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Ruthenian Heritage

The story of the Carpatho-Rusyns, their long mountain history, and the journey of the Byzantine Catholic Church from Eastern Europe to America.

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An illustrated red-brick immigrant church with three cross-topped spires in a snowy American industrial-belt neighborhood

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The Byzantine Catholic Church in America: A Short History

14 min read
Clergy in black robes and traditional klobuks gathered around a wooden table outside a small Carpathian Byzantine church with an onion dome, framed by snow-covered mountains

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Roots of the Byzantine Catholic Church — Part 3 of 3

Carpatho Rusyns: Spared by the Mountains

13 min read
A Zaporozhian Cossack in a red coat and fur hat on horseback in the open steppe, holding a lance, with two mounted companions in the background

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Roots of the Byzantine Catholic Church — Part 2 of 3

Ukrainian Identity and the Union of Brest

12 min read
A red-and-gold Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary with Christ, flanked by an angel and an apostle figure, in the style of medieval Eastern Christian iconography

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Roots of the Byzantine Catholic Church — Part 1 of 3

Before the Unions: The Council of Florence and Its Long Echo

10 min read
A traditional wooden Carpathian Greek Catholic church on a high mountain ridge, with forested blue mountains rolling into the distance

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The Forgotten Slavs of the Carpathians

22 min read
A Carpathian Byzantine monk overlooking a mountain valley

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Core Faith — Part 2 of 10

An Introduction to the Ruthenian Rite Byzantine Catholic Church

7 min read