Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Ruthenian Catholic Church, also in America commonly referred to as the "Byzantine Catholic Church," uses the Byzantine Rite and is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome. The Ruthenian Catholic Church itself has two branches - American and European. In the United States, the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh is self-governing (sui iuris); the European branch is immediately subject to the Holy See. The European branch has an eparchy in the Ukraine (the Eparchy of Mukacheve) and another in the Czech Republic (the Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic).The Ruthenian Catholic Church is rooted among the Rusyn people who lived in Carpathian Ruthenia, in and around the Carpathian Mountains; the area is where the borders of present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine meet. The modern Church is multi-ethnic, with the Metropolia of Pittsburgh being predominately English-speaking and mostly descendants of Rusyns with also Slovaks, Hungarians, Croatians and many Americans of non-Slavic or non-Eastern European ancestry. The modern Eparchy of Mukacheve in Ukraine remains officially part of the greater Ruthenian Church."@en }
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- Ruthenian_Catholic_Church abstract "The Ruthenian Catholic Church, also in America commonly referred to as the "Byzantine Catholic Church," uses the Byzantine Rite and is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome. The Ruthenian Catholic Church itself has two branches - American and European. In the United States, the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh is self-governing (sui iuris); the European branch is immediately subject to the Holy See. The European branch has an eparchy in the Ukraine (the Eparchy of Mukacheve) and another in the Czech Republic (the Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic).The Ruthenian Catholic Church is rooted among the Rusyn people who lived in Carpathian Ruthenia, in and around the Carpathian Mountains; the area is where the borders of present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine meet. The modern Church is multi-ethnic, with the Metropolia of Pittsburgh being predominately English-speaking and mostly descendants of Rusyns with also Slovaks, Hungarians, Croatians and many Americans of non-Slavic or non-Eastern European ancestry. The modern Eparchy of Mukacheve in Ukraine remains officially part of the greater Ruthenian Church.".