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The Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh is a sui iuris, Eastern-Rite, Catholic Church consisting of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, the Eparchy of Passaic, the Eparchy of Parma and the Eparchy of Van Nuys. It is the only such sui iuris, Catholic Church headquartered in the United States. It was established in 1924 to serve Ruthenian Catholics due to conflicts between them and Ukrainian Catholics in the United States. Sui iuris is a Latin phrase that literally means “of one’s own rightâ€. It is usually spelled sui juris in civil law, which uses the phrase to indicate legal competence, the capacity to manage one’s own affairs (Blacks Law Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary). ... The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East that, while being part of the Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church. ... The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ... Sui iuris is a Latin phrase that literally means “of one’s own rightâ€. It is usually spelled sui juris in civil law, which uses the phrase to indicate legal competence, the capacity to manage one’s own affairs (Blacks Law Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary). ... The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ...
ByzantineCatholics in America are the spiritual descendants of Christians in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East who are the heirs of this Byzantine religious culture, and who therefore trace their spiritual heritage to the Great Church of Constantinople, known as Hagia Sophia (The Church of Holy Wisdom).
ByzantineCatholics are witnesses to the reality of the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, and follow Christ, in and with Him, to His heavenly Kingdom in the Divine Liturgy, the principal liturgical service of the ByzantineChurch.
Byzantine Christian worship is therefore holistic in content and expresses and manifests this beauty in various forms -- ancient sacred religious poetry and hymns, moving chanting styles, bright, brocaded vestments, the burning of incense, the use of candles, the veneration of icons.
On Sunday, members of the ByzantineCatholicChurch in America, guests and European visitors will gather at the David Lawrence Convention Center to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of what has become the Byzantine Archdiocese of Pittsburgh.
ByzantineCatholics make up one of 22 churches under the leadership of the pope, according to church member Dorothy Mayernik.
The splendid icons associated with the Byzantine -- sacred images that depict important religious figures or events -- are well represented, with more than a dozen individual works, an actual icon screen and a display of stages in the "writing" of an icon.
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