The article presents the way in which the cult of saint Josaphat Kuncewicz was popularized in the Greek Catholic eparchy of Przemyśl by bishop Josaphat Kocyłowski during his pastoral service (1917–1946). The figure of saint Josaphat was important due to the problems of greek catholics at that particular time of the crisis of the Catholic identity World War I, of the activity of different religious sects and conversions to the Orthodox Church on Lemkivshchyna. The paper also answers the question of how the cult of saint Josaphat was linked both with the building of Ukrainian national identity by the Greek Catholic Church and to the modernization of dioeceseal service of Mgr Kocylowski.
The article describes the diaries kept by the Greek Catholic clergy: Bishop Konstantyn Czechowicz, Reverend Miron Podoliński and Reverend Aleksander Zubrycki with notes on the fights for the Przemyśl Fortress. At present the records are kept in the State Archive in Przemyśl. Those diaries and Rev. Zubrycki’s memories written down between the two wars shed some new light on the events in Przemyśl in the years 1914-1915. They allow us to grasp many aspects of political, social and everyday life in the war-torn city. This article presents a detailed analysis of their content, style and the circumstances in which they were written. Finally, the article outlines the most interesting research perspectives which open up thanks to those invaluable sources.
The article presents the history of the Greek Catholic parish in Oleszyce in the Lubaczów district between the two wars. Analyzing events, processes and attitudes in this small, seemingly unimportant, town, the author places them in a broader context of Polish-Ukrainian rivalry in Eastern Galicia between 1918 and 1939. The conflict between the Greek Catholic parishioners from Oleszyce and their priest Father Antoni Makar reflects the many problems of the people from the Przemyśl eparchy in the interwar period. The conflict illustrates the important role of Greek Catholic priests as leaders of local communities, especially in the fields of nationality and culture.
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