Tsarist repression against the Greek Catholic Church on the south-eastern frontiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the 18th century Cover Image

Царские репрессии относительно грекокатолической Церкви на юго-восточной Речи Посполитой в конце XVIII века (Carskie represje wobec Cerkwi greckokatolickiej na południowo-wschodnich rubieżach Rzeczypospolitej w końcu XVIII wieku)
Tsarist repression against the Greek Catholic Church on the south-eastern frontiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the 18th century

Author(s): Viktoria Bilyk
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Commonwealth; confessions;Roman Catholic Church;Greek Catholic Church; Greek Catholic Church;

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the actions taken by the Russian Empress Yekaterina II. They were aimed at excluding Greek Catholic parishes of the Ukraine from the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. They had been the part of Commonwealth of Poland and became newly-connected to Russia. It demonstrates, on the base of archival materials, the resistance of the clergy and parishioners of the Greek Catholic Church to the violent return to the Orthodox Church.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 233-248
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian