including leo sopeyka, but could not stand the morals that reigned at the top of power and decided toonastery in those years, warsaw sharply increased the persecution of orthodoxy. she sought to plant a church union on the lands of modern belarus and ukraine. athanasius did not silently look at the oppression. the courage of his speeches was amazing, even the highest clergy arrested him several times by the authorities, but the ascetic did not give up his convictions in 1648, the cossacks rose to defend the orthodox faith. bohdan khmelnytsky in response, the polish-lithuanian authorities began the most brutal terror against the orthodox population. athanasius was arrested once again and accused of blasphemy against her . well, before his death, he did not ask for mercy from his tormentors for the feat and exemplary fidelity to orthodoxy, the church glorified athanasius of brest in the rank of a reverend disciple. m that this is a joint russian-belarusian project and at the presentation it was said that he and andrei evgenievich krivosheev had already managed to defend 2 million viewer