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Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM (c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church who on 12 November 1623 was beaten to death with an axe during an anti-Catholic riot by Eastern Orthodox Belarusians in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Martyr, born in the little town of Volodymyr in Lithuania (Volyn) in 1580 or — according to some writers — 1584; died at Vitebsk, Russia, 12 November, 1623. The saint's birth occurred in a gloomy period for the Ruthenian Church.
Jul 16, 2024 · Today, on the day of his martyrdom, Nov. 12, Roman Catholics and some Eastern Catholics remember St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, a bishop and monk whose example of faith inspired many Eastern Orthodox...
St. Josaphat Kuncewicz. Born in a time of disunity. John Kuntsevych’s (1580-1623) early life echoed the larger controversies that agitated the Church of his land, and indeed, the Church as a whole ever since the Great Schism separated Orthodox and Catholic Christians in the year 1054.
Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych was an important figure in the history of the Catholic Church as he served as an archimandrite, bishop, and martyr. He was born on approximately 1580 in the region of Volhynia, which is in present-day Ukraine.
Nov 12, 2023 · St. Josaphat Kuntsevych. Josaphat, an Eastern Rite bishop, is held up as a martyr to Church unity because he died trying to bring part of the Orthodox Church into union with Rome.
Martyr, born in the little town of Volodymyr in Lithuania (Volyn) in 1580 or -- according to some writers -- 1584; died at Vitebsk, Russia, 12 November, 1623. The saint's birth occurred in a gloomy period for the Ruthenian Church .
