The Ruthenian Catholic Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Uzhhorod City, Ukraine, was built in the 17th century. (photo: Shutterstock) Victor Gaetan News October 27, 2014.

Parma, Ohio, Oct 4, 2019 / 15:18 pm. The Ruthenian Bishop of Parma last week erected Christ the Bridegroom Monastery as a female monastery sui iuris of eparchial right.. The decision was made "in ...

The Ruthenian Catholic Church also uses the Byzantine rite, and it is centered in an oblast that borders four of Ukraine's western neighbors. There are nearly 320,000 Catholics in the Mukachevo ...

The Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic church is one of many Eastern Catholic churches that are in full communion with the Roman Catholic church and recognize the Pope, the Rev. Thomas P. Steinmetz ...

The Ruthenian Church rejoined with Rome in 1646 and is now one of 22 different branches of the Catholic faith headed by the pope, O’Brien said. O’Brien said he was heavily influenced by his uncle.

He served in several Ruthenian Catholic parishes, including a 1998-2002 assignment as protopresbyter of the Cathedral of St. John in Munhall, before being consecrated a bishop in July 2002.

Bubnevych was consecrated on Jan. 28 in this eparchy of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, which comprises 13 Western states.

Rare heraldic tiles were recently discovered under wooden floors at former Basilian monastery in Chełm, Poland, offering a view into 18th-century monastic life.

During the 1960s and early 1970s, a Byzantine Catholic high school was located on the church grounds. Although enrollment peaked at 600 in the late 1960s, the school closed in 1975. In 1995 it housed ...

For example, for a few years, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church thought the Ruthenian Church should become part of its hierarchical structure. “Of course, our clergy and people didn’t want that.