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In what year was Josaphat Kuntsevych martyred?

  • 1603

  • 1618

  • 1623

  • 1642

Answer

In 1623, Josaphat Kuntsevych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Eastern Catholic Church, was martyred for refusing to convert to Eastern Orthodoxy. His martyrdom during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's religious conflicts made him a symbol of religious freedom and unity for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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