I recently read an article posted on Orthodox Reflections by Fr. James Krueger entitled “Why Venerate Saints of the West and Reject the Liturgies They Celebrated?” What was so confusing about this article was that it claimed the broad opposition to the Western Rite was caused by their adherence to the liturgy and patterns of the pre-Schism Orthodox West… But this is patently false. The Western Rite has not resurrected these liturgies but instead adopted a very slightly modified form of liturgics from modern High Anglican/Catholic practices.

While this is not a commentary on the piety or Orthodoxy of those following the Western Rite (many of whom I know to be deeply pious and defenders of the faith) I believe that Fr. James and proponents of the Western Rite have vastly overestimated the cultural value of Western liturgics, the ability to truly resurrect the ancient liturgies and practices of the Orthodox West – much less use them as an effective tool to convert Americans – and have, seemingly, forgotten exactly how Orthodox Tradition is transmitted. https://orthodoxreflections.com/the-question-of-the-western-rite/