![]() Eventually the celibacy decree was modified. The majority of Cleveland's early Russian Orthodox churches were built by these former Byzantine Rite Catholics in cooperation with the city's Carpatho-Russian Orthodox immigrants. Byzantine Rite Catholics defected to the Russian Orthodox church. ![]() A decree in 1907 permitted only celibate priests to be admitted to America. around the turn of the century, with the arrival of Byzantine Catholic immigrants and their married clergy. This latter practice caused an uproar among Latin Catholics in the U.S. Masses were performed in Old Slavonic rather than Latin the Julian calendar (rather than the Gregorian) was observed the Eastern form of the cross (3 crossbars, the lowest oblique) was retained and marriage of clergy was permitted. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church retained various practices of the Eastern church while acknowledging the supreme leadership of the pope. Initially the name Uniate designated the union of the two faiths later, Greek Catholic or Byzantine Rite Catholic church was preferred. ![]() A new institution was preferable to direct absorption into Roman Catholicism, unacceptable to many from EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. ![]()
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