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CARPATHO-RUSYNS

Also called CARPATHO-RUSSIANS, RUSNAKS, RUTHENIANS, etc.

The Carpatho-Rusyns are an East Slavic ethnic group who traditionally lived in or near the Carpathians, surrounded in most places by West Slavic or non-Slavic neighbours. Their exact ethnic identity seems to be complicated even by the standards of Eastern Europe. The various names listed above apparently have different connotations, -- "Ruthenian", for example, seems to be the preference of Eatern Rite Catholics -- and moreover some Carpatho-Rusyns evidently consider themselves Ukrainians rather than members of a separate nationality, while others (I think most) vehemently assert their uniqueness.
Norman Hugh Redington

ABOUT:
- The Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base. Large home-page. --- Carpatho-Rusyn.Org
- 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with exceptional caution)
- John-Paul Himka: Ruthenians. --- Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- John-Paul Himka: Religion and Nationality in Western Ukraine -- the Greek Catholic Church and the Ruthenian National Movement in Galicia, 1867 - 1900, (1999). Montreal: McGill-Queen's, 1999.
SUBGROUPS:
- Lemkos:
  - Walter Maksimovich: Lemkos Homepage. --- Lemko.Org
- American Diaspora:
  - Fr. Robert Hospodar: Clash of Titans. A history of the Carpatho-Rusyns in the US, with considerable emphasis on St. Alexis Toth. [Written by an author in communion with Rome.] --- CIN
PEOPLE:

Saints: St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; St. Maxim Sandovich;
PLACES:

Talerhof;
CARPATHO-RUSYN ORTHODOXY: In Europe, there is not a Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox Church as such; Carpatho-Rusyn are members of the Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, and other local churches (or else are Uniates). In America, Carpatho-Rusyn form the traditional backbone of the OCA, but there are also independent Carpatho-Rusyn jurisdictions, including one under the Ecumenical Patriarch.
- Jurisdictions:
  - The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA. This is the diocese under Constantinople. --- ACROD
- Orthodox traditions, liturgics, etc.
  
  1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with caution)
  The Carpatho-Rusyns are noted for their remarkable plainchant style, called "prostopinije".

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