Działalność bazylianów w Brześciu Litewskim w XVII-XIX wieku
Activities of the Basilian Fathers in Brest-Litovsk between the 17th and the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the history of the Basilian monastery in Brest and its role in the religious and social life of the city in the 17th and 18th centuries. The monastery was founded in 1638 and provided the basis for the activi-ties of the hierarchs of the Uniate Church. The monks from the Brest post of the Basilian Order assisted the bishops in the organizational and administrative work of the Diocese of Volodymyr and Brest. The Basilians in Brest did not run the parish. The event that brought the faithful together were the celebrations of church fete. The Basilian church was devoted to the saints associated with the spirituality of the Uniate Church and the im-age of the crucified Christ. The brotherhood of St. Peter and Paul was also associated with the church. The monks ran a school for children of townsmen and gentry, the school was also financed by the city. At the end of the 18th century, the Basilians took care of the Jesuit faculty school. The Basilian school obtained the status of a poviat gentry school. At the monastery there was a library, which housed books purchased and donated by the Basilians and taken over from the dissolved Jesuit monastery in Brest. The monastery was treated as a place providing accommodation and meals by the local nobility.

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