Belarusian Greek Catholic Church

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Byzantine Rite church Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

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 Byzantine Catholic Church → Belarusian Uniate Church →
christology	Chalcedonian →
churchSuiIurisOf	Catholic Church →
communionWith	Pope →
ecclesiasticalTradition	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 Catholic Church →
liturgicalRite	Byzantine Rite →
liturgicalTradition	Belarusian →
originatedFrom	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 (Ruthenian) recension →
usesLiturgicalLanguage	Belarusian → Church Slavonic → Polish → Russian →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ("Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church") → Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ("Belarusian Uniate Church") →	alsoKnownAs
Eastern Catholic Churches →	hasMajorChurch