Byzantine-rite priests and faithful were imprisoned and murdered by the Soviets. “Our spirituality is very challenging and presents a challenge to the world that is very secularized and has a ...

The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians ... A decree in 1907 permitted only celibate priests to be admitted to ...

The Byzantine rite developed in the East, ... He was one of five American priests who attended a March 2024 meeting of parish priests as part of the synod on synodality held at the Vatican.

The only downside is his isolation from other Eastern rite priests. The nearest Byzantine churches are in Seattle and Olympia. But he does keep connected to the Catholic Diocese of Spokane.

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., is the fifth Byzantine Catholic ordinary of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Parma, covering several Midwestern U.S. states. Enthroned as bishop on June 30 at his cathedral in ...

A recent Vatican decision that allows married men to be ordained as Byzantine priests is being applauded by local clergy from that religious rite. The Rev. James Demko, pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul… ...

By the ninth century, Eastern Catholic rites spread north into Europe, when the Greek priests Sts. ... Of the 22 others, which are Eastern rites, the Byzantine tradition is the largest overall.

Byzantine-rite priests and faithful were imprisoned and murdered by the Soviets. “Our spirituality is very challenging and presents a challenge to the world that is very secularized and has a ...