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„...united with the Roman Church in the Holy Catholic faith, I wish to live and die“. The Fate of the Uniate Clergy in the Former Bracław Voivodeship Following the Dissolution of the Parish Network (1794-1839)
Abstract
After the Second Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the tsarist authorities launched a campaign to restore the „native Russian appearance“ of the partitioned areas. Dismantling the structures of the Greek Catholic Church became an important aspect of the process of Russification. The rate of conversion to Orthodoxy depended on the respective area. Within the borders of the former Bracław Voivodeship, the action proceeded the fastest. Diversified in terms of religion and nationality, the voivodeship turned out to be open to the influences of Orthodox Christians from both Pereiaslav and Moldavia. Some of the faithful put up passive resistance, while others were eager to return to the faith of their ancestors. Similar attitudes were also characteristic of the Greek Catholic clergy. Stripped of their livelihood as their salaries were not paid regularly, they accepted Orthodoxy formally but remained in their parishes. The article recalls the names of those who stayed faithful to the Catholic Church to the end. Their further life stories after 1840 are still unknown.
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dissolution of the Greek Catholic Church, clergy, repressions, Bracław Voivodeship, displaced priestsDetails
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