What happened to the Basilians after Rutsky and Saint Josaphat?
The Order of Saint Basil the Great spread throughout all of what is today Belorus and Ukraine, in those lands belonging to the predominantly Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Basilians were very much responsible for keeping-alive the distinctive religious and ethnic traditions among the Ukrainian people. As the Russian Empire continued to advance west into Ukraine, the Basilians were persecuted and dispersed. In 1795, Poland was finally divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria. The part of the Polish Crown taken by Austria was named Galicia.
