Eparchy of Cholm

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The Cholm Eparchy was an Orthodox diocese from 1223 to 1596 in what is now eastern Poland and western Ukraine .

history

Emergence

The Cholm eparchy was founded in 1223 by Prince Daniel Romanowitsch of Galicia in Ugoresk from part of the Volyn eparchy . In 1240 its seat was moved to Cholm (Chełm).

area

It included the area of ​​the later Chełmer Land and the Principality of Bels , later also the northern Podlachia with Horodlo , Kamin-Kaschyrskyj , Ratne and Ljuboml .

In 1303 it belonged to the Metropolitan Region of Galicia .

Kingdom of Poland

Since the area belonged to the Kingdom of Poland from 1377 , the influence of the Roman Catholic Church grew .

Since 1590, Bishop Dionysios was involved in the creation of a union between the Ruthenian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church in Poland-Lithuania. In 1596 he was one of the signatories of the Brest Union , which led to the formation of a united church . The eparchy passed into the united church.

In the 17th century, three Orthodox bishops were installed for Cholm, but without any real exercise of office.

literature

  • A. Mironowicz, Kościół prawosławny w państwie Piastów i Jagiellonów , Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, Białystok 2003, pp. 156–162

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