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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.
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).
[34] [35] In Ukraine, the UGCC is the second largest religious organization in terms of number of communities within the Catholic Church. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has third most members in allegiance among the population of Ukraine after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The Archeparchy of Kyiv became the principal see of the newly created Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, and thus a primatial see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. [2] The episcopal seat of the "Metropolis of Galicia" was transferred from St. George's Cathedral in the city of Lviv to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the ...
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
History of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; History of Christianity in Ukraine. Eastern Catholic Churches: Ruthenian Uniate Church to forced dissolution in Soviet Union; 1595 Union of Brest: 1806 transfer of Metropolitan See from Kyiv to Lemberg: 1839 Synod of Polotsk: 1875 Conversion of Chełm Eparchy: 1907 First diaspora bishop: 1946 ...
There had existed a Ukrainian Catholic seminary in Radomyshl serving the See of Kyiv at the end of the 18th century, and that is also sometimes cited as among the origins of the modern-day seminary. [2] The current seminary is affiliated with the Ukrainian Catholic University and accredited by the Holy See. [3]
The Archeparchy of Kyiv became the principal see of the newly created Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, and thus a primatial see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. [3] The episcopal seat of the "Metropolis of Galicia" was transferred from St. George's Cathedral in the city of Lviv to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the ...