Ruthenian Orthodox Church

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ruthenian Orthodox Church canonical 2
Kyivan Rus' Orthodox Church 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Christian church body ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup East Slavs ⓘ
Ruthenians ⓘ
linked to: Rusyns
calendarTradition Julian calendar ⓘ
christology Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
churchPolity episcopal polity ⓘ
communionWith Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
conflictWith Latin Church in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
experienced confessional competition with Protestantism ⓘ
confessional competition with Roman Catholicism ⓘ
pressure for Latinization ⓘ
followsCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
governedBy Ruthenian Orthodox bishops ⓘ
metropolitans of Kiev (in various periods) ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv Metropolis
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Ruthenia ⓘ
historicalSuccessor Belarusian Orthodox communities ⓘ
Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox communities ⓘ
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (historical lineages) ⓘ
influenced Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Byzantine Catholic Churches ⓘ
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
liturgicalFamily Byzantine liturgical tradition ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
notableEvent Union of Brest ⓘ
formation of the Ruthenian Uniate Church ⓘ
partiallyUnitedWith Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
partOf Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
primaryLiturgy Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
resultedIn formation of Eastern Catholic communities ⓘ
rite Byzantine Rite ⓘ
secondaryLiturgy Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
territoryIncludes Carpathian Ruthenia ⓘ
modern Belarus ⓘ
linked to: Belarus

modern Poland ⓘ
modern Slovakia ⓘ
modern Ukraine ⓘ
theology Byzantine theology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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 → Kyivan Rus' Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to: Ruthenian Orthodox Church
Union of Ungvár → denominationInvolved → Ruthenian Orthodox Church ⓘ