POLISH KING WLADYSLAW II JAGIELLO AND KIEVAN METROPOLITAN CYPRIAN: ATTEMPT TO CHURCH UNION IN THE LATE OF THE XIV CENTURY

Abstract

The author interprets the geopolitical processes in Eastern Europe in the second half of the XIV century, which led the church particular trends in the Polish-Lithuanian State.Analyzes the activities of Kievan metropolitan Cyprian, aimed at preserving the unity of the Kievan Church, which means to cancel independence of the Galician Metropolis. It is in the context of these processes and trends to be seen attempting to hold the uniate church synod, initiated by Polish king Wladyslaw II Jagiello and Kievan metropolitan Cyprian in the late of the XIV century.