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The Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia was an ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, a particular Eastern Catholic church. It was erected in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1595/96 following the Union of Brest. It was effectively disestablished by the partitions of Poland (1772–1795).
The Ruthenian Uniate Church (Belarusian: Руская уніяцкая царква, romanized: Ruskaja unijackaja carkva; Ukrainian: Руська унійна церква, romanized: Ruśka unijna cerkva; Latin: Ecclesia Ruthena unita; Polish: Ruski Kościół Unicki) was a particular church of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Church leaders have also been targeted for assassination. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has had to move between safe houses to avoid threats. [49] The ongoing conflict has led to significant damage and threats to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and its members. [50] [51]
Leaders have held several titles over the centuries. The modern primate of the church holds the position of a major archeparch (also styled as "major archbishop"). Due to historical circumstances (i.e. Russian occupation), the first hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held titles that did not mention the original metropolitan city ...
Ruthenian Uniate Church the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv the Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church , an independent/ Sedevacantist Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that was established in 2008 after separating from the official Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Pages in category "Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Saint George Ukrainian Catholic Church; St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Church; St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church; St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church; St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church; Saints Peter and Paul Church (Chisholm, Minnesota) St. Michael Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Chicago)
When the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was banned in the Russian Empire in the 19th century, the Church existed only in Western Ukraine and the diaspora. After Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the UGCC began to return to Central and Eastern Ukraine .