Eastern Catholic Churches

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Eastern Christian churches communion of particular churches part of the Catholic Church sui iuris churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches are a group of self-governing, Eastern-rite Christian churches in full communion with the Pope while preserving their own liturgical, theological, and spiritual traditions.

Aliases (19)

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Christian churches → communion of particular churches → part of the Catholic Church → sui iuris churches →
acknowledges	primacy of the Pope →
affirmedByDocument	Orientalium Ecclesiarum →
differsFrom	Latin Church in liturgical expression →
geographicalDistribution	Eastern Europe → Horn of Africa → India → Middle East → diaspora communities worldwide →
governedBy	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches →
hasHierarchy	major archbishops → metropolitans sui iuris → patriarchs →
hasLiturgicalTradition	Alexandrian Rite → Antiochian Rite → Armenian Rite → Byzantine Rite → Chaldean Rite → East Syriac Rite → Geʽez Rite → West Syriac Rite →
hasMajorChurch	Albanian Greek Catholic Church → Armenian Catholic Church → Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → Chaldean Catholic Church → Coptic Catholic Church → Eritrean Catholic Church → Ethiopian Catholic Church → Georgian Catholic Church → Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → Maronite Church → Melkite Greek Catholic Church → Romanian Greek Catholic Church → Russian Greek Catholic Church → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → Slovak Greek Catholic Church → Syriac Catholic Church → Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → Syro-Malankara Catholic Church → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church →
hasNumberOfChurches	23 →
hasSpiritualTradition	Eastern Christian spirituality →
hasTheologicalTradition	Eastern Christian theology →
inCommunionWith	Holy See → Pope of Rome →
preserves	own canon law traditions → own ecclesiastical disciplines → own liturgical heritage →
recognizedBy	Second Vatican Council →
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church →
sharesDogmaWith	Latin Church → Roman Catholic Church →
teaches	same Catholic faith as Latin Church →
usesClericalDiscipline	married priesthood (in many churches) →
usesLanguage	Arabic → Armenian → Church Slavonic → Coptic → Geʽez → Greek → Syriac → various vernacular languages →

Referenced by (110)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aeiparthenos → Andrew the Apostle → Apostle Bartholomew → Mary → Meletius of Antioch → Saint Anne → Saint George of Lydda → Saint Mary → Saint Methodius → Saint Stephen → St Mary → St. Hesychios the Priest → St. Isaac the Syrian → St. Mark the Ascetic → St. Peter of Damascus ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite") →	veneratedIn
Cherubic Hymn ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite") → Church Slavonic → Euchologion → Great Compline ("Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite") → Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") → Great Vespers → Menaion ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") → Octoechos ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") → Paschal Divine Liturgy → Paschal troparion ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") → Triodion ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") → Trisagion Hymn → Vespers →	usedIn
Akathist → Anointing of the Sick → Byzantine chant ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite") → Chrismation in Eastern Christianity → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → Dormition Fast ("Eastern Catholicism") → Ge'ez ("Eastern Catholicism") → Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → Jesus Prayer ("Eastern Catholicism") → Liturgy of the Catechumens ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite") →	religiousTradition
Julia Warhola ("Eastern Catholicism") → Lebanese people ("Greek Catholic Christianity") → Lwów Voivodeship ("Greek Catholicism") → Michel Dimitri Chalhoub ("Greek Catholicism") → Rusyns ("Eastern Catholicism") → Slovaks ("Greek Catholicism") →	religion
Advent → Apostles' Fast → Dormition of the Theotokos ("Eastern Catholic Christians") → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ("Eastern Catholic Christians") → Paschal Triduum →	observedBy
Byzantine Rite → Epiclesis → IHS monogram → Septuagint → Typikon ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") →	usedBy
Armenian Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic") → Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic") → Russian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholic") →	ecclesiasticalTradition
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ("Communion of Eastern Catholic Churches") →	isPartOf
Apostolic Signatura → Pope ("Catholic Church sui iuris churches") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → Slovak Greek Catholic Church →	partOf
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ("sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches") →	appliesTo
Dicastery for Legislative Texts →	appliesToJurisdiction
Little Entrance ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") →	associatedWith
Canon 1 →	authorityIn
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple →	belongsToTradition
Maronite Christianity ("sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church") →	canonicalStatus
Feast of the Theophany →	celebratedIn
Eritrean Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholicism") →	christianFamily
Orientalium Ecclesiarum ("sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches") →	concerns
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholicism") →	denominationalFamily
1917 Code of Canon Law →	doesNotApplyTo
Orientalium Ecclesiarum ("Eastern Catholics to remain faithful to their own traditions") →	encourages
Dei Providentis →	establishedCompetenceOver
Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica →	exercisesAuthorityIn
Papacy →	exercisesAuthorityOver
Holy See →	governs
Major Penitentiary ("Eastern Catholic Churches (in matters reserved to the Holy See)") →	hasAuthorityIn
Saint George Maronite Cathedral ("Eastern Catholic") →	hasDenomination
Volyn Oblast ("Greek Catholicism") →	hasMajorReligion
Christianity →	hasRiteOrTradition
Eastern Christianity →	includes
Roman Catholicism →	includesChurchSuiIuris
Holy Tradition →	isAffirmedBy
Assumption of Mary →	isBelievedBy
Assumption of Mary →	isMajorFeastIn
Holy Orders →	isPracticedIn
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches ("Eastern Catholic Churches of major archiepiscopal rank") →	jurisdiction
Seven Sacraments in Catholic theology ("Eastern Catholic rites") →	liturgicalExpression
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos →	liturgicalTradition
Ukraine ("Greek Catholicism") →	majorReligion
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church ("Eastern Catholicism") →	orientation
Penance →	practicedBy
hesychast tradition →	practicedIn
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches →	regulates
Byzantine architecture →	religiousContext
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches →	responsibleFor
Albanian Greek Catholic Church ("Greek Catholic Churches") →	sharesByzantineHeritageWith
Orientalium Ecclesiarum →	subject
Dormition of the Theotokos →	tradition
Great Entrance ("Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition") →	usedByChurch
Julian calendar ("Eastern Catholic churches (some)") →	usedByReligiousGroup
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts →	usedInChurch
Great Litany ("Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite") →	usedInRite
Symeon the New Theologian →	veneration
Eastern Section →	worksWith