Eastern Catholic Churches with no Orthodox counterpart

Grouped according to origin of derivation
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From the Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean
Syro-Malabar
From the Oriental Orthodox churches
Armenian
Coptic
Ethiopian
Syriac
Syro-Malankara
Eritrean
Churches with no Orthodox counterpart
Maronite
Italo-Albanian
From the Orthodox Church
Ukrainian
Melkite
Romanian
Ruthenian
Hungarian
Slovak
Križevci
Bulgarian
Greek
Macedonian
Czech
Serbian
Russian
Belarusan
Georgian
Albanian

Grouped according to Liturgical Tradition
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Alexandrian Rite Use
Coptic
Ethiopian
Eritrean
Antiochene Rite Use
aka West Syriac Rite
Syriac
Maronite
Syro-Malankara
Chaldean Rite Use
aka East Syriac Rite
Chaldean
Syro-Malabar
Armenian Rite Use
Armenian
Byzantine Rite aka
Constantinopolitan
Ukrainian
Melkite
Romanian
Ruthenian
Hungarian
Slovak
Križevci
Bulgarian
Italo-Albanian
Greek
Macedonian
Czech
Serbian
Russian
Belarusan
Georgian
Albanian

Eastern Catholic Churches with no Orthodox counterpart

The Maronite Catholic Church, and
The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.

These are two Eastern Catholic churches which, because of unique historical circumstances, do not have an immediate counterpart among the other eastern churches.

While the Maronites adhere to the West Syriac liturgical Rite, the Italo-Albanians adhere to the Byzantine liturgical, spiritual and theological traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy.

Last Modified: 02 Jan 2007