Ruthenian Orthodox Church

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Eastern Christian church body Eastern Orthodox Church

The Ruthenian Orthodox Church was an Eastern Christian body of the Ruthenian people that followed the Byzantine rite and became historically significant through its partial union with Rome and the formation of Eastern Catholic communities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kyivan Rus' Orthodox Church	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Christian church body ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	East Slavs NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruthenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendarTradition	Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
christology	Chalcedonian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
churchPolity	episcopal polity ⓘ
communionWith	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Latin Church in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced	confessional competition with Protestantism ⓘ confessional competition with Roman Catholicism ⓘ pressure for Latinization ⓘ
followsCouncil	Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Ruthenian Orthodox bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ metropolitans of Kiev (in various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruthenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSuccessor	Belarusian Orthodox communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox Church (historical lineages) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Belarusian Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Catholic Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Byzantine liturgical tradition ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Union of Brest NERFINISHED ⓘ formation of the Ruthenian Uniate Church ⓘ
partiallyUnitedWith	Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLiturgy	Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of Eastern Catholic communities ⓘ
rite	Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryLiturgy	Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Carpathian Ruthenia NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Poland ⓘ modern Slovakia ⓘ modern Ukraine ⓘ
theology	Byzantine theology ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Union of Uzhhorod → denominationAffected → Ruthenian Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv → originallyAffiliatedWith → Ruthenian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kyivan Rus' Orthodox Church