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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.
A history of the conversion of the Eparchy of Chelm according to a noted priest and scholar from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Semeniuk, S. Kholm land is a Ukrainian historical land. Kiev veteran legal association of deported Ukrainians in memory of Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Truglia, C. The Reversion of the Eparchy of Chelm to Orthodoxy. An ...
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
History of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; History of Christianity in Ukraine. Eastern Catholic Churches: Ruthenian Uniate Church to forced dissolution in Soviet Union; 1595 Union of Brest: 1806 transfer of Metropolitan See from Kyiv to Lemberg: 1839 Synod of Polotsk: 1875 Conversion of Chełm Eparchy: 1907 First diaspora bishop: 1946 ...
It was established in 1596 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on territory that had not previously been served by the church. It was suppressed by the Russian Empire on 18 March 1875. In Ukraine, a modern successor to the eparchy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church may be considered to be the Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva.