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Article: Ukrainian Catholic Church: part 1.
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- Catholic Insight
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
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In this very informative article exploring the complex history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Bishop Danylak starts with "the dim beginnings of Christianity in Ukraine," tells how the Church flourished under St. Volodymyr, describes its often stormy relationship with the Orthodox Church, and carries the story on through the period of Communist persecution in our own century.
Historical background
The Ukrainian Catholic Church is again drawn into the limelight with the coming celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest (1596), and the 350th anniversary of the Union of Uzhorod. The proposed celebrations of our Catholicity as the ...