Eastern Catholics

[aalpha1989]

I'm a little bit confused about which eastern churches are in union with Rome. I know that Greek Orthodox is not. Is the Byzantine? Russian Orthodox? Eastern Orthodox? etc.?

[cappie]

After the Great Schism of 1054 between Eastern and Western Christians, some groups, such as the Maronites and Armenians, were united to Rome in the following century. The real history of the development of the Eastern rite churches, however, began in the 16th century. In 1596, by the Brest-Litovsk Union, two Ukrainian Orthodox bishops acknowledged the primacy of the pope. Other groups followed, such as the Chaldeans (1681) and other churches of the Byzantine rite (the Ruthenians in 1592, the Romanians in 1698, and the Melkites in 1724). The last were the Malankarese (Antiochene rite) of India in 1930. As these various groups of Eastern Catholics grew, Rome established ecclesiastical hierarchies for them.

I think that's all but I am thinking that there have been one more recently but maybe someone can help

[StColette]

I'm not sure how up to date this list is, but EWTN has an article and lists the different Eastern Churches

[url="http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/catholic_rites_and_churches.htm"]Catholic Rites and Churches[/url]