UGCC

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UGCC is the abbreviation commonly used for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope while following the Byzantine rite.

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Label Occurrences
UGCC canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Christian denomination
Eastern Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Church
sui iuris particular church
sui iuris particular church
abbreviation UGCC self-linksurface differs
acceptsCouncil Seven Ecumenical Councils
surface form: Ecumenical Councils recognized by the Catholic Church
acceptsDoctrineOf Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church
churchSuiIurisOf Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church
communionType full communion with Rome
followsCanonLawCode Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
followsLiturgicalRite Byzantine Rite
followsTheologyTradition Eastern Christian theology
fullName Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
governedBy Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
surface form: Synod of Bishops of the UGCC
hasClericalDiscipline married clergy permitted (according to Eastern tradition)
hasClericalRank bishop
deacon
priest
hasDiocesesCalled eparchies
hasGlobalDiaspora true
hasHeadTitle Major Archbishop-Catholicos
surface form: Major Archbishop
hasMajorArchbishop Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych
hasMajorArcheparchy Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych
hasMonasticTradition Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat
Studite monastic tradition
hasPatriarchalClaim often regarded as patriarchal by its faithful
hasSignificantPresenceIn Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Poland
United States of America
surface form: United States

Western Europe
isInCommunionWith Holy See
Pope
surface form: Pope of Rome
isLargestByzantineChurchIn Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church
isLargestEasternCatholicChurch true
keeps Byzantine liturgical, spiritual, and canonical heritage
liturgicalTradition Byzantine tradition
originRegion historical regions of Galicia and Volhynia
primaryEthnicTradition Ukrainian
primaryLiturgicalLanguage Ukrainian
primaryTerritory Ukraine
unionWithRomeRootedIn Union of Brest
Union of Uzhhorod
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (in some eparchies)
Julian calendar
surface form: Julian calendar (historically)

Revised Julian calendar (in some eparchies)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UGCC abbreviation UGCC self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church