Liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church (1839)
Institutional seizure and spiritual unification: the empire liquidates the independent Uniate church on the Right Bank, transferring the flock and property under the control of the state church. The mechanism is recorded in the fates of monasteries: "in connection with the tsarist regime's liquidation of the Union in this region (1839), the monastery was closed, and its buildings destroyed"[1]; "By the mid-19th century all monasteries of the Basilian order on the territory of the Russian Empire had been liquidated"[2].
Actors
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| G0009 | Russian Empire | 2 |
Instruments Applied
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| S0008 | Government | 1 |
| S0011 | Moscow Patriarchate | 1 |
Procedures Carried Out
The liquidation of the independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank in 1839: "in connection with the tsarist regime's liquidation of the Union in this region (1839), the monastery was closed, and its buildings destroyed"[1].
The forced transfer of the Uniate faithful of the Right Bank into the empire's state church (the Holy Synod; the patriarchate in Russia was abolished until 1917) for the spiritual assimilation of the population: the Basilian monasteries – the mainstay of the Union – were liquidated throughout the empire by the mid-19th century[2].