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35-811: (Redirected from Ukrainian Catholics ) Ukrainian Catholic Church may refer to: the Catholic Church in Ukraine the Eastern Catholic Churches which originated in Ukraine that use the Byzantine Rite : Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ruthenian Uniate Church the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv

70-786: A Catholic, was elected as the patriarch of Sis . Two years later, Pope Benedict XIV formally established the Armenian Catholic Church. In 1749, the Armenian Catholic Church built a convent in Bzoummar , Lebanon. During the Armenian genocide in 1915–1918, the Church was scattered in neighboring countries, mainly in Lebanon and Syria. An Armenian Catholic community was also previously formed by Armenians living in Poland in

105-779: A similar college was founded in Los Angeles. The Mechitarists in particular were preoccupied with the problem of preserving Armenian identity. With the support of the Mekhitarists of Venice and Vienna, the Mekhitarian College was founded in Los Angeles. Many Armenians came to the United States and Canada from the Middle Eastern countries of Lebanon and Syria in the 1970s and in later years. Moreover, many Armenians migrated from Argentina, because of

140-855: Is a unique title within the Catholic Church that was introduced in 1963 as part of political compromise. Since March 2011, the head of the church is Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk . The present Archbishop for the Latins is Mieczysław Mokrzycki (ordained on 29 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI ). The Latin Church in Ukraine had in 2007; 905 communities, 88 monasteries, 656 monks and nuns, 527 priests, 713 churches (74 under construction), 39 missions, 8 educational institutions, 551 Sunday schools, 14 periodical editions. See: List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine Armenian Catholic Church The head of

175-553: Is also a history of conversion of Armenians in Transylvania , which went hand in hand with their acculturation under Hungarian influence and policies (see Gherla and Dumbrăveni ). Their descendants are part of the Armenian community of modern-day Romania and are tended to by the Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania . The Armenian Rite liturgy , as celebrated in the Armenian language , developed prior to

210-662: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Catholic Church in Ukraine The Catholic Church in Ukraine ( Latin : Ecclesia Catholica in Ucraina ; Ukrainian : Католицька церква в Україні ) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church , under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome . Catholics make up 10% of the population of Ukraine . The majority of Catholics in Ukraine belong to

245-653: The Byzantine Church , church buildings of the Armenian rite usually have only a few icons , but like some other Eastern churches have a barrier concealing the priest and the altar from the people during parts of the liturgy . The use of bishop's mitre is reminiscent of the influence Western missionaries once had upon both the miaphysite Orthodox Armenians as well as upon the Armenian Rite Catholics. Apart from Armenia, Georgia and Russia,

280-621: The Council of Florence in 1439, but did not have any real effects for centuries. Some Armenians converted to Catholicism, and in the absence of any specific Armenian Catholic Church in effect became Latins . In medieval China, local Armenians were converted to Catholicism by John of Montecorvino in Beijing and there was also an Armenian Franciscan Catholic community in Quanzhou . In 1740, Abraham-Pierre I Ardzivian, who had earlier become

315-724: The East–West Schism . While records of Christians and Christian temples in the Medieval state predate the date. In mid-10th century, Kyiv was visited by a mission that was led by bishop Adalbert of Magdeburg out of Trier Monastery . Following the schism, the Ruthenian Church which was brought to Kyiv by the Byzantine Greeks ended up among Eastern Orthodox Churches. After annexation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia by

350-700: The Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York for Armenian Catholics. The appointment of Lebanon-born Bishop Mouradian was publicized in Washington on May 21 by Archbishop Pietro Sambi , Apostolic Nuncio to the United States . Next to North America , France holds the largest number of Armenian Catholics outside the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris was established in 1960 with Bishop Garabed Armadouni as exarch. Since 1977,

385-817: The Kingdom of Poland in course of the Galicia–Volhynia Wars in Lviv was established the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv in the 14th century. In mid-15th century Metropolitan of Kyiv Isidore attempted to unite the Ruthenian Church with the Catholic world by attending the Council of Florence . Due to the conflict with the Grand Duchy of Moscow , in 1458 the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Isidore II reorganized

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420-644: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , while significant numbers of others belong to the Latin Church , Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo and Armenian Catholic Church . The Catholic Church in Ukraine consists of members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as well as the Latin Church , Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo , and the Armenian Catholic Church . The majority of Ukrainian Catholics belong to

455-773: 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 See also [ edit ] Ukrainian Church (disambiguation) Ukrainian Orthodox Church (disambiguation) Albanian Catholic Church Belarusian Catholic Church Bulgarian Catholic Church Croatian Catholic Church Greek Catholic Church Hungarian Catholic Church Romanian Catholic Church Russian Catholic Church Serbian Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with

490-664: The Union of Uzhhorod and for sometime was guided by the Archbishop of Eger in Hungary . In 2001, Ukraine was visited by Pope John Paul II , who held official and informal meetings in Kyiv and Lviv . Communities from both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Latin Church warmly greeted the Pope. Additionally, Non-Catholic religious communities publicly expressed a hope that

525-723: The sui iuris Armenian Catholic Church is the Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia , whose main cathedral and de facto archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator , in Beirut , Lebanon. Armenian Caritas is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Armenia. The Armenian Church took issue with the 451 Council of Chalcedon and formally broke off communion with

560-648: The 1630s. The Armenian bishop of Leopolis (see Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv ), Nicholas (Polish: Mikołaj) Torosowicz had entered into union with the Catholic Church. The community which had been historically centered in Galicia as well as in the pre-1939 Polish borderlands in the east , was expelled after World War II to present-day Poland and now has three parishes: in Gdańsk , in Gliwice and in Warsaw . There

595-423: The 19th century varied between 40.000 to 150.000 Armenian Catholics worldwide, and 136,400 in 1911 Independent sources estimate the number of Catholic Armenians in the early 21st century at 150,000, with sizable communities in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Jerusalem, France and the United States. The Armenian Catholic Church is divided into Archdioceses , Eparchies , Apostolic Exarchates , Ordinariates for

630-419: The Armenian Catholic Church is found widely in the Armenian diaspora , notably in Lebanon (where the Armenian Catholic Church is headquartered), Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, France, U.S.A., Canada, Argentina, Uruguay and Australia. Armenian Catholics originated in what is today Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe. Beginning in the late 1920s, persecution caused many Armenian Catholics to emigrate. In 1991, after

665-1008: The Armenian Catholic Church. In the 19th century Catholic Armenians from Western Armenia , mainly from the towns and cities of Karin ( Erzurum ), and from Constantinople and Mardin , traveled to the United States seeking employment. By the end of that century, many survivors of the Hamidian Massacres had concentrated in several U.S. cities, chiefly in New York . Catholic Armenian communities were also founded in New Jersey , in Boston and Detroit , as in Los Angeles and other cities of California . Catholic Armenian educational organizations were also founded in many cities. In Philadelphia and Boston , colleges were founded by Armenian sisters, educating hundreds of children. Later,

700-627: The Catholics of Ukraine there are Ukrainians , Poles , Hungarians , Filipinos and other peoples. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. The ordinary (or hierarch) of the church holds the title of Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and All Ruthenia, though the hierarchs and faithful of the church have acclaimed their ordinary as "Patriarch" and have requested Papal recognition of, and elevation to, this title. Major archbishop

735-531: The Chalcedonian Churches at the 3rd Synod of Dvin in 610. Some Armenian bishops and congregations made attempts to restore communion with the Chalcedonian Churches after the 6th Ecumenical Council of 681. During the Crusades in 1198, the Church of the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia entered into union with the Catholic Church, an attempt that did not last. The union was later re-established during

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770-741: The Faithful of the Eastern Rite and Patriarchal Exarchates , each of which has functions similar to a diocese . The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of the See of Cilicia is the supreme authority of the Armenian Catholic Church. On 23 September 2021, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian was elected as the Church's new patriarch. Below is a list of the jurisdictions with their number of adherents. Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, Nisibis of

805-749: The Immaculate Conception runs a school in Marseille. The Catholic Armenian Community of São Paulo was founded in 1935, as the Chaplaincy of the Catholic Armenian Mission , responding to requests from Armenian immigrants who had settled in Brazil since 1923, mostly from Marach , actually a city of Turkey. The church is between the metro stations Armênia and Tiradentes , at Tiradentes Avenue #718. Estimates from

840-705: The Russian government most of bishops of the Ruthenian Uniate Church signed the union with the Patriarchate of Moscow, while diocese that became part of the Austrian Empire were reorganized as Greek-Catholic Church. In 1630, a bishop of Armenian Apostolic Church Mikołaj Torosowicz also signed a union with the Catholic Church establishing Armenian Catholic diocese of Lwow. In 1646, another Eastern Orthodox diocese of Mukachevo signed

875-568: The Ruthenian Church moving its metropolitan see to Vilnius . Until 1480, the metropolitan see of the Church was held by a metropolitan bishop appointed by the Pope including Gregory the Bulgarian and Misail Pstruch . In 1595, there was signed the Union of Brest which officially united the Ruthenian Church with the Catholic Church accomplishing the intent of Metropolitan Isidore. Following partitions of Poland , in 1839 in Polotsk pressured by

910-640: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Latin Church in the territories of modern Ukraine has been strongly associated with Poland and Poles , but the church has emphasized a Ukrainian identity since the nation's independence from the Soviet Union. The history of the Catholic Church in modern Ukraine starts as early as the 10th century when Christianity in Ruthenia was established as a state religion in 988 taking place before

945-463: The coreligionists on the other side of the border. Today Catholic Armenians of Samtskhe-Javakheti live together in Akhaltsikhe and in the nearby villages, as well as in the regions of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda. The communities in the last two regions, which are mainly rural, are found in rather distant areas, but the most important link is the historical memory of Catholicism. A small seminary

980-600: The diocese, which has jurisdiction over Canadian and American Catholics who are members of the Armenian Catholic Church, became Manuel Batakian . According to a news release by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published on Monday, May 23, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI , named Archpriest Mikaël Antoine Mouradian , superior of the Convent of Notre Dame in Bzommar, Lebanon , as the new bishop of

1015-618: The economic crisis there. At the same time, many Catholic Armenians moved within the United States to San Francisco , San Diego , Chicago , Washington D.C. , Atlanta , Miami and Indianapolis . In 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI 's decision, the Catholic Exarchate of the USA and Canada was raised to the status of a diocese . It serviced 35,000 Catholic Armenians in the United States and some 10,000 in Canada. The bishop, or eparch, of

1050-713: The eparchy has been led by Bishop Krikor Gabroyan. There are some 30,000 Armenian Catholics in the eparchy, the headquarters of which are in Paris. Apart from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Paris, the eparchy has six churches: in Arnouville-lès-Gonesse , Lyon , Marseille , Saint-Chamond , Sèvres and Valence . A community of Mekhitarist Fathers resides in Sèvres and a convent of Armenian Sisters of

1085-405: The fall of the Soviet Union , the Bishop of Rome , Pope John Paul II merged the communities in Georgia and Russia with those in Armenia, creating the new Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe , with its residence in Gyumri. The city was not chosen by chance: most Catholic Armenians live in the northern parts of Armenia. This has become a kind of basis for fence-mending with

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1120-414: The post-Chalcedonian interruption of communion and hence is historically common to all Armenian Christians. It is patterned after the directives of Saint Gregory the Illuminator , founder and patron saint of the Armenian Church. It is used by both the Armenian Apostolic Church , by the Armenian Catholic Church, and by a significant number of Eastern Catholic Christians in the Republic of Georgia. Unlike

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1190-701: The visit would encourage a spiritual and cultural renewal in the country which has been troubled by economic and social problems. Catholic charity Caritas Spes (by 2007 information) functions in 12 regions of the country, has 40 centers engaging 500 employees and volunteers. It runs six family-style homes for orphans with 60 children, financed health rehabilitation camps situated in environmentally healthful areas around Kyiv , Zhytomyr , Ivano-Frankivsk , and Transcarpathian regions, benefits 2,500 children each year. About 12,000 Ukrainian children, mainly victims of Chernobyl , orphans, and children from poor families, had their health improved in this way in 2002–2007. Among

1225-510: Was established in Gyumri , Armenia, in 1994; there candidates for the priesthood engage in basic studies before moving to the Pontifical College of the Armenians (established 1885) in Rome, where they pursue philosophy and theology. There are also tens of thousands of Armenian Catholics in Russia , due to the extensive migration from Armenia to Russia that has occurred since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Currently around 1.5 million Armenians live in North America , of which 35,000 belong to

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