The Educative Activity of the Orthodox Church Fraternities in 16th- and 17th-Century Poland

Abstract

The paper discusses the educative activity conducted the Orthodox Church fraternities in the eastern Territories of Poland in the second half of the 16th and 17th centuries. The sources are dispersed and there are huge gaps in them. Therefore the author focused mainly on the most important fraternity schools, i.e. in Lvov, Vilnius, Kiev, and Luck. The first part depicts their history, and then their organization and curriculum. The final part highlights the significance of the fraternity schools for the Orthodox community in Poland.