Many of his Byzantine Catholics were won over to allegiance to Orthodoxy. Saint Josaphat (also known as Jehoshaphat or Josaphat) is said to have lived and died in the 3rd century or 4th century in India.. Catholic Encyclopedia : St. Josaphat Kuncevyc Extrait de la lettre encyclique Ecclesiam Dei de S.S. Pie XI (12 novembre 1923), à l'occasion du troisième centenaire de la mort de Kountsevitch Biographie sur un site orthodoxe favorable à Josaphat. St. Josaphat’s body was discovered incorrupt, five years later. 1.8K likes. St. Josaphat was born in Lithuania about 1580 into a Catholic family and early promoted Catholic unity in a country divided between Orthodox and Catholic. Skip to content . In the twentieth century, Josaphat’s remains were brought to Rome and buried under the altar of Saint Basil in St. Peter’s Basilica. Visit the post for more. 26401 St. Josaphat Dr. Warren, MI 48091 Create a website or blog at WordPress.com.

An Anniversary of Mourning Josaphat the Malevolent by Nicholas Maas. 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. Josaphat (Ivan Kountsevitch) est né en Volhynie, en Ukraine, en 1584.Il était encore très jeune au moment de l'Union de Brest en 1596 où une partie de l'Église de Ruthénie se rattache à Rome et constitue l'Église gréco-catholique ou Église ruthène. Fish Fry. An Orthodox archbishop of Polotsk was appointed, and Josaphat was accused of taking office invalidly. After the partition of Poland, the Russians forced most Ruthenians to join the Russian Orthodox Church. Josaphat was beatified in 1643 and canonized in 1867. Post to. St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Trenton, New Jersey. In 1054, a formal split called a schism took place between the Eastern Church centered in Constantinople and the Western Church centered in Rome. Josaphat’s death brought a movement toward Catholicism and unity, but the controversy continued, and the dissidents, too, had their martyr. Even the king of Poland wavered in his support of Josaphat, especially when Polish bishops accused him of betraying his faith by not Latinizing his diocese. He entered the Byzantine monastery of Holy Trinity in Vilna in 1604 and was elected Catholic archbishop of Polotsk in 1614. Cancel. Sa vie. In existence for over 60 … Saint Josaphat was brutally attacked by a mob, his head was cleaved by an axe, and his body dumped into a river. The parish of St. Josaphat's was incorporated on November 30, 1949.