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.

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All labels observed (31)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Catholic Churches canonical 176
Eastern Catholicism 28
Eastern Catholic Church 22

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 Rite ⓘ
surface form: 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 Coptic Rite ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian Rite

Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: Antiochian Rite

Armenian Rite ⓘ
Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: Chaldean Rite

Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: East Syriac Rite

Ethiopian Rite ⓘ
surface form: Geʽez Rite

Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: 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 Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Maronite Church

Melkite Greek Catholic ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Pope of Rome
preserves own canon law traditions ⓘ
own ecclesiastical disciplines ⓘ
own liturgical heritage ⓘ
recognizedBy Second Vatican Council ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
sharesDogmaWith Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: 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 (313)

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

Christianity → hasRiteOrTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism → includesChurchSuiIuris → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Holy See → governs → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Holy Tradition → isAffirmedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Septuagint → usedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Holy Orders → isPracticedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dormition of the Theotokos → tradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dormition of the Theotokos → observedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Christians
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Saint Anne → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Seven Sacraments in Catholic theology → liturgicalExpression → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic rites
Byzantine Rite → usedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Anointing of the Sick → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Jesus Prayer → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Advent → observedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → usedInChurch → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Pope → hasJurisdictionOver → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic Church sui iuris churches
Apostolic Signatura → hasJurisdictionOver → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Paschal Divine Liturgy → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → responsibleFor → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → jurisdiction → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of major archiepiscopal rank
Byzantine architecture → religiousContext → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Ukraine → majorReligion → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek Catholicism
Mary → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for Legislative Texts → appliesToJurisdiction → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Church Slavonic → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
St. Peter of Damascus → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Saint George of Lydda → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
St. Isaac the Syrian → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Apostle Bartholomew → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Chrismation in Eastern Christianity → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dormition Fast → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Great Litany → usedInRite → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Great Entrance → usedByChurch → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition
St. Hesychios the Priest → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Paschal Triduum → observedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
St. Symeon the New Theologian → veneration → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
subject surface form: Symeon the New Theologian
St. Mark the Ascetic → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Great Vespers → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Trisagion Hymn → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Liturgy of the Catechumens → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Cherubic Hymn → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
Euchologion → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Saint Methodius → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Julian calendar → usedByReligiousGroup → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic churches (some)
Saint George Maronite Cathedral → hasDenomination → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Great Compline → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Byzantine chant → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite