WI:West Slavic Rite and Scandanavian Rite Christianity

There is a talk here about Poland and Scandanavia converting to Orthodoxy, is it possible for a denomination of Christianity or Catholicism itself to have both West Slavic Rite and Scandanavian Rite.
 
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There is a talk here about Poland and Scandanavia converting to Orthodoxy, is it possible for a denomination of Christianity or Catholicism itself to have both West Slavic Rite and Scandanavian Rite.

I started the talk on Orthodox Scandinavia, but the only answers I got was an Orthodox Sweden and Finland. West Slavic Rite, I don't know much details about but I am pretty sure that it won't survive due to Poland's proximity to the HRE.
 
I started the talk on Orthodox Scandinavia, but the only answers I got was an Orthodox Sweden and Finland. West Slavic Rite, I don't know much details about but I am pretty sure that it won't survive due to Poland's proximity to the HRE.

But can't these groups be on union with Rome without giving up their rites?
 
But can't these groups be on union with Rome without giving up their rites?

What you're describing is a Uniate Christianity, and it did happen in OTL. Primarily in Ukraine and Belorussia, where some of them were Uniates because of influence with Poland. There's also a reverse Uniate Christianity where the parishes are in a union with Moscow, but is allowed to keep their western rites. Hence the term Orthodox Western Rite. Of course, ordinary Orthodox Christians would not be comfortable with Uniate Christianity since they believed that any union with the Pope is heresy.
 
But can't these groups be on union with Rome without giving up their rites?

Not at all, "nationals" rites (Irish, Visigothic-Mozarabic, Welsh, etc) were in communion in Rome and recognized papal dominance even by not using the roman missel.
What followed is just an usual centralizing and standardization, not a subjugation to Rome.
 
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