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Archeparchy Of Lviv
The Archeparchy of Lviv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected in 1807. As a metropolitan see, it has three suffragan sees: Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych, and Sokal–Zhovkva. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop is Ihor Vozniak. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is St. George's in the city of Lviv. History Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406) The eparchy was established as the Eastern Orthodox Eparchy of Halych at some time during the mid 12th century as a suffragan of the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus'. The episcopal seat was located in Halych. In 1303, the eparchy was elevated to metropolitan status as the Metropolis of Halych. It held this status during several periods of the 14th century. After 1401, the title of the vacated province was moved to the Metropolitan of Kyiv. Eparchy of Lviv After long mediation, Sigismund I re-esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UGCC Lviv Archeparchy Coat Of Arms
UGCC may refer to: * Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the second largest Eastern Rite church within the Catholic Church * United Gold Coast Convention The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was an early nationalist movement British colony of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) that sought independence after the Second World War. It was founded in August 1947 with the aim of self-government "i ..., a post-Second World War political party * United Ghanaian Community Church, 251 E. Waverly Road, Wyncote, PA 19095, a chartered denomination of the Presbyterian Church, USA {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Of Sambir–Drohobych
The Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the ecclesiastical province of Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, Kyiv-Halych. The first eparch was Yulian Voronovskyi, Studite Brethren, M.S.U., who was appointed to this position by Pope John Paul II on 30 March 1994, having previously been as Archiepiscopal Administrator of the eparchy from its inception in 1993. Eparch Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., who had been Coadjutor Bishop of the Eparchy, became Eparch when Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych (Kyiv), Ukraine, with the consent of the Permanent Synod meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, on Saturday, 10 September 2011, and having informed the Apostolic See, accepted the resignation of Eparch Voronovskyi. History *20 April 1993: Re-established as ''Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych'' from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv in the territories of the former Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
