In the Country and Abroad. Military Chaplains of the Orthodox Faith in the Polish Second Republic Army and the Polish Armed Forces in the West Cover Image
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W kraju i na obczyźnie. Kapelani wojskowi wyznania prawosławnego w armii II Rzeczypospolitej i Polskich Siłach Zbrojnych na Zachodzie
In the Country and Abroad. Military Chaplains of the Orthodox Faith in the Polish Second Republic Army and the Polish Armed Forces in the West

Author(s): Jerzy Grzybowski
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Orthodox Church; military ministry; Second Polish Republic; Second World War; emigration; chaplains
Summary/Abstract: The book presents the fates of the selected priests of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, who were military chaplains in the Polish army in the country and in exile from 1919 to 1949. The work shows their spiritual and socio-political activities, revealing some of the less known episodes in the history of Polish Orthodoxy in the 20th century.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-5071-6
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-5063-1
  • Page Count: 284
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Language: Polish