Carpathian Ruthenia Carpathian Ruthenia, aka Transcarpathian Ruthenia, Rusinko, Subcarpathian Rus, Subcarpathia (Rusyn and Ukrainian: Карпатська Русь, romanised: Karpats’ka Rus’; Slovak and Czech: Podkarpatská Rus; Hungarian: Kárpátalja; Romanian: Transcarpatia; ) is a small region of Central Europe, now mostly in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian: Zakarpats’ka oblast’), easternmost Slovakia (largely in Prešov kraj and Košice kraj), Poland's Lemkovyna and Romanian Maramureş. It is inhabited by Ruthenian-speakers (Carpatho-Rusyns, Lemkos), and Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian and Russian populations. Carpathian_Ruthenia
Rusyn American Rusyn Americans refer to individuals who were born on, or who descended from, the territory of the historic Carpathian Ruthenia, western Ukraine, northeastern Slovakia, and southeastern Poland. In the 19th century, they were frequently called Little Russians. Rusyn_American
History of the Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Churches trace their roots back to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. Eastern Orthodoxy reached its golden age during the high point of the Byzantine Empire, and then continued to flourish in Russia after the Fall of Constantinople. History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Union of Uzhhorod The Union of Uzhhorod was the 1646 decision of 63 Ruthenian Orthodox priests from the south slopes of the Carpathian Mountains, then within the Kingdom of Hungary, to join the Catholic Church on terms similar to the Union of Brest from 1596 in the lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Union_of_Uzhhorod