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The spiritual life of the Eastern Church is characterized by a great variety of forms, among which monasticism is the most perfect one. Monasteries were always a source of spiritual life and therefore a foundation of Christianity. They influenced the policy of the state. Rulers treated monks as people of unquestionable authority. The influence of monastic centers in Greece spread to Central and Eastern...
Due to the partition of the Polish Commonwealth five Uniat dioceses: metropolitan, Polock, Wlodzimiersk, Luck and Chelm - were included into the Russian Empire. The Russian Orthodox Church was malevolent towards Uniats. It was a common belief that Uniats should return to the Orthodox Church. The first action of conversion of Uniats was conducted in Volhynia and Podole in the years 1793-1794. As a...
Historia chrześcijaństwa na ziemiach Rzeczypospolitej ukazuje nam, że na jej terenie doszło do spotkania dwóch wielkich tradycji religijno-kulturowych: wschodniej (bizantyjsko-ruskiej) i zachodniej (łacińskiej). Prawosławie było stałym elementem struktury wyznaniowej kraju, w niektórych jego regionach religią dominującą. W historii wielu narodów dawnej Rzeczypospolitej prawosławie stanowiło ich podstawową...
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