Chełm Orthodox Diocese as Mentioned in the Gazeta Ludowa. Tygodnik Ilustrowany Weekly from 1915 to 1918
Chełm Orthodox Diocese as Mentioned in the Gazeta Ludowa. Tygodnik Ilustrowany Weekly from 1915 to 1918

Summary/Abstract: During the First World War the illustrated weekly Gazeta Ludowa. Tygodnik Ilustrowany was associated with peasant parties: the Polish Peasant Party “Piast” (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe “Piast”) and the Peasant Union (Zjednoczenie Ludowe). An analysis of the weekly makes it possible to observe the functioning of Chełm Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1915–1918 in the territories of the Polish Kingdom after its faithful were sent to the Russian hinterland (August 1915). The archival material on the history of the Chełm Orthodox Diocese has been both much destroyed and dispersed, and thus one of the possible ways to study the history of Chełm eparchy is to examine the content of the press published in 1915–1918 in the Polish territories. The illustrated weekly under the analysis touched upon subjects pertaining to war destructions in the diocese of Chełm, consequences of a large number of civilians from the guberniyas of Chełm and Lublin sent to the Russian hinterland by the Russian administration and army in 1915, the first stages of the repossession of the Orthodox Church by the Roman Catholic Church, and attempts to establish local missions by the Jesuit Order and the Greek Orthodox priests. Initial research conclusions could be formulated after a look into the history of the Chełm eparchy before 1914 and at the situation during the first years of the Great War in the whole Chełm region and southern Podlachia. The presented analysis does not exhaust the subject under discussion, but previews it for further study.

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