Philip Volokhovitch was the Greek Catholic Metropolitan in Kiev and instigated persecutions of the Orthodox.
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A Galician-language Wikipedia entry identifies Felitsiian Pylyp Volodkovych (Pylyp Volodkovych, Polish Wołodkowicz) as Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia and all Rus from 1762 to 1778, which matches the claimed office. No provided source addresses whether he instigated persecutions of the Orthodox, so that central assertion is neither supported nor contradicted.
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… And I guess Catholics in general, because they looked to Poland rather than anyone else. Catherine then purged the church yet again. Abbot Makizarek was transferred, and the Greek Catholic Metropolitan in Kiev at the time, Philip Volokhovitch, instigated even worse persecutions of the Orthodox and in the, in the new Polish confederations that were being, being formed. So, um, uh, that's, that was the last major uprising and the destruction of anything approaching Cossack independence, and it wasn't until the Russian Revolution, so called the …
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Supports. A Galician-language Wikipedia article on Pylyp Volodkovych describes him as a Greek Catholic (Ruthenian) churchman and Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia and all Rus from 1762 until his death in 1778, consistent with the claimed office.[4]
Context. The Greek Catholic Church's origins lie in the 1596 Union of Brest, and later Russian and Soviet policy suppressed it, but none of these sources mention Volodkovych or any persecution of the Orthodox he may have instigated.[5][6][7]
Context. The fact-checking databases and organisational pages returned by the search (PolitiFact, Full Fact, Reuters) contain no fact-check or ruling on this claim.[1][2][3]
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- 1Latest Fact-Checks In Russiapolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Full Fact AIfullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3About Reuters Fact Checkreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Pylyp Volodkovych - Wikipedia, a enciclopedia libregl.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6History of Christianity in Ukraine - Wikiwandwikiwand.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Ukraine: Straddling East and Westhistorynewsnetwork.org · not rated · cited for: context
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