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{{church| name=The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church| founder=Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]]| independence=—| recognition= 1924 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], 1948 by [[Church of Russia|Russia]]| primate=[[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Metropolitan Sawa]]| hq=Warsaw, Poland| territory=Poland| possessions=Brasil, Italy| language=[[Church Slavonic]], Polish| music=[[Russian Chant]], [[Polish Chant]], [[Znamenny Chant]]| calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]], [[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]| population=509,100 [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51573.htm] - 550,000| website=[http://www.orthodox.pl Church of Poland] }} The '''Church of Poland''' is the [[autocephalous]] Orthodox Christian [[church]] in the country of Poland. The church has six [[diocese]]s and is currently led by Metropolitan [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], [[Archbishop]] of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland. While the majority of people in Poland are [[Roman Catholic]], Orthodox Christians have resided in the area that makes up modern-day Poland since the missions of Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]] in the ninth century. In the 13th century there were two Orthodox [[diocese]]s centered around Chełm and Przemyśl. Under the [[Union of Brest]] in 1596 the vast majority of these Orthodox believers were brought under the spiritual leadership of the [[Bishop]] of Rome (the Roman Catholic [[pope]]) as Greek Catholics ([[Unia]]tes). They were, however, allowed to continue several Eastern practices, including a Slavonic [[liturgy]], married [[priest]]s, and [[Eucharist|communion]] with both wine and bread. Loyalties of the faithful between Orthodoxy and the Unia have varied over the ensuing centuries, and tolerance between the ruling regimes and the people has varied as the borders changed. The [[martyr]]dom of [[Maxim Sandovich]] illustrates the tenseness of these relations. In an attempt to reduce antagonism in Poland after World War I, the Orthodox leadership in Poland and the Polish government arranged for the Orthodox in Poland to organize as an autocephalous church, which was recognized by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch|Patriarch of Constantinople]] in 1924. In 1948, the Patriarch of Russia also recognized the autocephaly of the Church of Poland. Today, the Church of Poland is led by the [[Archbishop]] of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland and includes six dioceses/eparchies: Warsaw and Bielsk, Bialystok and Gdansk, Lodz and Poznan, Wroclaw and Szczecin, Lublin and Chelm, and Przemysl and Nowy Sacz. Most Orthodox Christians are located in eastern Poland, where Old [[Church Slavonic]] is the liturgical language. There are a few [[parish]]es throughout Poland where Polish is used during services. The [[Holy Synod]] has translated and published St [[John Chrysostom]]'s and St Basil's Liturgies, as well as the [[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts|Presanctified Liturgy]] of St. [[Gregory the Dialogist|Gregory Dialogus]]. In recent decades Orthodox believers have also returned to the Lemko region, which is part of the Eparchy of Przemysl and Nowy Sacz. Old Church Slavonic is generally used as the liturgical language in the Lemko area. It is estimated that there are about one million Orthodox in Poland. ==Hierarchy== *His Beatitude [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland *His Eminence Simon, Archbishop of Łódź and Poznań *His Eminence [[Adam (Dubets) of Przemysl and Novy Sandets|Adam]], Archbishop of Przemysl and Nowy Sacz *His Eminence Jeremiah, Archbishop of Wrocław and Szczecin *His Eminence [[Abel (Poplavsky) of Lublin and Kholm|Abel]], Archbishop of Lublin and Chełm *His Eminence Chrisóstomo, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro and Olinda-Recife *His Grace Miron, Archbishop of Hajnówka and auxiliary for the Polish Army *His Grace [[Jakub (Kostiuczuk) of Bialystok and Gdansk|Jacob]], Archbishop of Białystok and Gdańsk *His Grace Ambrósio, Bishop of Recife *His Grace Gregory, Bishop of Supraśl *His Grace George, Bishop of Siemiatycze *His Grace Paisios, Bishop of Piotrków ==External links== *[http://www.orthodox.pl/OrthodoxEng/GLOWNA.HTM Official Site of the Church of Poland] *[http://cerkiew.pl/index.php?id=ang Polish Orthodox Unofficial Website] (English and Polish) *[http://orthodox.bialystok.pl/en/ Site of Białystok-Gdańsk Diocese] (English and Polish) *[http://lublin.cerkiew.pl/ Site of Lublin-Chełm Diocese] (Polish) *[http://ordynariat.republika.pl/ Site of Polish Military Ordynariate] (Polish) *[http://www.ortodoxia-brasil.blogspot.com/ Orthodox Church of Brazil] (Portuguese) {{churches}} [[Category:Jurisdictions|Poland]] [[es:Iglesia Ortodoxa de Polonia]] [[fr:Église de Pologne]] [[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă a Poloniei]]

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