Eastern Rite - Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia

On today are the Feasts of the Holy Virgin-martyr Agnes of Rome and of the Venerable Maximus the Confessor.

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The Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia (Latin: Ecclesia Graeco-Catholica Croatiae et Serbiae; Croatian: Grkokatolička crkva u Hrvatskoj i Srbiji; Serbian: Гркокатоличка црква у Хрватској и Србији), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia, is a particular (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Catholic Church. It consists of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, covering Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci), covering Serbia. The Eparchy of Križevci was headed by Bishop Nikola Kekić until his retirement in March 2019, and since then the eparchy is governed by apostolic administrator Milan Stipić. The Eparchy of Ruski Krstur is headed by Bishop Đura Džudžar since his appointment in 2003 (until 2018 as Apostolic Exarch).

Although the two eparchies are canonically linked, the Church has no unified structure, nor an ecclesiastical province of its own, since the Eparchy of Križevci is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, and the Eparchy of Ruski Krstur is directly subject to the Holy See.

The Eparchy of Križevci has one Bishop and 44 Diocesan Priests serving 46 Parishes and just over 21,000 Catholics.

The Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci) has one Bishop, 21 Priests (19 Diocesand, 2 Religious), serving 21 Parishes and almost 22,000 Catholics.

The liturgy is the Slavonic form of Byzantine Rite, using the Old Church Slavonic language and the Cyrillic alphabet.