Storoniak, Jarosław2025-07-082025-07-082009Teologia w Polsce, 2009, Tom 3, nr 1, s. 111-123.2956-63551732-4572https://theo-logos.pl/handle/123456789/33450The reality of the Greek-Catholic Church of Byzantine-Ukrainian rite indicates that it is rooted within the Universal Church. At the same time it has its particular characteristics of the Eastern Catholic Churches and form its ecclesiastical identity. We can enlist the following features: an emphasis on the particularity, koinonia (the fellowship of the Holy Spirit) and Eucharistic ecclesiology; and also the cooperation between civil (cathedral) and monastic traditions with predominance of the monastic spirituality and abundance of the liturgical life. The essential characteristics of the Greek-Catholic Church were and remain as following: deep understanding of the cult of martyrdom and its practice and also the missionary message to certain nations and communities.plCC-BY - Uznanie autorstwacechy Kościoła katolickiego tradycji bizantyjsko-ukraińskiejfunkcje Kościoła katolickiego tradycji bizantyjsko-ukraińskiejKościół katolicki tradycji bizantyjsko-ukraińskiejKościół katolickiKościółtradycja bizantyjsko-ukraińskaeklezjologiateologiafeatures of the Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Ukrainian traditionfunctions of the Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Ukrainian traditionCatholic Church of the Byzantine-Ukrainian traditionCatholic ChurchChurchByzantine-Ukrainian traditionecclesiologytheologyArticle