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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Arbëreshë people religion Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Lungro hasChristianDenomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Piana degli Albanesi hasReligiousAffiliation Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Andrew of Crete veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Kontakion of the Nativity of the Theotokos isUsedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
infant Mary veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Infant Mary
Anaphora usedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Anaphora (Eucharistic prayer)
CIC 1917 notAppliesTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom usedInChurch Eastern Catholic Churches
Basilian Chouerite Order denominationalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Geʽez religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Eparchy of Presov denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Eparchy of Prešov
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace partOf Eastern Catholic Churches
Union of Brest topic Eastern Catholic Churches
Major Archbishop of Hajdúdorog churchType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Major Archbishop of Hajdúdorog tradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Synod of Bishops of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church denominationalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Our Lady of Perpetual Help religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Theotokos, Nyíregyháza denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych suiIurisChurchType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Făgăraș and Alba Iulia religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Făgăraș and Alba Iulia affiliation Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome
Roman Catholic dioceses canBeOfRite Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
Major Archiepiscopal Church partOf Eastern Catholic Churches
Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla particularChurchType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Hypapante celebratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Fülöp Kocsis isClergyOf Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Fülöp Kocsis religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Miskolc denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Miskolc religion Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Archeparchy of Lviv religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Sviatoslav Shevchuk denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition
Anaphora of Saint Basil (Byzantine form) usedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
Table of Oblation (Prothesis) usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Lucian Mureșan religiousDenomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Eparchy of Lugoj isPartOf Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome
Latin Church worldwide distinguishedFrom Eastern Catholic Churches
Eparchy of Maramureș suiIurisChurchFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
Sunday after the Nativity celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Saint Blaise veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Archeparchy of Prešov of the Slovaks suiIurisChurchFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches
Virgin most faithful veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Mirror of justice veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
House of gold veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Health of the sick veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Comforter of the afflicted veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Help of Christians veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches