Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

E45017

Christian denomination Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is the largest Eastern Catholic Church, following the Byzantine Rite while being in full communion with the Pope and centered historically in western Ukraine.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church canonical	79
Ukrainian Greek Catholics	2
Greek Catholic	1
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (regional)	1
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church hierarchy	1
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Brazil	1
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Poland	1
Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Canada	1
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ sui iuris particular church ⓘ
baptismPractice	triple immersion where possible ⓘ
chrismationTiming	administered with baptism ⓘ
christologicalDoctrine	Nicene Christianity ⓘ surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity
churchSuiIurisOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
clericalCelibacyPractice	married and celibate clergy ⓘ
communionToInfants	yes ⓘ
communionWith	Holy See ⓘ Pope ⓘ surface form: Pope of Rome
currentMajorArchbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk ⓘ
differsIn	liturgical traditions from Latin Church ⓘ
ecclesiasticalRankClaim	patriarchal church (de facto) ⓘ
estimatedFaithful	millions ⓘ
experiencedPersecutionUnder	Soviet Union ⓘ
followsLiturgicalCalendar	Julian calendar ⓘ Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
governanceForm	synodal ⓘ
governingBody	Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Major Archbishop ⓘ Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych ⓘ
hasMajorArcheparchy	Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk ⓘ Archeparchy of Lviv ⓘ Archeparchy of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians ⓘ Archeparchy of Prešov of the Slovaks ⓘ Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw of the Ukrainians ⓘ Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians ⓘ Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv ⓘ Archeparchy of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians ⓘ Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Kyiv, Ukraine
historicalCenter	Western Ukraine ⓘ
largestEasternCatholicChurch	true ⓘ
legalizationYearInUkraine	1989 ⓘ
liturgicalRite	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
majorHistoricalRegion	District of Galicia ⓘ surface form: Galicia Lviv region ⓘ
monasticTradition	Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat ⓘ
originatedFrom	Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' ⓘ surface form: Metropolis of Kyiv of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
papalTitleForHead	Major Archbishop, not formally Patriarch ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych ⓘ
primaryCountry	Ukraine ⓘ
primaryDevotionalPractice	Eastern Christian spirituality ⓘ
primaryEucharisticBreadType	leavened bread ⓘ
primaryEucharisticLiturgies	Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalLanguage	Church Slavonic ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ
primaryTerritory	Ukraine ⓘ
principalCathedral	Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv ⓘ
seatOfMajorArchbishop	Kyiv ⓘ
selfDesignation	UGCC ⓘ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
sharesDogmaWith	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
significantPresenceIn	Argentina ⓘ Australia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Poland ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Western Europe ⓘ
spiritualHeritage	Kyivan Christian tradition ⓘ
theologyTradition	Byzantine theology ⓘ
unionWithRomeFormalizedBy	Union of Brest ⓘ
unionWithRomeYear	1596 ⓘ
usesCodeOfCanons	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
usesSacraments	seven sacraments ⓘ
venerationPractice	veneration of icons ⓘ
wasOutlawedIn	Soviet Ukraine ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian SSR

Referenced by (88)

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

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Lwów → religiousCenterFor → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (regional)

Dormition Fast → observedBy → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Holodomor memorials → associatedWith → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Cherubic Hymn → usedBy → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Sighetu Marmației → hasReligiousCommunity → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Catholic

Pentecostarion → usedBy → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Western Ukraine → hasSignificantChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

West Ukrainian People’s Republic → religion → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → selfDesignation → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church

Eastern Christianity → includes → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Georgian Catholic Church → sharesCommunionWith → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Olga of Kiev → veneratedIn → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → hasEcclesiasticalCommunionWith → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Saint Sophia Cathedral → previousDenomination → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Byzantine liturgical calendar → usedBy → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Saint Volodymyr's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery → religiousAffiliation → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Lviv region → dominantChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

ZUNR → religion → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Vera Farmiga → hasReligion → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Yevhen Petrushevych → religion → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

sui iuris Church → hasExample → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Kontakion of the Nativity of the Theotokos → isObservedBy → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom → usedInChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych → church → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych → suiIurisChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych → partOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych → isPrimatialSeeOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians → church → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians → suiIurisChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians → partOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians → partOfEcclesiasticalProvince → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Brazil

Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych → headOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych → churchSuiIuris → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych → isChiefHierarchOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych → isSpiritualLeaderOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych → currentHolderReligion → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv → denomination → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv → churchSuiIuris → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv → governedBy → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church hierarchy

UGCC → fullName → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → denomination → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → churchSuiIuris → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → partOf → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → governs → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat → religiousAffiliation → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat → belongsToSuiIurisChurch → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych → church → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Major Archiepiscopal Church → examplesInclude → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ