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Greek Catholic

Speech parts

1. Greek Catholic - Noun

2. Greek Catholic - Adjective

Meaning

a member of the Greek Orthodox Church

Source: WordNet

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In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those Churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests. Pope Francis

In a January 7, 2016 interview with the official Egyptian daily, Gregory III Laham, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, expressed concern over the fate of Christian communities in the Arab world. Source: Internet

He also serves as deacon at St. Ann Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Danbury. Source: Internet

In addition, struggles between Rome and Constantinople to control parts of southeastern Europe resulted in the conversion of some churches to Rome, which then also used "Greek Catholic" to indicate their continued use of the Byzantine rites. Source: Internet

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