The Archeparchy of Lviv is a metropolitan

archeparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...

of the

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History

Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406)

The eparchy was established as the Orthodox Eparchy of Halych suffragan to Metropolitan of Kiev at some time during the mid 12th century, with its see originally located in

Halych Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the P ...

. In 1303 it was elevated to metropolitan status and held such status during several periods of the 14th century, until after 1401 the title of the vacated province was moved to the Metropolitan of Kyiv. Following the 14th century

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, the diocese was secured after the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) ( la, Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica an ...

Eparchy of Lviv

After long mediation in the mid 1539 the eparchy was re-established with its see moved to

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. The eparchy at first did not recognize the

Union of Brest The Union of Brest (; ; ; ) was the 1595–96 decision of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church eparchies (dioceses) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to break relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church and to enter into communion with, and place i ...

of 1596, which restored full communion with the

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, and joined it only in 1700. Following the

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at the end of 18th century when most of the Ukrainian lands fell under Russian rule, the Metropolia of Halych was re-established in 1807, covering the Austrian ruled region of Halychyna and Lviv was elevated to the rank of archeparchy. After the

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, in 1946 the Archeparchy, together with the entire Ukrainian Church was forcefully subjected under the Russian Orthodox Church, but it secretly continued to function in its canonical territory, and in 1959, was elevated by

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to the rank of Major Archeparchy. After the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Church could begin restoring canonical regularity. On 19 August 1990 Archbishop Volodymyr (Sternyuk) served the first Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the returned to the church St. George's Cathedral, Lviv. On 30 March 1991 there took place returning of Major Archbishop of Lviv, Cardinal Myroslav Lyubachivskyi, the head of the

from Rome to his major archiepiscopal see in Lviv. In 1992 the church synod adopted decision to create more eparchies out the archeparchy of Lviv and on 12 July 1993 it was approved by the Pope. There were established eparchy of Zboriv, eparchy of Sambir and Drohobych, and eparchy of Ternopil. In 2000 there were created eparchy of Stryi and eparchy of Sokal. In 2004 new Major Archbishop of Lviv

Lubomyr Husar Lubomyr Husar MSU ( uk, Любомир Гузар, Liubomyr Huzar; 26 February 1933 – 31 May 2017) was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the ...

moved his see to Kiev, becoming Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, leaving the archeparchy of Lviv to Archbishop Ihor Vozniak. In 2011 the church structure was changed and Archeparchy of Lviv became a regional center of the church as metropolitan archeparchy with four suffragan eparchies, archeparchy of Lviv, eparchy of Stryi, eparchy of Sambir and Drohobych, and eparchy of Sokal and Zhovkva. the Archbishop of Lviv was Archbishop Ihor Vozniak. He was auxiliary bishop of the Major Archeparchy of Lviv during 2001–2004, and with the renaming of the Major Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, he became auxiliary bishop of the new Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych in December 2004. In 2005 the Synod elected him the first archbishop of the new Archeparchy of Lviv.

Timeline

* Established in the 12th century as Orthodox ''Eparchy of Halych'', on territory split off from the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'. * 1303: Elevated as

Metropolis of Halych The Metropolis of Halych was a metropolis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was erected on the territory of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia in 1303 by Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople. The ...

. * 1406: Lost a metropolis status, again become as an eparchy with Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus'. * 1540: a see transferred to

and renamed as ''Eparchy of Lviv and Halych''. * March 7, 1677: Clandestinely joined

with Bishop Yosyf Shumlyansky. * June 9, 1700: Joined

with title ''Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi''. * February 22, 1807: Elevated as Metropolis with suffragan sees Eparchy of Przemyśl–Sambir and Eparchy of Chełm–Belz. * January 29, 1830: Lost the Eparchy of Chełm–Belz, that belongs immediately to the

. * March 26, 1885: Lost territory to establish the Eparchy of Stanislaviv. * December 23, 1963: Elevated as Major Archeparchy. * April 20, 1993: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir–Drohobych. * April 20, 1993: Lost territory to establish the

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. * April 20, 1993: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv. * July 21, 2000: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal. * July 21, 2000: Lost territory to establish the

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi The Eparchy of Stryi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan see of the Archeparchy of Lviv. The first Eparch was Bishop Julian Gbur, who was appointed to this position by Pope John Paul II on 21 July 2000. He di ...

. * December 6, 2004: Elevated as ''Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv'' (no longer a Major Archeparchy and Metropolitan). * November 21, 2011: Become a Metropolitan See with 3 another suffragan sees.

External links

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Dioceses established in the 12th century Ruthenian Uniate eparchies Lviv

History

Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406)

Eparchy of Lviv

Timeline

See also

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