Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ. Missions Russia (Federation) Volga-Ural Region History. (Corporate Name)

Lotot︠s︡kīĭ, A. T︠S︡erkovno-ist. i stat. opis. Varshavskoĭ Pravoslavnoĭ Eparkhīi [MI] 1863: t.p. (Varshavskoĭ Pravoslavnoĭ Eparkhīi)

Īerarkhīi︠a︡ Vserossīĭskoĭ t︠s︡erkvi, 1892: p. 122-124 (Eparkhīi︠a︡ Kholmskai︠a︡ i Varshavskai︠a︡. The original Ugrovskai︠a︡ eparkhīi︠a︡ [no publs. in LC data base] was established between 1202-1220 when it was separated from the Vladimīrskai︠a︡. In 1242 the Ugrovskai︠a︡ eparkhīi︠a︡ was relocated to Kholm and renamed Kholmskai︠a︡. In 1840 the Varshavskai︠a︡ eparkhīi︠a︡, originally established in 1834, became an independent eparchy. On 1 May 1875 the Varshavskai︠a︡ eparkhīi︠a︡ merged with the Kholmskai︠a︡ eparkhīi︠a︡ and was renamed as the Eparkhīi︠a︡ Kholmsko-Varshavskai︠a︡); Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 2, p. 479-480 (Kholm Eparchy. An eparchy founded in the first half of the 13th cent. by Prince Danylo Romanovych of Galicia-Volhynia in the Kholm region and Podlachia. The eparchy was under the Kievan Metropolitan for a short period in the 14th cent. when it was part of the Halych Metropoly. From the mid-14th cent. it was known as the Kholm and Belz Eparchy. The eparchy's hierarchy joined the Church Union of Berestia in 1596 although Orthodox forces continued to fight for control of the eparchy for several decades. During the first partition of Poland in 1772 Kholm Eparchy was divided: the north Kholm area remained under Poland while the south was annexed by Austria. The eparchy became part of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1809 and part of the Russian-ruled Polish Kingdom in 1815. In 1830 it was directly subordinated to the Vatican. Because of its location the Kholm Eparchy was faced with strong Latinizing and Polonizing pressures. A Roman Catholic diocese of Kholm existed from the 19th cent. and it attracted many Ukrainian followers. In the mid 19th-cent. the Russian authorities began pressuring the bishops to return to Orthodoxy. On 18 Feb. 1875 the Russian govt. forced the admission of 120 parishes from Kholm Eparchy into the Orthodox Church and the eparchy was incorporated with the Warsaw Orthodox Eparchy and renamed the Kholm and Warsaw Eparchy. After WWI Kholm Eparchy was incorporated into the Warsaw Eparchy and the Kholm region became a major center of Ukrainian Orthodoxy. During WWII the eparchy was renamed Kholm and Podlachia Eparchy and Ukrainianized. After WWII the eparchy was finally abolished)