03 - The Eagle and the Knight
From The Wolf and the Cross by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin, and Ancient Faith Ministries
September 27, 2023
About this episode
This episode explores Lithuania's role in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the challenges faced by its Orthodox Church during the Unia.
From 1569 to 1795, Lithuania was joined to Poland in a single state, a multi-lingual, multi-cultural, multi-religious empire stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea – the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In this episode, we look at Lithuania’s role in this state and especially at the tale of its Orthodox Church, which in this period suffered a massive loss in an event known to history as the Unia.
People in this episode
Hosts: Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin
Topics covered
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Orthodox Church
- Unia
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- multi-cultural empire
- religious history
Keywords
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Orthodox Church
- Unia
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- religion
- history
- multi-cultural
- empire
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Orthodox Church
Books & works: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Places: Lithuania, Poland, Baltic, Black Sea
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