The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, also known in the United States as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is a sui iuris Eastern Catholic particular church based in Eastern Europe and North America that
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania
Bishop Soter Ortynsky
Metropolitan Judson Procyk (1931–2001) holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California in 1996.
Robert Mark Pipta, Bishop of Parma
Union of Uzhhorod
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The Union of Uzhhorod, was a decision by 63 Ruthenian priests of the Orthodox Eparchy of Mukachevo to join the Catholic Church made on April 24, 1646. Until rediscovery of its founding document in 201
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
…and is in full communion with the Holy See. It uses the Byzantine Rite for its liturgies, laws, and cultural identity. The church originated at the Union of Uzhhorod in 1646, when Orthodox East Slavs with a Rusyn identity in the Carpathian Mountains returned to communion with the Pope. The church does not have a…
The Krasny Brod Monastery, site of the 1614 meeting
A postcard from 1914 depicting Uzhhorod Castle
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2240 x 3109 pixels 2.5 MB