#Josaphat Kuntsevych

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT JOSAPHAT KUNTSEVYCH The Patron of Ukraine Feast Day: November 12

"Please God, I will give my life for the holy union, for the supremacy of Peter and of the Holy Father, his successor… Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood for the unity of the Church, and in behalf of obedience to the Holy See!"

The martyr of ecumenism and the patron of Ukraine, was born circa 1580 in Volodymyr, Volhynian Voivodeship, in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown (now in Ukraine). He was baptized into a family associated with the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Although descended from Ruthenian nobility (szlachta, Kuncewicz family), his father had embarked in business, and held the office of town-councilor. Both of Kuntsevych's parents encouraged religious participation and Christian piety in the young John. In the school at Volodymyr he gave evidence of unusual talent; he studied Church Slavonic and memorized most of the Horologion, which from this period he began to read daily. From this source he drew his early religious education. Owing to the poverty of his parents, Kuntsevych was apprenticed to a merchant named Papovič in Vilnius. In Vilnius, divided through the contentions of the various religious sects, he became acquainted with men such as Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky, a former Calvinist who converted to the Catholicism and transferred from the Western to the Byzantine Rite. Rutsky supported the recent union with Rome, and under his influence Kuntsevych grew interested in the Catholic Church.

While working for a merchant, he was offered a partnership in the business and one of his master's daughters in marriage. Both offers were refused, for Josaphat had already decided to become a monk.

In 1604, in his early 20s, he entered the Monastery of the Trinity (Church and Monastery of Holy Trinity) of the Order of Saint Basil the Great in Vilnius, at which time he was given the religious name of Josaphat. Stories of his sanctity rapidly spread and distinguished people began to visit the young monk. After a notable life as a layman, Rutsky also joined the Order. When Josaphat was ordained to the diaconate, his regular services and labor for the Church had already begun. As a result of his efforts, the number of novices to the Order steadily increased, and under Rutsky – who had meanwhile been ordained a priest – a revival of Eastern Catholic monastic life began among the Ruthenians (the Belarusians and Ukrainians). After private study under Jesuit Valentin Groza Fabricy in 1609, Josaphat was ordained a priest by a Catholic bishop. He subsequently became the hegumen (prior) of several monasteries. On November 12, 1617, he was consecrated as the coadjutor archeparch for the Archeparchy of Polotsk, and succeeded as archeparch in March 1618.

Josaphat published a new catechism and resolved to reform the clergy, specially those who married more than once. It should be noticed that according to the Eastern canon law, a married man may be ordained to the priesthood, but cannot married again if his wife dies. The success of his apostolate enraged the Orthodox who called him: 'The Thief of Souls'.

On the morning of November 12, 1623, as he was going to the chapel for morning prayer, he was killed by an angry mob in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present-day Belarus). His death reflects the conflict among Orthodox and Catholic Christians that had intensified after the Ruthenian Orthodox Church (Kiev Metropolitanate) confirmed its communion with the Roman Catholic Church through the 1596 Union of Brest.

After numerous miracles attributed to Kuntsevych were reported to Church officials, Pope Urban VIII appointed a commission, in 1628, to inquire into his possible canonization, which examined 116 witnesses under oath. Josaphat's body was claimed to be incorrupt five years after his death. In 1637, a second commission investigated his life and, in 1643, Josaphat was beatified, and canonized a saint by Pope Pius IX on June 29, 1867.

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SAINT OF THE DAY (November 12)

Today, on the day of his martyrdom, November 12, Roman Catholics and some Eastern Catholics remember St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, a bishop and monk whose example of faith inspired many Eastern Orthodox Christians to return to full communion with the Holy See.

Other Eastern Catholics, including the Ukrainian Catholic Church, celebrate St. Josaphat's feast day on November 25.

Born in 1580 in the western Ukrainian region of Volhynia, John Kuntsevych did not become “Josaphat” until his later life as a monk.

He was also not initially a full member of the Catholic Church, born to Orthodox Christian parents whose church had fallen out of communion with the Pope.

Although the Eastern churches began to separate from the Holy See in 1054, a union had existed for a period of time after the 15th-century Ecumenical Council of Florence.

But social, political and theological disputes caused the union to begin dissolving even before the Turkish conquest of Byzantium in 1453.

By John’s time, many Slavic Orthodox Christians had become strongly anti-Catholic.

During this time, Latin missionaries attempted to achieve reunion with the individual eastern patriarchs.

The approach was risky, sometimes politicizing the faith and leading to further divisions.

But it did yield some notable successes, including the reunion of John’s own Ruthenian Church in the 1596 Union of Brest.

John was trained as a merchant’s apprentice and could have opted for marriage.

However, he felt drawn to the rigors and spiritual depth of traditional Byzantine monasticism.

Taking the monastic name of Josaphat, he entered a Ukrainian monastery in 1604.

The young monk was taking on an ambitious task, striving to re-incorporate the Eastern Orthodox tradition with the authority of the Catholic Church in the era of its “Counter-reformation.”

Soon, as a priest, subsequently an archbishop, and ultimately a martyr, he would live and die for the union of the churches.

While rejecting the anti-Western sentiments of many of his countrymen, Josaphat also resisted any attempt to compromise the Eastern Catholic churches’ own traditions.

Recognizing the urgent pastoral needs of the people, he produced catechisms and works of apologetics, while implementing long overdue reforms of the clergy and attending to the needs of the poor.

Josaphat’s exemplary life and zeal for the care of souls won the trust of many Orthodox Christians, who saw the value of the churches’ union reflected in the archbishop‘s life and works.

Nevertheless, his mission was essentially controversial, and others were led to believe lurid stories and malicious suggestions made about him.

In 1620, opponents arranged for the consecration of a rival archbishop.

As tensions between supporters and opponents began to escalate, Josaphat lamented the onset of attacks that would lead to his death.

“You people of Vitebsk want to put me to death,” he protested.

“You make ambushes for me everywhere, in the streets, on the bridges, on the highways, and in the marketplace.

I am here among you as a shepherd, and you ought to know that I would be happy to give my life for you.”

He finally did so, on a fall day on 12 November 1623.

An Orthodox priest had been shouting insults outside the archbishop’s residence and trying to force his way inside.

Josaphat had him removed, but the man assembled a mob in the town.

They arrived and demanded the archbishop’s life, threatening his companions and servants.

Unable to escape, Josaphat died praying for the men who shot and then beheaded him before dumping his body in a river.

Josaphat’s body was discovered incorrupt, five years later.

Remarkably, the saint’s onetime rival - the Orthodox Archbishop Meletius - was reconciled with the Catholic Church in later years.

Josaphat was beatified by Pope Urban VIII on 16 May 1643. He was canonized by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1867.

He was the first saint of the Eastern Church to be canonized by Rome. He is the patron saint of Ukraine.

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Józef Simmler - Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych, c. 1861.

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Happy Feast Day

Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych of Polotsk

1580-1623

Feast Day: November 12 (New), November 14 (Trad)

Patronage: Ukraine

Saint Josaphat, born in Ukraine, became a monk for the Ukrainian Order of St. Basil and 5 years later a priest for the Byzantine Church. He worked for unity and peace between the Eastern Orthodox and Latin Roman Churches, which were divided since 1054. Josaphat was made the first Bishop of Vitebsky in 1617 during an intense level of unrest between the two groups. Being the holy man that he was, he started building and reforming his diocese. In 1623, a mob of Orthodox citizens was incensed to riot and murdered Bishop Josaphat. He was canonized as the first Eastern Church saint in 1867.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

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wrt my previous anon: the church is focusing her efforts on saving the souls of those who need it, instead of those who can be presumed to already be in christs bosom. the modern church has wisely realised that these petty disputes do more harm to the christian world than good. what you said in your reply is tantamount imo to accusing the pope (the current and former pope both famously engaging in much ecumenical and interfaith dialogue) of 'grievious sin' and is basically one step away from the sedevacantism rampant in trad spheres. Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych was probably the worst example you could use, because that is exactly what i was talking about (eastern/western church being synonymous with political affiliation back then). on science, heres some augustine: "It is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these [scientific] topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn." honestly, your non-catechism posts always come off as very arrogant, and you seem to think as long as you stick to the letter of the law wrt church teaching that makes it acceptable, its a shame. you dont need to post this if you dont want, but please think on it.

wrt my previous anon: the church is focusing her efforts on saving the souls of those who need it, instead of those who can be presumed to already be in christs bosom

Presumption is a grave sin. You cannot presume the salvation of anyone, especially not those outside of the visible bounds of the Church. Again, everyone that isn't formally in communion with the Apostolic See really does "need it."

the modern church has wisely realised that these petty disputes do more harm to the christian world than good.

They only do more harm than good when they're carried out without charity like many, unfortunately, in the tradosphere do online.

what you said in your reply is tantamount imo to accusing the pope (the current and former pope both famously engaging in much ecumenical and interfaith dialogue) of 'grievious sin' and is basically one step away from the sedevacantism rampant in trad spheres.

Actually, I was very careful not to do that and not to impose any intent on the part of any specific member of the clergy. Interfaith dialogue is good, but I can critique the glaring flaws in certain methods. My best friend is Antiochian Orthodox and I've spent a lot of time talking to Orthodox Christians and hearing critiques from Orthodox apologists online. It is very evident that the main sticking point is liturgical abuse. Again, this doesn't mean we shouldn't be engaging in interfaith dialogue, but it makes little sense to do that and then simultaneously do something else that drives a wedge.

You don't know me and I'd greatly appreciate you not hurling accusations of schism and heresy at me when I spend the majority of my time trying to help others come into communion with Rome. I'm not "one step away" from anything, I'm firm and confident in my positions and in my faith.

Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych was probably the worst example you could use, because that is exactly what i was talking about (eastern/western church being synonymous with political affiliation back then).

Maybe instead of skimming some articles after googling his name you should read the books.

on science, heres some augustine: "It is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these [scientific] topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn."

There are a few things here. First, Augustine would have laughed you out of the room for your ideas of presumption, religious indifferentism, and probably whatever modern scientific notions you hold to. Second, I don't disagree with this quote at all, it's almost like you didn't read my response in the first ask. I said the thing holding most atheists back from at least sincerely investigating Christianity is the moral law, not "rejection of science." They can prop it up like it's about science with their reddit memes or whatever but it always always always comes back to slavery to their passions. Again, this is evident if you actually speak to people. I also specifically said it was fine to talk about theistic evolution, we should just be talking about both acceptable views on creation so as to broaden our range of evangelization.

honestly, your non-catechism posts always come off as very arrogant, and you seem to think as long as you stick to the letter of the law wrt church teaching that makes it acceptable, its a shame. you dont need to post this if you dont want, but please think on it.

I'm sorry if I come off that way, I really don't think I do. I've had that issue in the past and I've tried to work on it. It's the reason I only have this blog now and I try to limit my personal posting. I think you should maybe reflect on your own self before criticizing me, though, since you came into my ask box very smarmy and then followed it up with more snarky and rude behavior. "Oh and here's some Augustine." give me a break. I have a rule about going back and forth with anons so if you actually want to talk about this more you can message me but I won't be responding to your asks anymore.

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Epulum Jovis in Capitola (Honoring Jupiter; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Feast of Thoth (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

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Josaphat Kuntsevych (a.k.a. Josaphat of Polotsk; Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church)

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Roquepertuse (Celtic Book of Days)

Tewa Buffalo Dance (Native American Tewa of the Tesque Pueblo) [through 15th]

Theodore the Studite (Christian; Saint)

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All This And World War II (Film; 1976)

Belfast (Film; 2021)

Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace (Novel; 1902)

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The Cocky Bantam (Phantasies Cartoon; 1943)

The Dog and the Bone (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Dog Gone People (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Dogma (Film; 1999)

Electric Ladyland, by Jimi Hendrix (Album; 1968)

Falling Stars or Only a Plumber Should Plummet (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 230; 1963)

The Flying Squirrel (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Forky Asks a Question (Pixar Cartoon Series; 2019)

George and A.J. (Pixar Cartoon; 2009)

Grand Hotel (Broadway Musical; 1989)

A Great Big Bunch of You (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Guns of Abalone, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 229; 1963)

I’m a Believer/(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone, by The Monks (Songs; 1966)

In Your Garden (BBC TV Series; 1936) [1st Gardening Show]

The Klondike Kid (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Like a Virgin, by Madonna (Album; 1984)

Lionheart, by Kate Bush (Album; 1978)

Little Moth’s Big Flame (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)

Love. Angel. Music. Baby., by Gwen Stefani (Album; 2004)

The Mandalorian (TV Series; 2019)

Marathon Man, by William Goldman (Novel; 1974)

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel) [60]

Mort, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1987) [Discworld #4]

Mountain Ears (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)

Neil Young, by Neil Young (Album; 1968)

Noelle (Film; 2019)

Nursery Cryme, by Genesis (Album; 1971)

Paint Your Wagon (Broadway Musical; 1951)

The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg (Children’s Book; 1985)

Private Eye Popeye (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1954)

Red Notice (Film; 2021)

Robin Hood-Winked (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Rock Justice, by Marty Basin (Rock Opera; 1979)

Rocks and Socks (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Roman Legion-Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Round and Round, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 21 & 22; 1967)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, by Nicholas Meyer (Novel; 1976)

Shift: Second Shift — Order, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)

Slumdog Millionaire (Film; 2008)

Spring in the Park (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

St. James Infirmary, recorded by Artie Shaw (Song; 1941)

Swords Against Wizardry, by Fritz Leiber (Short Stories; 1968) [Fafhrd and Gray Mouser #4]

The Third Policeman, by Flann O'Brien (Novel; 1967)

The Three Musketeers (Film; 1993)

Tick, Tick … Boom! (Film; 2021)

Tom & Jerry: The Magic Ring (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Unstoppable (Film; 2010)

The Wayward Canary (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Today’s Name Days

Christian, Emil, Josaphat, Kunibert (Austria)

Emilijan, Jozafat, Milan, Renato (Croatia)

Benedict (Czech Republic)

Torkild (Denmark)

Konrad, Kuno, Kuuno (Estonia)

Virpi (Finland)

Christian (France)

Christian, Kunibert (Germany)

Jónás, Renátó (Hungary)

Ninfa, Renato (Italy)

Kaija, Kornelija, Kornēlijs (Latvia)

Alvilė, Ašmantas, Kristinas, Renata (Lithuania)

Torkil, Torkjell (Norway)

Cibor, Czcibor, Izaak, Jonasz, Jozafat, Konradyn, Konradyna, Krystyn, Marcin, Renat, Renata, Witołd, Witold, Witolda (Poland)

Atanasie (Romania)

Svätopluk (Slovakia)

Cristián, Cristian, Emiliano, Millán (Spain)

Konrad, Kurt (Sweden)

Colan, Colin, Colleen, Collin, Cullan, Cullen, Culver, Kiley, Kyla, Kyle, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kyler, Kylier (USA)

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Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 51 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 20 of 30)

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St. Josaphat

St. Josaphat Feast date: Nov 12 Today, on the day of his martyrdom, Nov. 12, Roman Catholics and some Eastern Catholics remember St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, a bishop and monk whose example of faith inspired many Eastern Orthodox Christians to return to full communion with the Holy See. Other Eastern Catholics, including the Ukrainian Catholic Church, celebrate St. Josaphat’s feast day on Nov.…

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Basilica of St. Josaphat (Milwaukee, WI)

The Basilica epitomizes the striving of early Polish immigrants to express their ethnic heritage, spiritual devotion, and patriotic pride by building impressive houses of worship. The first Poles came to Milwaukee in the 1840s, but their numbers did not become significant until after the Civil War. By the late 1800s, Polish immigrants were streaming into Milwaukee by the thousands, quickly becoming the second largest ethnic group in the nation’s most German city. There were seven Polish Catholic churches in Milwaukee by 1900, each with its own parochial school. 

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Crown of Polonia: "As regular readers know, I emigrated to Poland from Milwaukee, a port city on Lake Michigan. No one knows where Milwaukee is when I’m in Poland, so I usually say, „If you head north from Chicago along the lakeshore, the next big city you encounter is Milwaukee.” People nod as if they understand — at least the conversation can go on. That northern route is the path I take each time I come back from Poland to visit my family in America. My parents usually pick me up at O’Hare, the Chicago airport. Then we go up on one of the Interstate Highways built across the continent in the 1950s. (They were supposed, among other things, to help the U.S. Army in case of Soviet invasion.) As the car noses over the frontier between Illinois and Wisconsin, I start looking for a copper dome over the horizon. A bend in the road, and there it is: the massive brown balloon supported by sandstone piers with clocks facing the cardinal directions. It’s a symbol of my city. But it’s not a library or some great civic temple. There’s a cross atop that dome. It’s the Basilica of Saint Josaphat. Poles built it.

The Basilica of Saint Josaphat: an angel holds the holy water font. The walls vibrate with sconces and scrollwork and trompe l’oeil marble. A slick stone floor stretches to the main altar, 50 yards away. Beyond the baldachin, in vivid oils, a bishop in red is ready to die. That man, of course, is Josaphat Kuntsevych (Jozafat Kuncewicz), of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, a monk and “archeparch” killed at Vitebsk in November of 1623. Here he is treated as an icon of the Catholic West against Eastern Darkness. The altarpiece was executed by Gonippo Raggi, a painter sent to Milwaukee from Rome by Pope Pius XI, who as papal nuncio in Warsaw had survived the invasion of Poland by the Bolsheviks. Pius loved Polonia.

By the way, it’s not a politically-correct picture: an Orthodox cleric in a high black kamilavka points his bony finger in accusation at Josaphat while a peasant with a big red beard raises the axe to murder him. Ecumenical dialogue, anyone?

Look up: the dome that soars 76 meters above the street is blank on the outside, but here on the inside it swarms with life. Apostles. Fathers of the Church. Celestial bodies. Eight windows with eight different Madonnas. Giant canvasses that follow Raphael. And, in huge gold letters around the base, this verse from the First Book of Kings: “I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.” Except it’s in Polish, lest we forget who made this place. . . .

They built it. Because they could not afford to hire labor, they gave their own work. The washerwoman came home, made the children something to eat, then shifted debris from the foundations of the edifice, one apron-load at a time. Her husband drove the horse that hauled the sledge that carried the dirt to the dump site west of the Kinnickinnic River. Her brother hustled blocks up the scaffold. People still tell these stories in Milwaukee.

Go there on a Sunday now. The basilica parish is administered by Conventual Franciscans, some with names like Poczworowski. They have one of the best choirs in town. (I have heard this choir give a hesitant rendition of Serdeczna Matko, which they call „our parish song.”) The grand organ throbs and thickens the air into honey. Ladies in fur coats who’ve come in from the suburbs — some, the granddaughters of washerwomen — sit next to Mexican maids, the new arrivals, who rustle in nylon jackets. And after the Sanctus they’re all on their knees. Because this place is holy, hallowed by God, and from time to time, in this time as in all times, God’s people need to stop in and see Him."

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“Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych” (1861) by Józef Simmler (1823–1868), oil on canvas;National Museum in Warsaw

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[November 12 - Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, bishop and martyr]

"The more one learns about the roots of people's thoughts. The closer and more boisterous they become! Come now, laugh together, meow! Try to play lots of times! So you can discover your sense of purpose in life!" -excerpt from 'Wonderful Kana, Jinsei!'

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SAINT OF THE DAY (November 12)

Today, on the day of his martyrdom, November 12, Roman Catholics and some Eastern Catholics remember St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, a bishop and monk whose example of faith inspired many Eastern Orthodox Christians to return to full communion with the Holy See.

Other Eastern Catholics, including the Ukrainian Catholic Church, celebrate St. Josaphat's feast day on November 25.

Born in 1580 in the western Ukrainian region of Volhynia, John Kuntsevych did not become “Josaphat” until his later life as a monk.

He was not initially a full member of the Catholic Church, born to Orthodox Christian parents whose church had fallen out of communion with the Pope.

Although the Eastern churches began to separate from the Holy See in 1054, a union had existed for a period of time after the 15th-century Ecumenical Council of Florence.

However, social, political and theological disputes caused the union to begin dissolving even before the Turkish conquest of Byzantium in 1453.

By John’s time, many Slavic Orthodox Christians had become strongly anti-Catholic.

During this time, Latin missionaries attempted to achieve reunion with the individual eastern patriarchs.

The approach was risky, sometimes politicizing the faith and leading to further divisions.

But it did yield some notable successes, including the reunion of John’s own Ruthenian Church in the 1596 Union of Brest.

John was trained as a merchant’s apprentice and could have opted for marriage. But he felt drawn to the rigors and spiritual depth of traditional Byzantine monasticism.

Taking the monastic name of Josaphat, he entered a Ukrainian monastery in 1604.

The young monk was taking on an ambitious task, striving to re-incorporate the Eastern Orthodox tradition with the authority of the Catholic Church in the era of its “Counter-reformation.”

Soon, as a priest, subsequently an archbishop, and ultimately a martyr, he would live and die for the union of the churches.

While rejecting the anti-Western sentiments of many of his countrymen, Josaphat also resisted any attempt to compromise the Eastern Catholic churches’ own traditions.

Recognizing the urgent pastoral needs of the people, he produced catechisms and works of apologetics, while implementing long overdue reforms of the clergy and attending to the needs of the poor.

Josaphat’s exemplary life and zeal for the care of souls won the trust of many Orthodox Christians, who saw the value of the churches’ union reflected in the archbishop‘s life and works.

Nevertheless, his mission was essentially controversial, and others were led to believe lurid stories and malicious suggestions made about him.

In 1620, opponents arranged for the consecration of a rival archbishop.

As tensions between supporters and opponents began to escalate, Josaphat lamented the onset of attacks that would lead to his death.

“You people of Vitebsk want to put me to death,” he protested.

“You make ambushes for me everywhere, in the streets, on the bridges, on the highways, and in the marketplace. I am here among you as a shepherd, and you ought to know that I would be happy to give my life for you.”

He finally did so, on a fall day, on 12 November 1623.

An Orthodox priest had been shouting insults outside the archbishop’s residence and trying to force his way inside.

Josaphat had him removed, but the man assembled a mob in the town.

They arrived and demanded the archbishop’s life, threatening his companions and servants.

Unable to escape, Josaphat died praying for the men who shot and then beheaded him before dumping his body in a river.

Josaphat’s body was discovered incorrupt, five years later.

Remarkably, the saint’s onetime rival — the Orthodox Archbishop Meletius — was reconciled with the Catholic Church in later years.

Josaphat was beatified by Pope Urban VIII on 16 May 1643. He was canonized by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1867.

He was the first saint of the Eastern Church to be canonized by Rome. He is the patron saint of Ukraine.

After the partition of Poland, the Russians forced most Ruthenians to join the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Today we celebrate the Blessed Memorial of St. Josaphat Kuntsevych. Pray for us! Read up on this Holy man of God and listen to the Mass readings and Psalm for today, drawing closer to Our Lord's Most Divine Merciful Heart. God love you.

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Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych of Polotsk

1580-1623

Feast Day: November 12 (New), November 14 (Trad)

Patronage: Ukraine

Saint Josaphat, born in Ukraine, became a monk for the Ukrainian Order of St. Basil and 5 years later a priest for the Byzantine Church. He worked for unity and peace between the Eastern Orthodox and Latin Roman Churches, which were divided since 1054. Josaphat was made the first Bishop of Vitebsky in 1617 during an intense level of unrest between the two groups. Being the holy man that he was, he started building and reforming his diocese. In 1623, a mob of Orthodox citizens was incensed to riot and murdered Bishop Josaphat. He was canonized as the first Eastern Church saint in 1867.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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"Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych, Pray for Us!" #Saintoftheday #OraProNobis

📷 Sacred Icon of Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych, Bishop and Martyr. #Catholic_Priest #CatholicPriestMedia