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Order of Saint Basil the Great

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The Order of Saint Basil the Great spread and flourished across modern day Belarus and Ukraine and played a key role in the education both of laity and clergy, and helped to preserve the distinctiveness of the Ruthenian culture in the predominantly Polish and Roman Catholic
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directed against all religious orders. In the second half of the 19th century efforts were undertaken to renew the Order. By 1882 it was reduced to just 60 monks in 14 monasteries. With permission from Pope
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in 1596. The monasteries living according to the rules of St. Basil and St. Theodore Studite, previously undergoing a period of laxity and decline, were reformed by the initiative of
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and other Greek-Catholic churches in central and Eastern Europe. The order received approbation on August 20, 1631, and is based at the
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underground. In all of the Soviet-controlled territories only a single Basilian monastery was left open, in the Polish capital of
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monastery, by which it became less sedentary and more missionary, among other things allowing the monks to work with the
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rule where the fate of the Ruthenian Church was much better. However, the Order suffered under the policies of
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at the end of the 18th century. In 1772 the Order had over 200 monasteries and over 1000 monks, six
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and Romania. By 1939 the number of monks rose to over 650. In 1944 the order purchased the
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overseas. The Basilians reached Brazil (1897), Canada (1902), United States (1907), and
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Besides the Order of Saint Basil the Great, there is a smaller order of
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that was revived at the end of 19th century by Metropolitan of Galicia
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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monastic order of pontifical right that works actively among
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Christian religious orders established in the 17th century
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the Basilian Constitution was updated with help from the
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Monastic life began to develop in Ukraine in the time of
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History and facts about the Order of St. Basil the Great
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Monastic religious order of the Greek Catholic Churches
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and Ukraine) has re-affirmed its communion with the
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Monastery of the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (
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Index

OSB, the Benedictine Order
Basilian (disambiguation)
Latin

Josaphat Kuntsevych
pontifical right
Superior General
Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian
romanized
Latin
Greek Catholic
Ukrainian Catholics
Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Vilnius
Metropolitan of Kiev
Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky
Josaphat Kuntsevych
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
World War II
fall of the Soviet Union
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Studite Monks
Andrey Sheptytsky
Univ Lavra

Basil of Caesarea
Rule of St Basil
Theodore the Studite
Theodosius of Kiev
Josaphat Kuntsevych

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