The Union of Uzhhorod, was a decision by 63 Ruthenian priests of the Orthodox Eparchy of Mukachevo to join the Catholic Church made on April 24, 1646. Until rediscovery of its founding document in 201
The Krasny Brod Monastery, site of the 1614 meeting
A postcard from 1914 depicting Uzhhorod Castle
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2240 x 3109 pixels 2.5 MB
Ruthenian and Ruthene are exonyms of Latin origin, formerly used in Eastern and Central Europe as common ethnonyms for East Slavs, particularly during the late medieval and early modern periods. The L
Union of Uzhhorod
…of Uzhhorod (Ukrainian: Ужгородська унія, romanized: Uzhhorodska uniia; Rusyn: Ужгородьска унія, romanized: Uzhhorodska uniia), was a decision by 63 Ruthenian priests of the Orthodox Eparchy of Mukachevo (then divided between the Principality of Transylvania and Royal Hungary of the Habsburg monarchy) to join…
A boy with the pilgrimage flag with the Ruthenian lion during the Ruthenian pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1906
Ruthenians of Kholm (Chełm) in 1861.
Ruthenians of Podlachia in the second half of the 19th century.
Latin memorial plate from 1521, that mentions king Odoacer as Rex Rhutenorum (Petersfriedhof, Salzburg).