The Eastern Catholic clergy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church formed a tight-knit hereditary social caste that dominated Ukrainian society in Western Ukraine, from the late eighteenth until the m
St. George's Cathedral, Lviv: The cathedral also holds a predominant position in Ukrainian religious and cultural terms.
Traditional wooden Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kolochava
East Catholic regions in Europe (1901) including the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Kost Levytsky, a priest's son, would become the major political figure in western Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Clerical marriage
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Clerical marriage is the practice of allowing Christian clergy to marry. This practice is distinct from allowing married persons to become clergy. Clerical marriage is admitted among Protestants, incl
Eastern Catholic clergy in Ukraine
…following reforms instituted by Emperor Joseph II, Sovereign of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Because, like their Eastern Orthodox brethren, married men in the Ukrainian Catholic Church could become priests (although they could not become Bishops unless they were widowers), they were able to establish…
Married Eastern Orthodox priest from Jerusalem with his family (three generations), c. 1893
Marriage reform: cleric Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora in 1525.
One of the final drafts of the Six articles (1539), reaffirming clerical celibacy in England
Married Romanian Eastern Catholic priest with his family