Russian Greek Catholic Church

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Byzantine Rite Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Russian Greek Catholic Church is a small Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite that preserves Russian liturgical and spiritual traditions while being in full communion with the Pope in Rome.

Aliases (1)

Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine Rite Catholic Church → Eastern Catholic Church → sui iuris particular church →
acceptsCouncil	Council of Chalcedon → First Vatican Council → Second Vatican Council →
acceptsPapalInfallibility	yes →
acceptsPapalPrimacy	yes →
christologicalDoctrine	Chalcedonian →
churchSuiIurisOf	Catholic Church →
communionType	full communion →
ecclesialCommunion	in communion with Latin Church → in communion with all other Eastern Catholic Churches →
ecclesiasticalTradition	Eastern Catholic →
followsCodeOf	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches →
governingStructure	Apostolic Exarchates and other jurisdictions under the Holy See →
hasClericalDiscipline	married clergy permitted (according to Eastern discipline) →
hasEucharisticDiscipline	leavened bread →
hasMonasticTradition	Byzantine monasticism →
hasStatus	small Eastern Catholic Church →
hasTheology	Byzantine theology →
inCommunionWith	Holy See → Pope of Rome →
isMinorityWithin	global Catholic Church →
isPartOf	Byzantine Catholic tradition →
liturgicalFamily	Constantinopolitan Rite →
liturgicalRite	Byzantine Rite →
liturgicalTradition	Russian tradition →
preservesCustomsOf	Russian Orthodox Church →
primaryGeographicOrigin	Russia → Russian Empire →
recognizesSupremePontiff	Bishop of Rome →
sacramentalDiscipline	chrismation immediately after baptism → infant communion →
selfDesignation	Russian Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite →
sharesDoctrineWith	Catholic Church →
sharesEcclesiologyWith	Catholic Church →
sharesSacramentsWith	Catholic Church →
spiritualTradition	Russian Christian spirituality →
theologicalOrientation	Eastern Catholicism with Russian Byzantine character →
usesLiturgicalCalendar	Julian calendar (in many communities) → Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar (in some communities) →
usesLiturgicalForm	Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom →
usesLiturgicalLanguage	Church Slavonic → Russian →
venerates	Russian saints → Theotokos (Mother of God) →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Orthodox Church in America ("Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America") →	hasHistoricalPredecessor
Eastern Catholic Churches →	hasMajorChurch