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	Encyclopedia: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
		Currently, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is the dominant faith in several western oblasts of Ukraine, and although spread throughout the country, is a small minority elsewhere.
		The foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic Church was laid by the communion of the Patriarch of Constantinople with the Popes in Rome throughout most of the first millennium (until 1054) and intermittent communion thereafter.
		The Catholicity of the Ukrainian Church was confirmed by the resistance of the hierarchs of Rus' minora, or Rus' proper (today's Ukraine) to the requests of the Greek Church at Constantinople to break communion with Rome after the Great Schism of 1054.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ukrainian-Greek-Catholic-Church (5400 words)

	Ukrainian Greek–Catholic Church / Church in Ukraine / Catholic Churches:
		Catholics of the Byzantine rite, known as Greek Catholics, are heirs of the Union of Brest of 1596, which the hierarchy of the Kyivan Metropolia established with the Church of Rome.
		Regardless of the fact that it was officially forbidden and harshly persecuted, this Church preserved its hierarchical structures in the underground and diaspora, and in December 1989 it requested official legalization.
		Catholics of the Latin rite are members of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Ukraine, whose hierarchical structures in the past were spread over those Ukrainian lands which became incorporated into neighboring Catholic nations.
	www.ugcc.org.ua /eng/church/catholics (361 words)

	Greek Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite church sui juris in the Catholic Communion.
		It encompasses most of Greece but is not to be confused with the rest of the Eastern Rite churches in the communion.
		The current head of the Greek Catholic Church is Most Rev. Anarghyros Printesis, Archbishop of Athens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church (98 words)

	Four Hierarchs - Four Martyrs - Greek Catholic Church during Communism in Eastern Europe
		In 1947 the Polish Communist govern- ment abolished the Greek Catholic Church in that country and deported the Greek Catholics either to the Soviet Union or to the western lands recently seized from defeated Germany.
		In 1948 the Greek Catholic Church in Romania was similarly suppressed and its properties given to the Orthodox.
		Likewise in Czechoslovakia the Greek Catholic Church was suppressed and its properties given to the Orthodox.
	www.byzantines.net /epiphany/martyrs.htm (2386 words)

	Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo - Religion - The Rusyns - Rusyn.org
		Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo — the oldest eparchy among Eastern Christians in the Hungarian Kingdom.
		In 1949 the Soviet regime in Subcarpathian Rus’/Transcarpathia declared the 1646 Union null and void and formally abolished the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo.
		Greek Catholic churches were turned over to the Orthodox Eparchy of Mukachevo for its use; other Greek* Catholic property (episcopal palace in Uzhhorod, seminary, schools, landed estates) was confiscated by the state.
	www.rusyn.org /?root=rusyns&rusyns=religion&article=94 (1441 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Greek Catholics in America
		The first Greek Catholic Mass in New York City was celebrated in the basement of St. Brigid's church on Avenue A (which was put at the disposal of the Greeks by the late Archbishop Corrigan), on 19 April, 1890, by the Rev. Alexander Dzubay, who is still in active parish work in America.
		Greek Catholic congregations have been formed in many localities, and they are regularly visited by the Greek Catholic priests who are here, and regular parishes will be formed and churches erected as soon as possible.
		Their rite, of course, is the same as that of the other Greek Catholics, but the language used in the Mass and the administration of the sacraments and in the church offices is the Arabic, with the exception of certain prayer-endings and versicles of the Mass, which are still intoned in the original Greek.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06744a.htm (8864 words)

	Romanian Church
		It proved difficult for the new Greek Catholic community, known popularly as the Greek Catholic Church, to obtain in practice the religious and civil rights that had been guaranteed it when the union was concluded.
		Unfortunately the reemergence of the Greek Catholic Church was accompanied by a confrontation with the Romanian Orthodox Church over the restitution of church buildings.
		Provincial councils of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church were held at Blaj from May 5 to 14, 1872, from May 30 to June 6, 1882, and from September 13 to 26, 1900.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Byzantine/Romanian.html (1072 words)

	Greek Catholic Union
		At that time, the Greek Catholic churches in the United States had no hierarchs of their own and were placed accordingly under the jurisdiction of the local Roman Catholic bishops.
		Most controversial was the requirement that henceforth no more married men would be ordained to serve Greek Catholic parishes in the United States augmented by the ban on the import of married priests from abroad and their service in American parishes.
		Greek Catholic young people abandoned the Church of their ancestors in order to enter or disappear into the mainstream of Catholicism, viz.
	www.byzantines.net /epiphany/gcu.htm (1402 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Greek Church
		The superior hierarchy of a Greek Church at the period we are treating of, viz., from the fourth to the tenth century, was composed of a patriarch, a catholicos, the greater metropolitans, the autocephalous metropolitans, the archbishops and the bishops.
		Generally, a Greek was chosen for the office so that the medieval Russian Church was but an extension of the Byzantine Church, sharing the liturgy, the dogmatic teaching, and the ecclesiastical antipathies of the latter.
		Admiral Notaras cynically observed that the Greeks preferred the turban of the prophet to the tiara of the pope.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06752a.htm (17485 words)

	THE PAPAL VISIT TO UKRAINE / Church in Ukraine - Structure of UGCC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The name Greek Catholic Church was introduced by the Empress Maria-Teresa in 1774 to distinguish this Church from the Roman Catholic and Armenian Catholic Churches.
		In 1960 the name Ukrainian Catholic Church started to be used in official documents to refer to Ukrainian Catholics in the diaspora and the underground Church in Soviet Ukraine.
		It is formally a sui juris church not subordinated to the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
	www.papalvisit.org.ua /eng/structure_ugcc.php (1005 words)

	A brief history of the Greek Catholic church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The official term is “Greek Catholic,” introduced by the Austrian empress Maria-Teresa in 1774.
		In 1989, the Greek Catholic church gained legal existence, generating enormous property disputes in the Western Ukraine over control of churches and other property.
		Greek Catholics routinely refer to Husar as their patriarch, although this title has not been recognized by Rome.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/071301/071301j.htm (434 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Main Home Page
		The spiritual leader of The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is The Patriarch of Antioch.
		Patriarchate / Batiryark of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church -- Clergy in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
		Bucky fell asleep in the Lord on Dec. 12, 2000 and Shirley fell asleep in the Lord on Nov. 8, 2001.
	www.mliles.com /melkite (965 words)

	AllRefer.com - Poland - The Greek Catholic Church \| Polish Information Resource
		Among the foremost of those issues was Catholic occupation of Greek Catholic Church property confiscated by the state in the late 1940s.
		In 1949 Pope Pius XII appointed Wyszynski as the papal delegate to the Greek Catholic congregations of Poland.
		In 1989 the total membership of the Greek Catholic Church in Poland was estimated at 300,000, with eighty-five centers of worship and fifty-five priests.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/poland/poland101.html (415 words)

	RISU / Ukrainian Orthodox Approach Unification: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Vatican, 10 October 2005, Zenit.org— Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has proposed that the next Synod of Bishops be dedicated to the Eastern Churches.
		Odesa – Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, clergy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, pastors of the Evangelical Reformed Church, the Seventh-day Adventists and the Evangelical Christian Baptists expressed their concern over the spread of HIV/AIDS in southern Ukraine’s Odesa Region.
		Kharkiv– A memorial tablet to Patriarch Josyf (Slipyj), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) from 1944 to 1984, was blessed in northeastern Ukrainian Kharkiv on 17 August 2005.
	www.risu.org.ua (1786 words)

	The Ruthenian Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Despite this sad turn of events, the American Greek Catholics in union with Rome continued to grow and establish new parishes; and, in 1950, Saints Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary was established by the second Bishop of Pittsburgh, Daniel Ivancho, for the spiritual and educational formation of a native clergy.
		The term "Greek Catholic" would change to "Byzantine Catholic," stressing that the church was not Hellenic (Greek) in nationality, and that the spirituality and liturgical services were of the Byzantine Rite; also, English, now the vernacular, became the dominant liturgical language.
		The Byzantine Catholic Church is an Eastern Church in union with Rome; Carpatho-Rusyn in background and flavor, but indeed an American Eastern Church celebrating the Gospel in words, symbols, and action.
	www.dreamwater.org /edu/passaic/history.htm (1271 words)

	St. Michael's [Brief History of the Ukrainian Catholic Church] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This began a period of persecution of the Ukrainian Catholic Church which was liquidated in 1839 by imperial decree throughout the Russian Empire.
		In 1907, a Ukrainian Catholic diocese was established in Philadelphia, PA. where an ecclesiastical structure was established in the United States for Ukrainian Catholics.
		With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's and the establishment of a Ukrainian State, the Ukrainian Catholic Church emerged from the catacombs 5 million faithful strong.
	www.crosslink.net /~hrycak/histucc.html (557 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ukrainian Catholic move to Kiev angers Orthodox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ukraine's Eastern Rite Catholics on Sunday moved their church headquarters to Kiev amid protests from nationalists and objections from Orthodox believers whose leaders warn the move will further stoke inter-church tensions.
		Cardinal Lubomur Husar conducted a ceremony for more than 1,000 believers and priests of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church after he was declared Metropolitan of Kiev and after a priest announced the church's move from the western city of Lviv.
		Sunday's move by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — also known as Eastern Rite Catholics — is certain to upset the country's dominant Orthodox Church, which has accused Roman Catholics and others of trying to poach Orthodox believers.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-21-ukrainechurchmove_x.htm (756 words)

	Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Worldwide Directory
		For instance, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Sacraments of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion) are often received at different ages, while in the Byzantine Catholic Church, as in most of the Eastern Catholic Churches, these three Sacramental Mysteries of Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Eucharist are given together to infants.
		The Catholic Church in the United States is organized into divisions of organizational structure and jurisdiction that have, for the most part, geographical boundaries consisting of 33 provinces, with 33 Archdiocese which are metropolitan sees, and 150 Dioceses.
		The Romanian Byzantine Catholics in the United States are under the jurisdiction of the local Latin rite dioceses, and others may attend the local Roman Catholic churches as well depending upon the availability of local Eastern Catholic churches and services in their area of residence.
	home.att.net /~Local_Catholic (4460 words)

	PetersNet: John Paul II, The Third Centenary of the Union of the Greek-Catholic Church of Romania with the Church of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When I was able to pray with you last year at the Catholic cemetery of Bucharest during my pilgrimage to your land, I did so bearing in my heart the entire Church of Christ and, with the whole Church, I knelt in silence at the tombs of your martyrs.
		Thus the entire Christian ecumene needs their voice and presence: "The holy Catholic Church, which is the Mystical Body of Christ, is made up of the faithful who are organically united in the Holy Spirit by the same faith, the same sacraments and the same government.
		The Catholic Church, supported by the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, has committed herself with all determination, especially in recent decades, to the quest for unity among Christ's disciples.
	www.petersnet.net /browse/2938.htm (3701 words)

	Liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church by the State
		Between 1946 and 1989, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was the largest banned religious community in the world and endured hard experiences.
		Before World War II, on the Ukrainian lands entered into the Polish state, the Greek Catholic Church consisted of the Lviv archeparchy, Stanislaviv and Peremysl eparchies, Apostolic Administrature for Lemkiwshchyna and Apostolic Visitature for Volyn, Cholmshchyna, and Pidlyashshya; it had a Metropolitan, six bishops, and one Apostolic Administrator.
		The first and second arrivals of the Soviet power in 1939 and 1944, with its atheism as a part of communist ideology, resulted in deprivation of all the material resources of the Church (closing the religious institutions and organizations, nationalization of the property) with a gradual elimination of the UGCC from the public life.
	www.ichistory.org /churchex/church110.html (442 words)

	CIUS Press: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Soviet State (1939-1950) by Bohdan Bociurkiw
		The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Soviet State is a pioneering study of the suppression of this Ukrainian church under Stalinist rule.
		The study shows what Soviet authorities sought to achieve through their policy toward the Greek Catholic Church in the context of preceding and contemporary Russian and Soviet nationalities policy and reveals the mechanism through which the Stalin regime sought to meet its objectives regarding Ukrainian Greek Catholics.
		This is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church or in the suppression of religion under Soviet rule.
	www.utoronto.ca /cius/publications/books/ukrainiangreekcatholicchurch.htm (870 words)

	Saint Demetrius Church, Porac, Slovakia
		Saint Demetrius Greek Catholic Church was founded in 1640 in the town of Porac, Slovakia.
		The iconostasis of Saint Demetrius Greek Catholic Church features the icon Our Lord to the right of the Royal Doors and the icon of the Mother of God to the left.
		The Parish Register of Saint Demetrius Greek Catholic Church is available on microfilms 1791519 and 1791520 at the Family History Centers run by the Latter Day Saints Church in most communities.
	www.iarelative.com /demetri.htm (593 words)

	Europe and Asia - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
		Catholic Sabah - Official News of the Dioceses of Keningau and Kota Kinabalu.
		Finally, the Catholic Church’s normal hierarchical structure was established in Russia in 1782, when the Mogilev Archdiocese was created to cover the largest territory in the world.
		Catholic Church in Croatia - Territorial Divisions of the Catholic Church in Croatia.
	home.att.net /%7ELocal_Catholic/Catholic-International.htm (3821 words)

	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Press Release
		The meeting was the initiative of the Catholic organization "Pro Oriente" and was directed by its president, Mr.
		The members of the ecclesial delegations from Ukraine thanked Cardinal Christoph Schonborn for his assistance in organizing the symposium and congratulated him on his election as president of the Austrian Conference of Bishops.
		The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a different sui iuris Church than is the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church.
	www.byzcath.org /news/ukr/ukr980704.htm (565 words)

	Saints Peter and Paul Croatian Greek Catholic Parish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born and educated as Catholics of the Byzantine Slavonic or Greek Rite, they found it difficult to adapt themselves to the religious practices in churches of the Roman Rite.
		On January 6, 1938, at a parish meeting, the new charter and bylaws were accepted so the parish was readmitted into the diocese and the Catholic Church under the title of Saints Peter and Paul Croatian Greek Catholic Church of Chicago, Illinois.
		This all shows that the Catholic spirit is strong and religious life with the Church is normalized.
	www.midwest-croatians.org /archives/stspeterpaul.html (2042 words)

	Saint Paul Melkite Greek Catholic Mission
		The Melkite Greek Catholic Church follows the Eastern Christian traditions of Constantinople and Antioch and is in communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
		The congregation of St. Paul Mission comprises mainly Greek Catholics from various parts of the Middle East--Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq.
		But parish membership is not limited to Arabic-speaking Christians; St. Paul welcomes everyone interested in the Bible-based, family-oriented Christian tradition given to the Apostles and handed down by them in the lands of the Byzantine Empire.
	www.mliles.com /stpaul (403 words)

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