Saints Who Are Eastern Catholic Only?

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Are there any saints who are only Eastern Catholic, and not a saint from the Orthodox Church who Eastern Catholics venerate as well?
 
Rawb said:
Are there any saints who are only Eastern Catholic, and not a saint from the Orthodox Church who Eastern Catholics venerate as well?
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There is a number from the UGCC. I doubt the Orthodox will be venerating St. Josaphat anytime soon.
 
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Are there any saints who are only Eastern Catholic, and not a saint from the Orthodox Church who Eastern Catholics venerate as well?
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Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, don’t know if he counts or not.
 
Yes, there are.

I’m no expert, so I don’t know very many, but St. Josaphat (a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop) seems like the most famous one to me.
 
Here’s a list to get you started (Eastern Catholic Saints of different traditions): Blessed Leonid Feodorov, St. Josaphat, Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky, Servant of God Geevarghese Mar Ivanios,Blessed Basil Hopko, Blessed Paul Gojdich, OSBM, Blessed Theodore Romzha, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Blessed Ivan Ziatyk, Saint Charbel

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has a LOT of martyrs for unity with the Pope of Rome (mostly at the hands of the Bolsheviks), this is one of the reasons why the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has always been and always will be my favorite Eastern Catholic Church.
 
catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7029 - on St.Alphonsa of The Immaculate Conception , the first canonised saint of SyroMalabar Church , a patroness of students , those afflicted by foot ailments ,for help with marriages and for those afflicted by mental illness ; she had many sufferings during her earthly life , possibly used them well , repenting for , asking for mercy and grace of repentance for all who might have contributed to same, one way or other and recognising the power of such prayers offered in union with that of The Lord’s sufferings , lived a joy filled life !
 
Tradycja said:
Here’s a list to get you started (Eastern Catholic Saints of different traditions): Blessed Leonid Feodorov, St. Josaphat, Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky, Servant of God Geevarghese Mar Ivanios,Blessed Basil Hopko, Blessed Paul Gojdich, OSBM, Blessed Theodore Romzha, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Blessed Ivan Ziatyk, Saint Charbel

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has a LOT of martyrs for unity with the Pope of Rome (mostly at the hands of the Bolsheviks), this is one of the reasons why the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has always been and always will be my favorite Eastern Catholic Church.
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Metropolitan Sheptytsky isn’t beatified yet. But he is already honored in many ways by the UGCC. The Institute of the UGCC for North America for Eastern Christian Studies bear his name.
 
Here is a list of **Byzantine Catholics **who have been canonized or beatified:

Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych (the only Byzantine Catholic so far to have been formally canonized)

Blessed Vincent Lewoniuk and 12 Companions (a.k.a. The Martyrs of Pratulin/Podlasie) unici.pl/content/view/65.html

Blessed Theodore Romzha

Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky, C.Ss.R., Bishop, and 24 Companions:
-Blessed Simeon Lukach, Bishop
-Blessed Petro Verhun, Priest
-Blessed Nykyta Budka, Bishop
-Blessed Clement Sheptytsky, Archimandrite
-Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R., Bishop
-Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky, OSBM, Bishop
-Blessed Hryhorij Khomyshyn, Bishop
-Blessed Ivan Sleziuk, Bishop
-Blessed Hryhorij Lakota, Bishop
-Blessed Mykolaj Tsehelsky, Priest
-Blessed Leonid Feodorov, Exarch
-Blessed Zenon Kovalyk, C.Ss.R., Priest
-Blessed Ivan Ziatyk, C.Ss.R., Priest
-Blessed Severian Baranyk, OSBM, Priest
-Blessed Yakym Senkivsky, OSBM, Priest
-Blessed Vitalij Bajrak, OSBM, Priest
-Blessed Andrij Ishchak, Priest
-Blessed Volodymyr Pryjma, Cantor
-Blessed Oleksij Zarytsky, Priest
-Blessed Sister Lavrentia Herasymiv, SSJ
-Blessed Sister Tarsykia Mats’kiv, SSMI
-Blessed Sister Olympia Bida, SSJ
-Blessed Roman Lysko
-Blessed Mykola Konrad

Blessed Emilian Kovch, Priest, (martyed by the Nazis)

Blessed Pavol Gojdic
Blessed Metod Dominik Trcka
Blessed Basil Hopko

Blessed Kamen Vicev (Bulgarian Assumptionist martyr)

Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified (Melkite Carmelite nun and mystic)
Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska
 
Maronite
Saint Charbel
Saint Nemetallah Hardini
Saint Rafqa
Blessed Massabki Brothers (Francis, Abdel Mo’ti and Rouphael), martyrs

Armenian
Blessed Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan, archbishop and martyr
Blessed Gomidas Keumurjian, priest and martyr

Ethiopian (Ge’ez)
Blessed Ghebre-Michael, martyr
 
Three others that are not listed:
Blessed Estephan [Stephen] Naameh, OLM [Lebanese Maronite Order]
Servant of God Bshara AbouMrad, BSO [Melkite]
Servant of God Estephan [Stephen] al-Doueihi [greatest Maronite Patriarch]
 
More Eastern Catholic candidates for canonization (special thanks to Irish Melkite for providing me with many of the names):

Servant of God Papa Josif Mihali, Albanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Father Archimandrite & Exarch Fabian Abrantovich, MIC, Belarusian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Father & Apostolic Administrator Andrej Tsikoto, MIC, Belarusian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Father Patapios Emilianov, Martyr, Russian Catholic Old Believer, Martyr

Servant of God Mother Catherine Abrikosova, OPL, Russian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Sr. Rosa of the Heart of Mary (Jentkiewicz), OPL, Polish, Religious of Mother Abrikosova’s community, Martyr,

Sevant of God Camilla Nikolaevna Kruczelnicka, Russian (Byzantine?) Catholic, Martyr

Servant of God Fr. Epiphany Akulov, Russian Byzantine Catholic, Martyr

Venerable Abba Felice Maria (Haile Mariam Ghebre Amlak), OCist, Eritrean Ge’ez

Servant of God, Father Exarch Shio Batmalashvili, Georgian Byzantine, Martyr

Venerable Hieromonk Beshara Abou-Mrad, BSO, Melkite

Venerable Archbishop Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, OIC, Proto-Hierarch, Syro-Malankara Catholic

Servant of God Eparch Juliu Cardinal Hossu, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Eparch Valeriu Traian Frentiu, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Eparch Valeriu Alexandru Rusu, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Eparch Ioan Balan, Martyr, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Eparch Ioan Suciu, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Eparch Vasile Aftenie, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr

Servant of God Eparch Tit Liviu Chinezu, Romanian Byzantine, Martyr
 
5Loaves said:
We commemorate him on his Feast Day in our parish.
It’s a sorry history with people hurt all around. Many of us are very close to the OCA.
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Sorry – this is a bit over the line – as it would be for Orthodox to celebrate Josephat. It reminds me of the time I walked into a Melkite church at one of our conventions and saw the icons of Photios the Great, Markos Evgenikos, and [forgot the third] inside the narthex doors. The two, OK. But Mark Evgenikos? C’mon! There will be a time when Josephat and Evgenikos will be celebrated by all with all the saints. But we also have to be willing to bow to the sensus fideli and to humbly await that moment. Oh, now I remember the third: Gregorios Palamas. His veneration, along with Photios, is appropriate because of the sensus fideli in his regard…
 
Godric2 said:
And are there Chaldean Catholic saints among them?
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To be honest, I don’t think there have been any venerable, or beatified, or canonized Chaldean/Assyrian Saints since union with Rome. We do have Saints from before then from the Church of the East, some of which are listed on Kaldu.org.

Our church is known as the Church of Martyrs, with martyrdom recurring too often in our history, especially recently. Personally, I feel that the many martyrs of our church are quite venerable in their own right. May their prayers help our struggling church survive against Islamic aggression.

-God Bless
 
I would be surprised if modern martyrs like Abp. Rahho and Fr. Ghanni were not venerated by the Chaldean and other Catholic people of Iraq.
 
dzheremi said:
I would be surprised if modern martyrs like Abp. Rahho and Fr. Ghanni were not venerated by the Chaldean and other Catholic people of Iraq.
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Yes, and we might also mention the innocents who were murdered at Sayidat al-Najat in Bahgdad simply because they were at Mass. Sounds like martyrdom to me. 😉
 
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