Belarusian Greek Catholic Church

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The Belarusian Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite that follows Belarusian liturgical traditions while being in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite church
Eastern Catholic Church
sui iuris particular church
acceptsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
First Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
alsoKnownAs Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
surface form: Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
surface form: Belarusian Uniate Church
christology Chalcedonian
churchSuiIurisOf Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
communionWith Pope
ecclesiasticalTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholic
ecclesiology in communion with Bishop of Rome
experiencedRevival 20th century
post-Soviet period
experiencedSuppression 19th century
followsCanonLaw Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
followsLiturgicalCalendar Julian calendar
Revised Julian calendar
governedAs apostolic exarchate (historically, intermittently)
hasClericalCelibacyDiscipline married clergy permitted
hasDiasporaCommunitiesIn Lithuania
North America
Poland
Russia
Western Europe
hasMajorCenter Minsk
hasTheology Byzantine theology
historicalRegion Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
inCommunionWith Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite
liturgicalTradition Belarusian
originatedFrom Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
surface form: Ruthenian Uniate Church

Union of Brest
partOf Byzantine Catholic tradition
primaryTerritory Belarus
sharesHeritageWith Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
spiritualHeritage Belarusian national tradition
Byzantine
sufferedPersecutionIn Russian Empire
Soviet Union
usesLiturgicalBooks Byzantine Rite
surface form: Byzantine (Ruthenian) recension
usesLiturgicalLanguage Belarusian
Church Slavonic
Polish
Russian

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Eastern Catholic Churches hasMajorChurch Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church alsoKnownAs Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
this entity surface form: Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church alsoKnownAs Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
this entity surface form: Belarusian Uniate Church
sui iuris Church hasExample Belarusian Greek Catholic Church