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The Ruthenian Uniate Church (Belarusian: Руская уніяцкая царква, romanized: Ruskaja unijackaja carkva; Ukrainian: Руська унійна церква, romanized: Ruśka unijna cerkva; Latin: Ecclesia Ruthena unita; Polish: Ruski Kościół Unicki) was a particular church of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia was an ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, a particular Eastern Catholic church. It was erected in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1595/96 following the Union of Brest. It was effectively disestablished by the partitions of Poland (1772–1795).
Church leaders have also been targeted for assassination. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has had to move between safe houses to avoid threats. [49] The ongoing conflict has led to significant damage and threats to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and its members. [50] [51]
In 1807 the Russian Empire appointed its own primates for the Ruthenian Uniate Church without the permission of the Pope. [1] Irakliy (1808–1809) Hryhoriy (1809–1814) Josafat (1818–1838) Following the Synod of Polatsk (1838), the Ruthenian Uniate Church was forcibly abolished on the territory of the Russian Empire.
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Religious situation in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1573. The Union of Brest [a] took place in 1595–1596 and represented an agreement by Eastern Orthodox Churches in the Ruthenian portions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to accept the Pope's authority while maintaining Eastern Orthodox liturgical practices, leading to the formation of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, which ...
Ruthenian Uniate Church the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv the Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church , an independent/ Sedevacantist Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that was established in 2008 after separating from the official Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Synod of Lviv [a] or the Council of Lviv (Ukrainian: Львівський собор, romanized: Lvivskyi sobor; Russian: Львовский собор, romanized: Lvovsky sobor) was a March 1946 synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that declared the 1596 Union of Brest to be annulled, thereby unifying the church with the Russian Orthodox Church.