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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Queen of martyrs veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Archeparchy of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Archeparchy of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians belongsTo Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome
Eparchy of Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest belongsTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Liturgy of St. James denominationalUse Eastern Catholic Churches
Lineamenta for the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops ecclesiasticalDiscipline Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Latin Church and Eastern Catholic Churches
General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops worksWith Eastern Catholic Churches
Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Gate of Dawn in Vilnius hasReligiousAffiliation Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Gate of Dawn
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Our Lady of the Assumption veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Photios I of Constantinople veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
lectio divina practicedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Fourth Sunday of Easter celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
Chalcedonian Christianity isFollowedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Oriental Catholic Churches in communion with Rome
Mary in Eastern Christianity religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Fifth Sunday of Easter celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
Cardinal George Alencherry religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: George Alencherry
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Major Archbishop-Catholicos belongsToTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
St. Mary Queen of Peace Basilica, Thiruvananthapuram hasReligiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Holy Episcopal Synod of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church denominationalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Eparchy of Marthandom belongsToParticularChurchFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
Sisters of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Sisters) religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Sisters of the Imitation of Christ
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Eparchy of Muvattupuzha churchSuiIurisFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
Eparchy of Muvattupuzha religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Eparchy of Muvattupuzha typeOfHierarchy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic hierarchy
Eparchy of Muvattupuzha hasEcclesialIdentity Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Eparchy of Puthur belongsTo Eastern Catholic Churches
Our Lady of Sorrows veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Our Lady of Grace veneratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholics
Saints of the Holy Land (tradition) veneratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Christians
Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Christ is Risen usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Christ is Risen usedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition
Christ is Risen confessionalUse Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholicism
Midnight Office of Pascha hasLiturgicalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Eparchy of Adigrat churchSuiIurisFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
Synod of the Ethiopian Catholic Church partOf Eastern Catholic Churches
Synod of the Ethiopian Catholic Church denominationalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Our Lady of Mount Carmel veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Eparchy of Barentu partOf Eastern Catholic Churches
Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Holy Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara denomination Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara suiIurisChurchType Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara tradition Eastern Catholic Churches
this entity surface form: Eastern Catholic
Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars) communionIncludes Eastern Catholic Churches
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church