Josaphat Kuntsevych
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Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Polotsk from 1618 to 1623. On 12 November 1623, he was beaten to de
Icon of St. Josaphat
St Josaphat Saint of Ruthenia
Saint Josaphat, depicted in a Ukrainian Greek Catholic monastery in Vilnius.
Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych (c. 1861) by Józef Simmler, National Museum in Warsaw
The Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych is a traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity founded in 2000 by Basil Kovpak, originating from Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The society is aff
Josaphat Kuntsevych
…had survived the underground Church during the 1947-1987 religious persecution by the Soviet Government and the Russian Orthodox Church, founded the Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat in protest against the allegedly modernistic theology and actions of the UGCC hierarchy which had arrived from the Ukrainian diaspora since the collapse…
Vladimir the Great. The society declares that one of its main goals is conversion of Russia and Ukraine to unity with the Catholic Church.