Eparchy Halitsch

The Halitsch Eparchy (later Halitsch and Lemberg Eparchy ) was an Orthodox diocese from around 1134 to 1700 in Galicia in what is now Ukraine .

The eparchy was separated from the eparchy of Vladimir around 1134 . It included the territory of the Principality of Halitsch . Since 1303 the Bishop of Halitsch was Metropolitan of Galicia .

In 1540 the seat of the eparchy was moved to Lviv . 1596 eparchy remained after the Union of Brest orthodox and was only 1677/1700 in union .

Web links

• History of the Halich and Lviv Eparchy (З історії заснування Галицької і Львівської архієрейських кафедр)

literature

• Antoni Mironowicz, Kościół prawosławny w państwie Piastów i Jagiellonów , Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, Białystok 2003, ISBN 83-89031-39-6