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    for opposition to the Union of Brest. Athanasius is commemorated on September 5 by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Athanasius Filipovich was born to a petty...
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  • his death Athanasius the Athonite (c. 920–c. 1003), Byzantine monk and saint who founded the monastic community on Mount Athos Athanasius VI bar Khamoro...
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    Martyrdom of the Holy passion-bearer Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism David (1015) Martyrdom of Venerable Athanasius of Brest, Abbot, of Brest, by the Latins...
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    primarily the modern Brest Region of Belarus. Located along the western Bug. Other names for Beresteishchyna include Brest Land, Brest Volost, Berestiyshchyna...
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    Acta Poloniae Historica. 55: 57–83. ISSN 0001-6829. Pekar, Athanasius (1992). "The Union of Brest and attempts to destroy it". Analecta Ordinis S. Basilii...
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    fortress until his death Artemius of Verkola, 16th-century child saint whose body showed no sign of decay Athanasius of Brest, martyr killed by Catholics for...
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    St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jabłeczna (category History of Eastern Orthodoxy)
    monastery became a significant center of Orthodox worship in Chełm Land. After the Union of Brest, the monks of Jabłeczna refused to accept its provisions...
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    Icon of the Mother of God "Abalatsk" ("Sign") (1637) (see also: November 27) Uncovering of the relics (1649) of Hieromartyr Athanasius of Brest, Hegumen...
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    future Orthodox saint and strong opponent of the Union, Athanasius of Brest, was a monk there. It was one of two monasteries in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    Felicjan Filip Wołodkowicz (category Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
    "Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia" On 1731 Wolodkowicz was ordained by Primate of the Uniate church Athanasius Szeptycki as a bishop of Chełm....
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