Prawosławne duszpasterstwo wojskowe w Okręgu Korpusu nr I w latach 1922–1939. Wybrane zagadnienia
Orthodox military ministry in 1st Corps District in 1922–1939. Selected issues

Summary/Abstract: The armed forces of the Second Polish Republic were a true mosaic of nations and denominations. The second largest religious group in the army after the Catholics were members of the Orthodox church. The majority of Orthodox military personnel belonged to the units of the District Corps no. 1 (Warsaw). Pastoral care over those people was taken by a team of Orthodox military chaplains led by the archpriest. The military clergy had to face numerous problems, one of the most important being the the lack of garrison churches, especially in Warsaw. In the 1920s the problem was attempted to be solved by handing over the former Russian Orthodox churches to the Orthodox military clergy. Talks between state and local authorities on one side and representatives of the army and religious denominations on the other did not bring the expected results. The lack of garrison temples caused many difficulties in the pastoral work.

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