Can Tradition be borrowed?

One of the arguments against Eastern rite Catholicism is that Eastern Orthodoxy is not just a sum of liturgical peculiarities, it is an ancient and large tradition. It is not enough to serve the Eucharist according to the Russian Orthdox rite to become Russian Orthodox.

This argument goes hand in hand with another: it is impossible to combine Russian Orthodox tradition with Roman Catholic tradition, because anti-Catholicism is an essential part of Russian Orthodoxy. This argument is a misconception: it is not enough to be anti-Catholic to become Russian Orthodox, and many Russian Orthodox never criticised Catholics.

Certainly, it is not enough to serve the Eucharist according to the Russian Orthodox rite to become Russian Orthodox. But it is also not enough to live in Russia, to have some spiritual director (starets), to practicize Jesus prayer et cetera et cetera. It is not enough to be "in the jurisdiction" of Orthodox bishop to become Orthodox.

And it is most funny when this argument is pronounced by converts, by former Marxists, like Fr. Andrey Kurayev. now one of the idols of Russian Orthodox fundamentlists, who fifteen years ago was an ardent atheist, governmental propagandist of Marxism, and now pretends to embody Russian Orthodox tradition.

The problem of intercommunion.

Thee are two ways of Christians: way of production and way of consumption. These are not quite the same as sanctity and phariseism, or liberalism and fundamentalism, or openness and exclusiveness. But some people fo to the Communion to consumpt a bit of Eternal Life, and this is quite legitimate way of comsumption, producing saints.

And some people go to the Communion to overcome the enmity between people, and this is the Communion which produce unity, future/present unity in God.

I am afraid that any Communion is intercommunion, because until the Second Coming even spouses remain far enough from each other to speak about ther "inter"-relationships.

Also, it is senseless to discuss intercommunion under present Church situation. The problem is not how to unite different Christian churches. All confessions first must become more Church, more Christian. What the sense of uniting caricatures on what the Church must be!