As I wrote before the Church of the Assumption was ruled by the Stauropegia Fraternity, one of the strongest and most influencial Orthodox communities. It emerged on the basis of guilds and had many merchants and craftsmen among its members. First mentioned in 1439, in the 16th and 17th centuries this Fraternity was already given [...]
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As I wrote yestarday, on october 14th Maxim Krivonos seized Castle Hill. This event has been commemorated by stone monument erected in the Park; the street leading to the summit of the hill has been named after Krivonos. As I wrote earlier today, there were many attempts to seize the Castle Hill and all of them faild until 1648 when entire Ukraine was enveloped in a national war. As the battlefield extended to Galicia the Ukrainian peasant and the urban poor lookedupon the Cossacks as their saviours who would put an end to [...] |
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