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Greek Catholic Church may refer to: The Catholic Church in Greece; The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite: The Albanian Greek Catholic Church; The Belarusian Greek Catholic Church; The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church; The Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia; The Greek Byzantine ...
Greek Catholic church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine rite, in communion with Rome since the mid-19th century. A small body of Greek Catholics came into existence in Constantinople (modern Istanbul) and Thrace largely through the efforts of John Hyacinth Marango, a Latin priest, and Polycarp Anastasiadis, a Greek priest.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church (Greek: Ελληνόρρυθμη Καθολική Εκκλησία, Ellinórrythmi Katholikí Ekklisía) or the Greek-Catholic Church of Greece is a sui iuris Eastern Catholic particular church of the Catholic Church that uses the Byzantine Rite in Koine Greek and Modern Greek.
The Catholic Church in Greece: Greek Catholics number about 50,000 (0.5% of the population) and are a religious and not an ethnic minority. Greek Catholics and Orthodox share common forenames and family names, as well as traditions, especially on the islands.
The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church is organized in an exceptional way because of a constituent metropolia: the Ruthenian Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, United States. The latter is also, unofficially, referred to as the Byzantine Catholic Church in America.
The traditions of this church reflect the Greek or Byzantine culture, and so we are called Greek Catholics or Byzantine Catholics (from Byzantium, the ancient name for Constantinople). In addition, many Greek Catholic Churches are identified by their national origin, such as Hungarian, Ruethenian, Romanian or Ukranian.
The Other Catholics: A Short Guide to the Eastern Catholic Churches. As millions watched the funeral for Pope John Paul II, many were confused by the concluding Panakhyda celebrated not in Latin, but in Greek and Arabic by hierarchs in black hoods, turbans, crowns, and unusual vestments.
