As a newcomer to the faith, Fr. Seraphim Rose certainly was aware of St. John's western rite parishes in France. Very wisely, he ignored it. Which is what converts to the Faith today should do also. We can make it into the Heavenly Church without ever stumbling on the western rite just by ignoring it.
The western rite experiments in France were a failure. Today (2014) this failure is spreading into America via Satan's delight at spreading Orthodox failures. Today the western rite no longer has any association with the Royal Path Sister Churches, but it is an integral part of the vigante Milan synod – a noisy artificial hybrid of world-orthodoxy + super-correct.
I can't caution newcomers enough to avoid the influences from outside our Sister Churches.
I can't caution newcomers enough to avoid the influences from outside our Sister Churches. Your goal is to catch a glimpse of the Heavenly Church so that you know exactly what to aim for in entering the Church (and this is actually the goal of all our earthly Orthodox life).
The only valid reason for examining the western rite is to see for yourself that it should just be ignored. Just like Fr. Seraphim ignored it.
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