Melkite Greek Catholic

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Byzantine Rite Church Eastern Catholic Church Sui iuris particular church

Melkite Greek Catholic refers to members of an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite, historically rooted in the Middle East and in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Melkite Greek Catholic Church	8
Melkite Church	1
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine Rite Church ⓘ Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ Sui iuris particular church ⓘ
canonicalStatus	inFullCommunionWithHolySee ⓘ
christology	Chalcedonian ⓘ
clericalCelibacyDiscipline	marriedPriestsPermitted ⓘ
communionDeclared	Council of Florence ⓘ
communionWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
currentPatriarch	Youssef Absi ⓘ
diasporaPresenceCountry	Argentina ⓘ Australia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ecclesiology	Eastern Catholic ecclesiology ⓘ
estimatedFaithful	over 1 million ⓘ
fullCommunionReaffirmed	18th century ⓘ
governingBody	Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Damascus ⓘ
historicalCenter	Alexandria ⓘ Antioch ⓘ Damascus ⓘ
liturgicalMusicTradition	Byzantine chant ⓘ
liturgicalRite	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
majorPresenceCountry	Egypt ⓘ Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ
monasticTradition	Basilian Aleppian Order ⓘ Basilian Chouerite Order ⓘ Basilian Salvatorian Order ⓘ
originRegion	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
patriarchalSee	Patriarchate of Antioch ⓘ
patriarchalTitle	Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark ⓘ surface form: Patriarch of Alexandria Patriarch of Antioch and All the East ⓘ Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ
primaryLiturgyLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Greek ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
primarySpiritualHeritage	Antiochene tradition ⓘ
primaryTheologicalTradition	Byzantine theology ⓘ
recognizesPopeAs	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
selfDesignation	Melkite Greek Catholic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Melkite Greek Catholic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem
separatedFrom	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
sharesHeritageWith	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
unionEvent	Synod of 1724 ⓘ
usesGregorianCalendar	true ⓘ
usesIconostasis	true ⓘ
usesJulianCalendar	inSomeCommunities ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

John of Damascus → church → Melkite Greek Catholic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melkite Church

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → hasEcclesiasticalCommunionWith → Melkite Greek Catholic ⓘ