Comparative contexts in Ukrainian and Melkite Christianity: The attendance of Patriarch Gregory III Laham at the September 2016 Ukrainian Catholic Synod

1. Introduction;
2. Melkite Catholic origins and development;
3. Ukrainian Christian identity: historical and modern contexts;
3.1 Ukrainian Christian nomenclature;
3.2 Origins and development of the Ukrainian Catholic Church;
4. Eastern Catholics and the Second Vatican Council’s ecclesiology;
5. Gregory III Laham and the UCC synod of September 2016;
5.1 Themes explored by Gregory III in his speech at the Synod;
6. Conclusion.