BRACTWO ŚWIĘTEGO MIKOŁAJA W PRZEMYŚLU. GENEZA I FUNKCJE OD MOMENTU POWSTANIA DO CZASÓW WSPÓŁCZESNYCH

• Authors: Adam Białoń

Title variants

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The Brotherhood of Saint Nicholas in Przemyśl: its origin and functions from its foundation until modern times

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Ever since the Middle Ages in the Eastern Church in Poland the main task of the Orthodox brotherhoods was taking care of hospitals. There were also plenty of brotherhoods performing various religious and social functions. But among the obligations of almost each brotherhood was some kind of charitable activity. Due to the traditionally strong secular factor in the life of the Eastern Churches, the brotherhoods played a significant religious and social role. They catered both for the needs of their own members and the whole community of the faithful. After the Union of Brest the Uniate brotherhoods were becoming increasingly similar in their structure and responsibilities to Roman Catholic brotherhoods, also conducting charitable activity in parishes. An important aspect was financial support of poor young students. That kind of charity work, although performed earlier as well, developed particularly in the 19th century. The brotherhoods ran boarding houses for students and supported the poorest of them. The brotherhoods which took care of the youth operated mainly in bigger cities with various types of schools. An example is the Brotherhood of Saint Nicholas in Przemyśl, one of the oldest such organizations in the whole diocese. Even during the Galicia period the Przemyśl Brotherhood, already a statutory society, had provided financial support to students. It helped poor youths until the Second World War. This article presents the development and evolution of goals of the Brotherhood of Saint Nicholas from medieval times to the Galician era and the interwar period. Presented in this way, the history of that confraternity is an excellent example of how the forms and kinds of charity work in the Greek Catholic Church in Poland changed through the ages.

Keywords

EN

charity; Orthodox brotherhoods; Greek Catholic Church; Przemyśl; Galicia; educational system

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk w Przemyślu
• Journal: Rocznik Przemyski
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 3(18): Historia
• Pages: 61-78

Contributors

author

Adam Białoń

Identifiers

ISSN

2449-7347