Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church

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Byzantine Rite church Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite, historically rooted in Central and Eastern Europe, that is in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving its own liturgical and spiritual traditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh	1
Eparchy of Mukachevo	1
Ruthenian Greek Catholic	1
Ruthenian Uniate Church	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine Rite church ⓘ Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ sui iuris particular church ⓘ
allowsMarriedPriests	true ⓘ
churchSuiIurisOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
clericalCelibacyDiscipline	Eastern discipline ⓘ
communionEstablished	Union of Uzhhorod ⓘ
communionEstablishedYear	1646 ⓘ
communionWith	Pope ⓘ surface form: Pope of Rome
country	Czech Republic ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
followsChristology	Chalcedonian ⓘ
governedBy	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
hasArcheparchy	Eparchy of Presov ⓘ surface form: Archeparchy of Presov
hasEparchy	Slovak Greek Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Eparchy of Kosice Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eparchy of Mukachevo Eparchy of Passaic ⓘ surface form: Eparchy of Parma Eparchy of Passaic ⓘ Eparchy of Phoenix ⓘ Eparchy of Presov ⓘ
hasMetropolitanChurch	Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
hasPatriarchOrMajorArchbishop	no ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Prešov ⓘ surface form: Presov
hierarchicalStatus	metropolitan church sui iuris ⓘ
historicalRegion	Carpathian Ruthenia ⓘ Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
isInCommunionWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
liturgicalLanguage	Church Slavonic ⓘ English ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ Slovak ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ
liturgicalRite	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
originEthnicGroup	Rusyns ⓘ surface form: Carpatho-Rusyns Rusyns ⓘ Rusyns ⓘ surface form: Ruthenians
preservesOwnLaw	true ⓘ
primaryTerritory	Central Europe ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ
sharesDoctrineWith	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
spiritualHeritageFrom	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus'
theologyTradition	Eastern Christian theology ⓘ
tradition	Byzantine tradition ⓘ
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar Julian calendar ⓘ Revised Julian calendar ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → hasEparchy → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eparchy of Mukachevo

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → hasMetropolitanChurch → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → originatedFrom → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenian Uniate Church

Ondrej Warhola → religion → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenian Greek Catholic

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ