History

Timeline

• 6th and 7th Century

  Carpathian Rus is sparsely settled by Slavic tribes known as the White Croats.

  
  

• 862-863

  Byzantine-Greek missionaries, Cyril and Methodius, believed to bring Christianity to Rusyns south of the Carpathians on their way to Greater Moravia.

  
  

• 894-896

  Magyar tribes cross the Carpathians and defeat the Slavic Prince Laborets at Uzhhorod (Hungvar).

  
  

• 899

  Creation of the eparchy of Przemysl perhaps by the disciples of Cyril and Methodius, who brought Christianity to the Lemko Region.

  
  

• 992

  Kievan Rus' principality of Galicia begins to expand its influence over the eastern part of the Lemko Region.

  
  

• 1030s to 1050s

  Hungarian Kingdom begins to establish its authority over the Rusyn-inhabited region south of the Carpathians.

  
  

• 1340s

  Galicia and the eastern Lemko Region incorporated into the kingdom of Poland.

  
  

• 1396

  Prince Fedor Koriatovych of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania settles in Mukachevo; supports the nearby Orthodox monastery on Monk's Hill and a new monastery at Krasncti Brid.

  
  

1400-1700

• 1440

  First Orthodox bishop for Carpatho-Rusyns begins to reign from Mukachevo.

  
  

• 1514

  Implementation of proprietary serfdom in the Hungarian Kingdom; Carpatho-Rusyn peasants subjected to their landlords.

  
  

• 1526

  Austria's Habsburg rulers become kings of Hungary and claim authority over the entire kingdom, including Carpathian Rus' on the southern slopes of the mountains.

  
  

• 1573

  Implementation of proprietary serfdom in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Lemko-Rusyn peasants subjected to their landlords. 

  
  

• 1595

  Union of Uzhhorod creates the Uniate Church in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, eventually reaching the Lemko Region. .

  
  

• 1646

  Union of Uzhhorod creates the Uniate Church in Hungary, eventaully including all of Subcarpathian Rus and the Presov Region.

  
  

• 1692

  Orthodox Eparchy of Przemysl joins the church union with Rome.

  
  

• 1698-1699

  Appearance of the first printed books for Carpatho-Rusyns; the Primer (Bukvar) and Cathecism (Katychyzis) of Bishop Joseph de Camillis.

  
  

1700-1900

• 1703-1711

  Carpatho-Rusyns join the unsuccessful rebellion of the Hungarian Prince of Transylvania and lord of Mukacevo, Ferenc Rakoczi II, against the Austrian Habsburg rule.

  
  

• 1733

  The last Orthodox bishop of Maramaros county dies and the remaining Orthodox parishes in Subcarpathian Rus' join the church union with Rome.

  
  

• 1745

  The first Carpatho-Rusyns move to the Backa (Vojvodina) region and settle in Ruski Kerestur.

  
  

• 1771

  Creation of an independent Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukacevo, whose seat is moved to Uzhorod in 1780. 

  
  

• 1772

  The Austrian Habsburg Empire annexes Galicia (including the Lemko Region) from Poland.

  
  

• 1777

  Creation of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Krizevci.

  
  

• 1778

  Establishment of the Greek Catholic Theological Seminary in Uzhorod during the "golden age" of Bishop Andrij Bacyns'kyj.

  
  

• 1818

  Creation of the Greek Catholic Eparchy or Presov.

  
  

• 1830

  Publication of the first grammar of the Carpatho-Rusyn language by Mychal Luckaj.

  
  

• 1847

  Publication of the first school primer of the Carpatho-Rusyn language by Aleksander Duchnovyc..