UGCC

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UGCC is the abbreviation commonly used for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope while following the Byzantine rite.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
UGCC canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Christian denomination ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
sui iuris particular church ⓘ
sui iuris particular church ⓘ
abbreviation UGCC ⓘ
acceptsCouncil Ecumenical Councils recognized by the Catholic Church ⓘ
acceptsDoctrineOf Catholic Church ⓘ
churchSuiIurisOf Catholic Church ⓘ
communionType full communion with Rome ⓘ
followsCanonLawCode Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
followsLiturgicalRite Byzantine Rite ⓘ
followsTheologyTradition Eastern Christian theology ⓘ
fullName Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
governedBy Synod of Bishops of the UGCC ⓘ
hasClericalDiscipline married clergy permitted (according to Eastern tradition) ⓘ
hasClericalRank bishop ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasDiocesesCalled eparchies ⓘ
hasGlobalDiaspora true ⓘ
hasHeadTitle Major Archbishop ⓘ
hasMajorArchbishop Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych ⓘ
hasMajorArcheparchy Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych ⓘ
hasMonasticTradition Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat ⓘ
Studite monastic tradition ⓘ
hasPatriarchalClaim often regarded as patriarchal by its faithful ⓘ
hasSignificantPresenceIn Argentina ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
isInCommunionWith Holy See ⓘ
Pope of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope
isLargestByzantineChurchIn Catholic Church ⓘ
isLargestEasternCatholicChurch true ⓘ
keeps Byzantine liturgical, spiritual, and canonical heritage ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Byzantine tradition ⓘ
originRegion historical regions of Galicia and Volhynia ⓘ
primaryEthnicTradition Ukrainian ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalLanguage Ukrainian ⓘ
primaryTerritory Ukraine ⓘ
unionWithRomeRootedIn Union of Brest ⓘ
Union of Uzhhorod ⓘ
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (in some eparchies) ⓘ
Julian calendar (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Julian calendar

Revised Julian calendar (in some eparchies) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → abbreviation → UGCC ⓘ
subject linked to: UGCC