Ukrainian church history

Eastern Catholic churches are in full communion with the Pope in Rome but are distinct from the Roman Catholic Churches. Catholics are encouraged to attend church in any of the other rites and receive sacraments there. Because the Eastern and Roman Catholic church are in union with each other, there are similarities such as keeping the seven sacraments and acceptance of the Pope as the head of the church. There are some differences between Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. There are differences in how they celebrate mass, art, organization and church law. The differences though are not as black and white as they once were and there are variations in different groups of Eastern rite churches. In many Eastern rite churches, married men are allowed to become priests. The sacraments have some differences. Baptism is by immersion rather than sprinkling. An infant receives three sacraments at once--baptism, confirmation and eucharist. The anointing of the sick is not just done to an individual. There are several different rites related to celebrating Mass. The Latin liturgical rites (Roman or Western liturgical rites) would be the one used by Roman Catholic churches. The Eastern churches follow one of several different rites depending on the church and affiliation. The one most familiar to us is probably the Eastern rite (also known as Byzantine rite or the Rite of Constantinople.) The mass is sung and the prayers are different. The history of the Eastern Catholic church involves confusion and conversions for political reasons. Greek Catholicism was more common in Western Ukraine because of mandates of the Polish-Lithuanian state. Orthodoxy was more common in Eastern Ukraine. The Kaszuckis were from Western Ukraine. My description is very minimalist and focused mostly on the time of history of our relatives--not the whole history of the church. I also am trying to tread lightly to not insult anyone or anything unintentionally. For instance, I attended a zoom workshop on Ukrainian church history which was very over my head. I learned that the term “Uniate” is considered insulting to some people who practice according to the Easter rite religion. This term shows up in a lot of the translations I received because it meant that the Eastern church was in Union with the Western Church. Later, some Eastern churches did not appreciate that they were being called by this affiliation Again, I am only scratching the surface in describing the objection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/search?q=Uniate (download of pdf from conference https://www.thecompassnews.org/2011/11/do-you-know-differences-between-roman-byzantine-catholic-churches/v retrieved 1/29/2020