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Today more than 1.3 million Ruthenian (also known as Carpatho-Rusyn) Byzantine Catholics, scattered throughout North America, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and southwest Ukraine, are preparing to celebrate the 350th anniversary of this historic event.
Mar 16, 2020 · PDF | The immigration of the Ruthenian faithful in America represents one of the most significant events within the Catholic Church till today. The... | Find, read and cite all the research...
- Federico Marti
The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, also known in the United States as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Eastern Europe and North America. As a particular church of the Catholic Church, it is in full communion with the Holy See.
The Ruthenian immigration to America comes almost wholly from these dioceses, and their efforts and progress in solidly establishing themselves in the United States and Canada have been described. They have built many fine and flourishing churches, have established schools and now have a bishop here of their own rite (see Greek Catholics in ...
The immigration of the Ruthenian faithful in America represents one of the most significant events within the Catholic Church till today. The arrival of thousands of oriental Catholics claiming their rights to live according to their own traditional
- Federico Marti
in America from its difficult beginnings in 1884 to the naming of its first bishop. The Ruthenians, who began their mass migration to the United States in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, came from the territories of present day western Ukraine-at the time under the political control of Austria-Hungary.
But the people who have been foremost and most enthusiastic in the support of and devotion to their Oriental Rite are the so-called Ruthenians, a name used to designate the Ruthenians proper and also those Slovaks who are their immediate neighbors.
