Eastern Catholic Churches

23 Eastern Christian churches in the Catholic Church Eastern Catholic ChurchesClockwise from top: St. George's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, Kidane Mehret Eritrean Catholic Cathedral, Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, St. Mary's Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral, Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica of St. MaryClassificationCatholicOrientationEastern ChristianityScriptureBible (Septuagint, Peshitta)TheologyCatholic theology and Eastern theologyPolityEpiscopalStructureCommunionPopeLeo XIVLanguageKoine Greek, Syriac, Hebrew, Aramaic, Geʽez, Coptic, Classical Armenian, Church Slavonic, Arabic, and vernaculars (Albanian, Hungarian, Romanian, Georgian, Malayalam, etc.)LiturgyEastern Catholic liturgiesSeparated fromVarious autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Church of the East throughout the centuriesBranched fromCatholic ChurchMembers18 million Part of a series onParticular churches sui iurisof the Catholic Church Latin cross and Byzantine Patriarchal cross Particular churches are grouped by liturgical rite Alexandrian Rite Coptic Eth