Eastern Catholic Churches

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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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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

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Thomas Sunday associatedWith Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Great Apodeipnon usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Methodius veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee observedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Meatfare Sunday observedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
Cheesefare Sunday observedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Christus Dominus appliesTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Sunday of the Prodigal Son celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Peter and Paul Fast observedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition) celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Panagia usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut churchSuiIurisType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Viaticum religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Catholic doctrine of Purgatory acceptedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
Catholic Church hierarchy appliesTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Oktoechos tradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Parakletike usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
troparia usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Saint Clement of Ancyra veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Bkerké religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Saint Maron veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Youssef Absi suiIurisChurchType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Third session of the Second Vatican Council focus Eastern Catholic Churches
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun belongsTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Maronite Missal religiousDenomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Zahleh denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Code of Canon Law (1983) doesNotApplyTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Christ Pantocrator religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Athanasius of Athos (traditionally associated) veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Athanasius of Athos
Syriacs denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Kingdom of Rus' religion Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Divine Liturgy usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Divine Liturgy associatedWith Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Oriental Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition
Ladislaus I of Hungary veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Elevation of the Holy Cross celebratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Great Feast celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
Union of Uzhhorod relatedTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria suiIurisChurchType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
CCEO governs Eastern Catholic Churches
Sacri Canones appliesTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Sacri Canones relatedTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code hasBeneficiary Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic hierarchies