Changes

primate=[[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Metropolitan Sawa]]|

possessions=Brasil, Portugal, SpainItaly|language=[[Church Slavonic]], Polish, Portuguese|music=—[[Russian Chant]], [[Polish Chant]], [[Znamenny Chant]]|calendar=—[[Julian Calendar|Julian]], [[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|population=1509,000100 [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51573.htm] - 550,000|

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 land areas area that have constituted makes up modern-day Poland since the missions of Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]] in the 9th ninth century. In the 13th century there were two Orthodox [[diocese]]s centered around Kholm Chełm and PrezemyslPrzemyśl. 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) although they . They were , however, allowed to continue their several Eastern rites 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 mollify antagonisms reduce antagonism in Poland after World War I, the Orthodox leadership in Poland and the Polish government arranged that for the Orthodox in Poland to organize as an autocephalous church , which was recognized by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch|Patriarch of Constantinople]] 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 Prezemysl Przemysl and Nowy Sacz. Most Orthodox Christians are located in eastern Poland , where Polish 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 Prezemysl 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. The Brazilian Orthodox Eparchy of Polish Church uses Portuguese.

*His Eminence [[Simon(Romańczuk) of Łódź and Poznań|Simon]], Archbishop of Lodz Łódź and Poznan.Poznań*His Eminence [[Adam(Dubets) of Przemysl and Novy Sandets|Adam]], Archbishop of Prezemysl Przemysl and Nowy Sacz.*His Eminence Jeremiash[[Jeremiah (Ancimiuk) of Wroclaw|Jeremiah]], Archbishop of Wroclaw Wrocław and Szczecin.*His Eminence [[Abel (Poplavsky) of Lublin and Kholm|Abel]], Archbishop of Lublin and Chelm.Chełm*His Eminence Chrisóstomo, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro and Olinda-Recife*His Grace [[Miron(Chodakowski) of Hajnówka|Miron]], Bishop Archbishop of Hajnowka Hajnówka and auxiliary for the Polish Army. Died in airplane accident [[April 10]], 2010 - Metr. Sawa interim Ordinary of Polish Army.*His Grace [[Jakub (Kostiuczuk) of Bialystok and Gdansk|JakubJacob]], Archbishop of Białystok and Gdańsk*His Grace Ambrósio, Bishop of Bialystok and Gdansk.Recife*His Grace [[Gregory(Charkiewicz) of Bialy|Gregory]], Bishop of Bialy*His Grace George, Bishop of Siemiatycze*His Grace Paisios, Bishop of Gorlice ==Dioceses==*[[Diocese of Warsaw-Bielsk]]*[[Diocese of Bialystok-Gdansk]]*[[Diocese of Lublin-Chełm]]*[[Diocese of Wroclaw-Szczecin]]*Diocese of Lodz-Poznan*[[Diocese of Przemysl-Novy Soncz]]*Orthodox Chaplainship of the Polish Army*Diocese of Rio de Janeiro and Olinda-Recife ==See also==*[[List of Metropolitans of Poland]] ==External links==*[http://www.orthodox.bialystok.pl/en/info.htm Orthodoxy in 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)*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=24&IndexView=toc "The Polish Orthodox Church"] in ''The Eastern Christian Churches: A Brief Survey'' (2008) by Ronald Roberson, on the CNEWA website.'''Original Orthodox Origins'''*Antoni Mironowicz. ''[http://www.slonko.com.pl/the-orthodox-church-in-poland.html The Orthodox Church in Poland].'' Sonca.org. 2010.*Orthodox England. ''[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/poland.htm Orthodox Europe: Poland uncovers its original Orthodoxy].''