The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Prisoner of History

• Author(s): Edward D. Wynot,
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Pages: 158
• ISBN_10: 0739198858
  ISBN_13: 9780739198858
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / General , Religion / Christianity / Orthodox , History / Europe / Eastern , Religion / Christianity / Catholic , Religion / History , Social Science / Minority Studies ,

Description:... The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: Prisoner of History shows the adaptability of an Orthodox community whose members are a religious and ethnic minority in a predominantly Roman Catholic country populated by ethnic Poles. It features a triangular relationship among the Orthodox and Catholic hierarchies and the secular state of Poland throughout the changes of government. A secondary interrelationship involves the tense relationship between ethnic Poles on one hand, and minority Ukrainians and Belarusans on the other. As a “prisoner” of its own history and strangers in its own land, the Polish Orthodox Church faces a constant struggle for survival.