Eastern Catholic churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches are autocephalous Christian churches. They recognize the Bishop of Rome as their spiritual leader, like other Catholics.They differ on ideas as how a mass should be organised, or which prayers are more important than others.
In total there are 23 such churches, the probably best known are listed below:
- Coptic Catholic Church
- Maronite Church
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Related pages
Other websites
General
- Orientale Lumen - Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II on the Eastern Churches
- Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium - original text of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, with concordance
- Code of canons of the Oriental Churchs - defective English translation, with concordance
- Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine - Instruction by Congregation for the Eastern Churches
- What All Catholics Should Know About Eastern Catholic Churches Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Eastern Catholics in the United States of America - adapted from a similar publication by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference
Individual Churches
- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine—Official Website
- Maronite Patriarchate Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine—Official Website
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Archived 2008-07-30 at the Wayback Machine—Official Website
- Syro Malankara Catholic Church International Homepage Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine—Official Website
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Byzantine Catholic Church in America—Information and Messageboards
- Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh—Official Website
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