Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church

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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.

All labels observed (8)

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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 ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg monarchy

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

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
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → hasEparchy → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eparchy of Mukachevo
Ondrej Warhola → religion → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruthenian Greek Catholic
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → originatedFrom → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruthenian Uniate Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Catholic Church in Poland → includes → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek Catholic Church in Poland
Eparchy of Passaic → church → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Passaic → suiIurisChurch → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Catholic Church (Ruthenian)
Eparchy of Phoenix → partOf → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Phoenix → suiIurisChurch → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Union of Uzhhorod → denominationAffected → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Union of Uzhhorod → relatedTo → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
sui iuris Church → hasExample → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom → usedInChurch → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Union of Brest → religiousDenominationInvolved → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruthenian Uniate Church
Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych → church → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruthenian Uniate Church
Eparchy of Miskolc → suiIurisChurchErectedFrom → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruthenian Catholic Church
Anaphora of Saint Basil (Byzantine form) → usedIn → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ