the smell of our past, of the antiquities of being a Byzantine Catholic. The minute you walk into a Byzantine Church you know exactly what it is through the smell of the incense, through\u00a0the smell of the old foods that we have, and to hear the laughter of our children.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To be Byzantine is to have community. To be Byzantine is to know everyone in your church and to love everyone and to see everyone as your brother and sister in Christ. To be Byzantine is to be\u00a0persecuted. To know that overseas and here we are struggling to survive,\u00a0but\u00a0yet,\u00a0we do. To be Byzantine is difficult. To be Byzantine is to be alone.\u00a0 But there is such strength that comes from that. The fact that we have survived when we were persecuted by our own brethren and yet here we are, we are standing for something that would be\u00a0otherwise\u00a0lost.\u00a0We represent who Christ was and where he came from,\u00a0and that is what it means to be a Byzantine for me.\u00a0It is the constant identity of the past, to realize that\u00a0the blood of countless martyrs\u00a0is\u00a0on our shoulders.\u00a0And\u00a0so,\u00a0every time I go to Divine Liturgy,\u00a0that is what I think\u00a0about\u00a0when I look at our\u00a0icons, our\u00a0gold\u00a0vestments,\u00a0our\u00a0decorations\u00a0\u2013\u00a0this feeling that you are walking into paradise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q. How do you relate to friends and others\u00a0who are not Byzantine,\u00a0and how do you let them know about your faith?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: First and foremost,\u00a0I always\u00a0start\u00a0from a position of patience, of love, and\u00a0take the\u00a0approach\u00a0of not being afraid or trying to hide who I am.\u00a0 Being Byzantine Catholic is what dictates and what drives my every motive. The way I represent that to my lovely brethren, to my\u00a0Roman\u00a0Catholic friends,\u00a0is that I learned what it means to be Byzantine. I learned our tradition so that I could answer their questions.\u00a0I\u2019m not afraid to answer their questions. So, yes it takes some work on my own.\u00a0 For\u00a0example, I\u00a0ask my father questions, to study on my own.\u00a0 When I go to these gatherings,\u00a0since\u00a0I do go to a Roman Catholic University, people do ask me what\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0like\u00a0to be Byzantine and what does that mean.\u00a0So,\u00a0I just\u00a0start\u00a0from a position of honesty, and a position of truth, and a position of love.\u00a0I want to share with them the totality and beauty of what it means to be Catholic, which\u00a0means\u00a0universal. Yes, there have been some difficult\u00a0interactions.\u00a0 The fact that people don\u2019t\u00a0understand,\u00a0or\u00a0it gets them out of their comfort zone,\u00a0or\u00a0the fact that I will never give up on my fellow\u00a0Roman\u00a0Catholic friends and I will never say no in answering their questions\u00a0\u2014\u00a0that\u2019s where patience comes in.\u00a0But also, ultimately, I don\u2019t have to answer to anyone for who I am. I also\u00a0ask people to come to\u00a0a\u00a0Byzantine\u00a0Divine Liturgy\u00a0at\u00a0my parish that is\u00a0nearby\u00a0in Weirton\u00a0(WV).\u00a0 Or I will loan people some of my books,\u00a0such as\u00a0The Pilgrim<\/i>.<\/i>\u00a0Or\u00a0I will sit\u00a0down,\u00a0and I will show\u00a0others\u00a0the difference between our chants to theirs.\u00a0 Or\u00a0I will sit down and use the internet to show them what it\u00a0means to have an icon screen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most\u00a0of the time people are dumbfounded; they get\u00a0excited\u00a0and\u00a0are\u00a0so happy to see that the Catholic Church is not just this\u00a0one,\u00a0mainstream,\u00a0\u201cthis is what it is.\u201d\u00a0 I discuss\u00a0that\u00a0we\u00a0actually represent\u00a0what it means to be human\u00a0\u2014\u00a0we are all\u00a0different,\u00a0but we are all\u00a0unified in what means to be human.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0How can a teenager or young adult fit in the Byzantine Church if they did not have a strong upbringing in the tradition? What would\u00a0you tell them?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: What I would tell them is that first and foremost you\u00a0must\u00a0be open, to be comfortable\u00a0while\u00a0being uncomfortable. At the same time there are so many resources out there. Gone are the days when we could not communicate with people easily across the country. For example, as a young adult I have\u00a0my own personal\u00a0phone, which is a little computer in my hand, and on that I have countless resources.\u00a0 For example, using\u00a0Wikipedia, I can say,\u00a0\u201cwhat is Byzantine Catholic?\u201d\u00a0 We have so many Byzantine churches\u00a0across\u00a0the area\u00a0\u2013 Romanian and others.\u00a0 Although we are small, and\u00a0although\u00a0we do not have a lot of\u00a0\u201cshout out,\u201d\u00a0it\u2019s not that hard to find us if you just have an inquisitive nature.\u00a0So,\u00a0I would suggest to someone who does not have\u00a0the\u00a0privilege\u00a0of\u00a0a priest\u00a0as a\u00a0father\u00a0is to\u00a0say\u00a0to\u00a0them,\u00a0\u201cdon’t\u00a0be afraid to jump on the bus that somebody has already offered to you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel like what really needs to be done is\u00a0that\u00a0the people who do have my privilege,\u00a0and the other Byzantine children\u00a0who\u00a0were born into this tradition,\u00a0need to take the initiative and\u00a0actually let\u00a0people know that this\u00a0exists.\u00a0 Let them know when a Divine Liturgy is\u00a0being celebrated\u00a0nearby\u00a0and invite people.\u00a0That is what I feel\u00a0really needs to be done \u2013\u00a0encourage\u00a0this\u00a0desire\u00a0for truth and not just lie\u00a0back on what you know and what is comfortable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: Do you get a chance to interact with other Byzantine Catholic youth?<\/em><\/p>\n

A: When I\u00a0was\u00a0in Romania I\u00a0did\u00a0interact\u00a0with some Byzantine youth. [In the US] I mostly interact with my siblings,\u00a0but\u00a0here on campus there is\u00a0also\u00a0a Byzantine club.\u00a0I\u2019m also part of a couple Byzantine Catholic\u00a0youth\u00a0Facebook groups\u00a0such as Searcher for the\u00a0Lost\u00a0Byzantine group and Byzantine singles.\u00a0And those are just easy ways that we can talk about what it\u2019s like to be\u00a0Byzantine nowadays\u00a0\u2014\u00a0to share articles. For example, here on campus we have a book club\u00a0and a little prayer time that we have on Sundays\u00a0where\u00a0we\u00a0are reading\u00a0The Pilgrim<\/i>. Then at my parish in Weirton there\u2019s a couple of youth as well that serve on the altar. Those are the places that I interact with\u00a0other Byzantine youth\u00a0the most.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: Do you see any opportunities that are currently not explored at the Eparchial level regarding your fellow\u00a0youth?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: First and foremost, what is\u00a0really important\u00a0is the fact that we need people to know about our traditions, because the older generation is getting older.\u00a0Who is going to be sacristan, who is going to make the sarmale<\/em> (Romanian for \u201dcabage rolls\u201d),\u00a0who is going to make the flower arrangements,\u00a0or\u00a0who\u00a0is\u00a0making the bread for the church?\u00a0We want our traditions. The youth do not want our traditions to change. The youth are attracted\u00a0to what our tradition is. But the problem is that they need something to do.\u00a0So,\u00a0if I was in a position of change I would\u00a0actually teach\u00a0my people how to make the\u00a0prescura<\/i>.\u00a0In our mission back home, my sister makes the\u00a0prescura<\/i>, and we learned how to do it. I would have a choir of the youth and teach them how to sing. Also,\u00a0today\u00a0the Catholic youth are very involved in the pro-life movement. I believe that we should have a pro-life group that is very active, because that creates the community.\u00a0 That creates what it means to be Catholic. Catholic is not like the\u00a0Protestant\u00a0who just will go to a Sunday service and they\u2019re done. Being Catholic\u00a0means\u00a0how\u00a0do you live every breath of your entire life\u00a0as a Catholic.\u00a0These will all promote the youth to get involved.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>I think that\u00a0it\u00a0is very important for us that we are Romanians, so what does it mean to be Romanian Catholic? Do the youth know how to make\u00a0sarmale<\/i>\u00a0for the Church fundraiser? Those are the questions and the changes that I would make because I know from myself,\u00a0that\u00a0\u00a0is\u00a0one of the reasons why I am so in love with my tradition\u2019s faith.\u00a0 It\u00a0is the fact\u00a0that I\u00a0was so active in my own parish and the fact that I helped my father or my family with every activity that we did.<\/p>\n

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\u201dWhen you walk into a Byzantine Church community you just feel this overwhelming sense of joy.\u201d<\/b><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Q: What are\u00a0the\u00a0Romanian\u00a0Byzantine\u00a0Catholic\u00a0elements\u00a0that\u00a0attract\u00a0you\u00a0personally and\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0think\u00a0others\u00a0may\u00a0find\u00a0attractive?<\/p>\n

A: The joy!\u00a0When you walk into a Byzantine Church community you just feel this overwhelming sense of joy.\u00a0The tradition. The minute I walk into our church I always cry, I always tear up, because I\u2019ve never felt so close to God. My\u00a0entire body is just enamored with God. All my senses are\u00a0tantalized\u00a0\u2013\u00a0my\u00a0smell, my sight, my touch,\u00a0my\u00a0everything.\u00a0That is what it means to be a Byzantine\u00a0\u2013\u00a0that you know where you are\u00a0as soon as\u00a0you walk into the church.\u00a0It’s\u00a0also\u00a0the community.\u00a0It’s\u00a0the fact that after\u00a0the Liturgy\u00a0everyone goes down\u00a0for\u00a0coffee and doughnuts, and there are children and elderly and everyone is talking to one\u00a0another\u00a0\u2013\u00a0no one\u00a0is allowed to\u00a0leave until they have\u00a0some\u00a0food.\u00a0It’s the fasting and the feasting.\u00a0We\u00a0actually try\u00a0to practice what we preach.\u00a0I would\u00a0definitely say\u00a0the services themselves \u2013 the fact that there is so much beauty in our services, even just the wording. I just love to\u00a0read\u00a0the\u00a0Divine Liturgy.\u00a0 If you just open the book and listen to the words, they will speak to your soul. It\u00a0gives me such a sense of refreshment because as a young person nowadays we are constantly bogged down,\u00a0with pressure.\u00a0 We are constantly having to do well with material things, to do well with education, trying to\u00a0get married\u00a0and have children\u00a0\u2013 all good things.\u00a0 But\u00a0it\u00a0reminds\u00a0me of the Gospel of the men who had all those\u00a0different\u00a0excuses, but the wedding feast was the most important thing.\u00a0So,\u00a0what really attracts me the most,\u00a0and why I have chosen to remain Byzantine Catholic, and why I would die for this\u00a0Church,\u00a0is because\u00a0I\u00a0love it so much.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0So, from your very first breath you were Byzantine,but also grew\u00a0up\u00a0in a Byzantine way.\u00a0Yet, there are people who may have been born and baptized Byzantine but for some reason they are not practicing Byzantines, hence do not possess this experiential knowledge that you do.\u00a0How would you try to\u00a0encourage\u00a0people who have not had this\u00a0powerful\u00a0experience?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: For my brethren who were baptized Byzantine but for some reason or another do not\u00a0understand what is happening all the way, first and foremost I would have patience on them. But I would also invite them and have open conversations about what\u00a0it means\u00a0to be Byzantine for you? Many of our youth do not understand what it\u2019s like to be Byzantine in the sense of the fasting, the feasting,\u00a0or our Saints stories.\u00a0So,\u00a0the first thing I would do is\u00a0educate\u00a0them on our past and\u00a0explain what\u00a0makes us kind of cool, what makes us different.\u00a0 Then I would\u00a0give\u00a0them a job in the church, a reason to make them feel needed and active, and part of that community.\u00a0So,\u00a0then it\u2019s not just \u201cOh, I\u2019m going because grandma wants me to go\u201d. No, I\u2019m going because this is who I am. I would suggest that a conference of some kind would\u00a0be helpful\u00a0where we can bring all our youth together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to the Franciscan University in Steubenville and we have the Steubenville youth conferences which\u00a0can change people\u2019s lives. From my experience of watching youth come and go, what really turns people off is this sense that \u201cOh, we\u2019re just coming in on Sunday\u201d. This is not what it is.\u00a0This is our life. So, when I\u2019ve seen people\u00a0get\u00a0active,\u00a0tasked with a job, educated, and\u00a0learn\u00a0what it\u2019s like\u00a0to be Byzantine Catholic,\u00a0then you see where the love comes in. Just think about human relationships and how you become best friends with someone. You become best friends when you realize that \u201coh, wow\u201d this person is a living and breathing person. This person is someone who has loves and interests. The Byzantine Church, like the Roman Catholic Church, is not just people that go\u00a0there, say a couple of words and oh, yeah,\u00a0we\u2019re done. It\u2019s a living, breathing\u00a0part of the Church\u00a0of Christ.\u00a0I think that is something that is so beautiful,\u00a0and anyone\u00a0who fully\u00a0understands that will\u00a0fall in\u00a0love.\u00a0 They will\u00a0want to be active and live their faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201dWe\u00a0<\/b>have to<\/b>\u00a0train our eyes to see the invisible before we see the visible.\u201d<\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Q: Another aspect of this is that maybe people\u00a0only see the visible,\u00a0and don\u2019t see God in all that.\u00a0Where do you find God in your day to day life?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: Something that St. John Paul II said is really close to my heart. He said that\u00a0we\u00a0have to\u00a0train our eyes to see the invisible before we see the visible.\u00a0I think that is very beautiful and\u00a0I think that is\u00a0definitely what\u00a0being Byzantine means.\u00a0So, for me, I see God when\u00a0I\u00a0walk to my classes in the morning;\u00a0I see a tree and some moss growing on a tree;\u00a0I see\u00a0just the way the sky is, the way the tree is\u00a0positioned\u00a0\u2013\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0awe striking and beautiful.\u00a0 For me, God is there.\u00a0I also see God in every single person I meet.\u00a0\u00a0I may not know their names, and I may not ever meet them again, but I see God in them.\u00a0Anything with beauty, anything with truth<\/b>,<\/b>\u00a0is where I see God.<\/b>\u00a0When I read Shakespeare and the words speak to my soul, I feel God\u2019s presence.\u00a0That is how I never feel alone or never forget that He is there.\u00a0But that took practice and that took prayer.\u00a0 What really led me to that was just putting away my\u00a0phone,\u00a0putting away all the\u00a0busyness\u00a0of\u00a0the world,\u00a0spending\u00a0time outside two minutes a day\u00a0and really appreciating everything.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also,\u00a0saying the\u00a0Jesus\u00a0prayer, trying to practice and saying it constantly, that really helped me \u2013 and that\u2019s how I see God every day. And I\u2019m still working and practicing on\u00a0this, while hoping and praying that I get stronger in\u00a0it, because I think it is something very, very important.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The world nowadays is not created for that\u00a0kind of personal prayer.\u00a0The world is constantly flashing distractions<\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>They may not all be bad, but you do have to sit back a second and say, ok, what is the most important thing right now. And I know\u00a0I\u00a0may\u00a0be\u00a0speaking\u00a0from a\u00a0different perspective, but youth nowadays can see what has happened in the past and there is this feeling of wanting peace \u2013 that is what\u00a0young people want\u00a0today. I feel\u00a0truthfully,\u00a0the only way to find peace is to\u00a0<\/b>appreciat<\/b>e<\/b>\u00a0the small things\u00a0<\/b>and see<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>that God is in the small things, because God is everywhere.<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: You mentioned youth and their phones. Can we find God in technology? Can we find God in the \u201cdigital continent\u201d as Pope Benedict XVI had said? Is there an opportunity for us to be missionary disciples in the online world?<\/em><\/p>\n

A: Definitely.\u00a0I would say that the internet has been a great tool for me in showing my friends and people who have questions\u00a0what\u00a0it\u00a0means\u00a0to be a Byzantine.\u00a0Now I can just\u00a0Google and I find music, photos, videos and\u00a0lots of information about\u00a0being Byzantine.\u00a0What I have noticed\u00a0is that\u00a0people love their social media. Facebook is kind of going out, but Facebook is\u00a0definitely a\u00a0tool.\u00a0People\u00a0now\u00a0love\u00a0Instagram, which is\u00a0a great opportunity to show that, for instance,\u00a0today\u00a0we\u2019re making\u00a0prescura<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>(Romanian\u00a0for\u00a0prosphora<\/i>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the\u00a0leavened bread\u00a0for the Eucharist),\u00a0or this is our icon\u00a0screen. My parish in\u00a0Weirton\u00a0is now broadcasting\u00a0a Facebook livestream of their Divine Liturgy which people watch. I would also think that every church needs an actual website, with the homilies posted, the readings of\u00a0that Sunday, or music\u00a0to listen to. But I also think that podcasts are great, it could be a youth\u00a0podcast. One of my favorite apps on my phone is\u00a0Pray\u00a0<\/i>A<\/i>s<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>Y<\/i>ou\u00a0<\/i>G<\/i>o<\/i>, which is a Jesuit mission and it\u2019s the readings of the day, then there is a reflection. I listen to it when I work out, or if I\u2019m going to class, or if I just want some quiet\u00a0meditation.\u00a0 It\u2019s just 12 minutes long,\u00a0and so\u00a0it\u2019s not that big of a deal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would\u00a0also say that we\u00a0should continue to\u00a0use the tools that we have and in that\u00a0way\u00a0we can let people know\u00a0[about our church].\u00a0People are ready to go,\u00a0but they need to have it easy in the beginning.\u00a0So, there is\u00a0definitely God\u00a0on the internet and it can be used as a tool for our mission on this earth as Byzantines.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: How do you, who\u2019s been born and raised here in the U.S., interact with Romanian Byzantine Catholics that immigrated here\u00a0to\u00a0the U.S.? How do you\u00a0handle\u00a0that\u00a0culturally different understanding of what it means to be Byzantine Catholic?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: A lot of the lovely immigrants that come here\u00a0do get upset.\u00a0 For example,\u00a0when they realize that\u00a0the music is not the same exact music that would be in their village back home. Or the fact that the priests here are not like the priests back home. That is\u00a0the\u00a0biggest difficulty for me and helping this generation realize that something they loved so much is not\u00a0exactly the same\u00a0here.\u00a0But,\u00a0we come back to the question\u00a0\u2014\u00a0what\u2019s more important?\u00a0For me,\u00a0it\u2019s more important to be Byzantine, to be Catholic. But the way I handle it is simply finding similarities and learning from these people, because I do not want to lose my cultural identity.\u00a0So,\u00a0it is very helpful when we have\u00a0sarmale<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>(cabbage\u00a0rolls)\u00a0night,\u00a0or\u00a0we make\u00a0m\u0103m\u0103liga<\/i>\u00a0(polenta), or for Easter\u00a0we sing old\u00a0Romanian\u00a0hymns, or celebrating\u00a0other\u00a0old traditions\u00a0such as\u00a0greeting each other with Hristos\u00a0a\u00a0\u00cenviat! Christ\u00a0is\u00a0Risen!\u00a0We\u00a0need\u00a0to\u00a0find\u00a0the\u00a0similarities\u00a0that\u00a0we\u00a0do\u00a0have,\u00a0and\u00a0learn\u00a0from\u00a0these
\nimmigrants\u00a0who\u00a0are\u00a0coming\u00a0in,\u00a0so\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0can\u00a0understand\u00a0and\u00a0get\u00a0the\u00a0feel\u00a0of\u00a0what\u00a0it\u00a0would\u00a0be\u00a0like\u00a0if\u00a0I\u00a0had\u00a0lived\u00a0in Romania.<\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0In our\u00a0Church\u00a0there\u00a0is\u00a0also\u00a0another\u00a0group\u00a0that,\u00a0although\u00a0not\u00a0born or\u00a0baptized in our Church,\u00a0they find\u00a0something attracts them. Can you name what those elements\u00a0may be?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: Yes. Some of these may be the fact that we have not changed\u00a0the Liturgy and\u00a0our services.\u00a0It is the fact that\u00a0we\u00a0go to Liturgy and it\u2019s the same Divine Liturgy that\u00a0was\u00a0celebrated a thousand years ago. They\u00a0love the beauty, the music and the tradition of our\u00a0Byzantine\u00a0Church. The also love the fact that they can speak to a priest one on one, and not have to go through all the hoops and the loops. They feel like their spiritual health matters, and there\u2019s a consequence.\u00a0 They\u2019re not drowning\u00a0from a\u00a0feeling of\u00a0just\u00a0being a number\u00a0that might\u00a0happen in\u00a0larger Roman\u00a0Catholic\u00a0parishes. They also love the fact that they\u00a0can\u00a0go to\u00a0the\u00a0Divine Liturgy and people will know them by name. They love the fact that they can bring their children\u00a0who will\u00a0be\u00a0interested in what\u2019s going\u00a0on,\u00a0and\u00a0will have the freedom to be children in that environment.\u00a0I like to call them our \u201cRoman refugees\u201d (smiling), it\u2019s the term I coined for these lovely people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Q. Is there a message you would like to share to people of all ages who may be completely disconnected from our Church either for unfortunate reasons or they did not benefit of your upbringing and nurturing of your faith? Any message of hope to those who may not even realize that they belong to this Church and went astray?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A: First off,\u00a0know that whenever you come to a Byzantine church you will be loved, and you will be greeted with open arms.\u00a0 You will be cared for,\u00a0that people will genuinely want to care for you and show that God is bursting for you,\u00a0and that God loves you.\u00a0Second of all, what you can experience at a Byzantine church\u00a0is\u00a0wonderful.\u00a0 If you\u00a0just go inside when everything\u2019s quiet and\u00a0smell the incense,\u00a0you can\u00a0feel God\u2019s presence.\u00a0 When you\u00a0look\u00a0and\u00a0see the priest transforming the\u00a0bread and wine\u00a0into the body and blood\u00a0of Jesus Christ, and you see what\u2019s going on and\u00a0hear the music from the choir,\u00a0you\u2019ll realize why you are there.\u00a0 You will realize that being Byzantine is the only place where you can find that experience, where you can have all your senses\u00a0feel\u00a0why they were created.\u00a0Third of all,\u00a0don\u2019t let the material things of the world<\/b>\u00a0get in the\u00a0<\/b>way \u2013<\/b>\u00a0things that are passing, things that\u00a0<\/b>may seem\u00a0<\/b>really important<\/b>\u00a0right now b<\/b>ut ultimately at the end<\/b>,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>fade<\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Because being Byzantine Catholic,\u00a0we constantly look both at the Resurrection and the Crucifixion, during Lent we sing Alleluia, and during the Easter Season we still remember that Christ died. So, our whole entire life is one of joy and sadness\u00a0t\u00a0the same time\u00a0because we are constantly reminded that we are mortal. Therefore, don\u2019t let the material things of today get in the way of what\u2019s\u00a0really important.\u00a0Just remember you are not alone on your journey \u2013 there are countless others that are there for\u00a0you,\u00a0want to help you,\u00a0and who are working on the same goals themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>For the youth of today,\u00a0I just want to say\u00a0that we have the most energy, the most time and the most passion than\u00a0we will ever have for the rest of our lives. So,\u00a0we\u00a0need to\u00a0use that to\u00a0actually do\u00a0something meaningful on this Earth and to continue what the martyrs have started\u00a0and to not let our own pride, our own distractions get in the way of that goal\u00a0–\u00a0why we were baptized, why we were put on this Earth\u00a0\u2013 which is ultimately to love and glorify Jesus Christ.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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