Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat

Josaphat Kuncevyc, patron saint of the society

The Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych (SSJK) is a society of traditionalist priests and seminarians originating from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church which is led by the excommunicated priest Basil Kovpak. It is based in Riasne, Lviv, Western Ukraine.[1] In Lviv, the society maintains a seminary, at which currently thirty students reside, and takes care of a small convent of Basilian sisters.[2] The SSJK is affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X and Holy Orders are conferred by the latter society's bishops in the Roman Rite. The SSJK clergymen, however, exclusively follow a version of Slavonic Byzantine Rite in the Ruthenian recension.

  1. ^ "Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat - Ukrainian Rite". Archived from the original on 11 June 2007.
  2. ^ A Convent for Tradition in the Ukraine Web site of the Transalpine Redemptorists who became reconciled with the Holy See in 2009. Archived 13 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine