JAN III SOBIESKI WOBEC CERKWI PRAWOSŁAWNEJ I UNICKIEJ
JOHN III SOBIESKI TOWARDS THE ORTHODOX AND THE UNIATE CHURCHES

Summary/Abstract: John III Sobieski had to deal with the problem of conflicted religious denominations, i.e. the Eastern Churches: the Uniate Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, which had been in conflict for almost 80 years. The King’s actions were dependent on various aspects of international politics. Religious matters were an important part of shaping relations with Russia and the Cossacks and remained within the area of interest of the Holy See. Having established peace with Russia, the King left aside the concept of establishing an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and adopted a strategy of expanding the union in the Eastern Orthodox Church dioceses by trying to convince individual hierarchs to this concept.

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