Ukrainian Churches
Ukrainian churches, abbreviation for those that arose in Ukraine and v. a. Eastern Churches widespread there: Ukrainian Catholic Church, Uniate: Eastern Church connectedwith the Catholic Church (Uniate), includes the Catholics of the Byzantine-Ukrainian rite. Emerging from the Union of Brest-Litowsk of 1595/96 (Brest Union), the Ukrainian Catholic Churchonly continuedto existin the Polish partafter the partition […]
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