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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All labels observed (45)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Catholic Churches canonical 283
Eastern Catholicism 53
Eastern Catholic Church 48

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

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 Church in liturgical expression ⓘ
linked to: Latin Rite
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 Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Rite

Antiochian Rite ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Rite

Armenian Rite ⓘ
Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Chaldean Rite ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Rite

East Syriac Rite ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Rite

Geʽez Rite ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian Rite

West Syriac Rite ⓘ
linked to: 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 Church ⓘ
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 of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope
preserves own canon law traditions ⓘ
own ecclesiastical disciplines ⓘ
own liturgical heritage ⓘ
recognizedBy Second Vatican Council ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sharesDogmaWith Latin Church ⓘ
linked to: Latin Rite

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
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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Referenced by (533)

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

Christianity → hasRiteOrTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism → includesChurchSuiIuris → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Holy See → governs → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Holy Tradition → isAffirmedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Septuagint → usedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Holy Orders → isPracticedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dormition of the Theotokos → tradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dormition of the Theotokos → observedBy → Eastern Catholic Christians ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Saint Anne → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Seven Sacraments in Catholic theology → liturgicalExpression → Eastern Catholic rites ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Byzantine Rite → usedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Anointing of the Sick → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Jesus Prayer → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Advent → observedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → usedInChurch → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Pope → hasJurisdictionOver → Catholic Church sui iuris churches ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Apostolic Signatura → hasJurisdictionOver → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Paschal Divine Liturgy → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → responsibleFor → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → jurisdiction → Eastern Catholic Churches of major archiepiscopal rank ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Byzantine architecture → religiousContext → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Ukraine → majorReligion → Greek Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Mary → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for Legislative Texts → appliesToJurisdiction → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Church Slavonic → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Armenian Bible → religiousDenomination → Eastern Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
St. Peter of Damascus → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Saint George of Lydda → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
St. Isaac the Syrian → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Apostle Bartholomew → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Chrismation in Eastern Christianity → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Dormition Fast → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Great Litany → usedInRite → Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Great Entrance → usedByChurch → Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
St. Hesychios the Priest → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Paschal Triduum → observedBy → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Symeon the New Theologian → veneration → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
subject linked to: St. Symeon the New Theologian
St. Mark the Ascetic → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Great Vespers → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Trisagion Hymn → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Liturgy of the Catechumens → religiousTradition → Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Cherubic Hymn → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Euchologion → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Saint Methodius → veneratedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Julian calendar → usedByReligiousGroup → Eastern Catholic churches (some) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Saint George Maronite Cathedral → hasDenomination → Eastern Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches
Great Compline → usedIn → Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches