Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Following the Union of Brest the Metropolia of Kiev-Halych and all Rus broke relations with the Patriarch of Constantinople and place themselves under the Pope of Rome, thus establishing what later was known as "Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church". The residence of the Metropolitan had to be moved in early 17th century to Navahrudak and later to Vilnius. At first widely successful, within several decades it had lost much of its initial support, mainly due to Imperial Russian persecution, though in Galicia the church fared well and remains strong to this day.
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