Orthodox brotherhood

Brotherhoods (Ukrainian: братства, bratstva; literally, "fraternities") were the unions of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in the cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth such as Lviv, Wilno, Lutsk, Vitebsk, Minsk, and Kyiv. Their structure resembled that of Western medieval confraternities and trade guilds.

Orthodox brotherhood

Brotherhoods (Ukrainian: братства, bratstva; literally, "fraternities") were the unions of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in the cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth such as Lviv, Wilno, Lutsk, Vitebsk, Minsk, and Kyiv. Their structure resembled that of Western medieval confraternities and trade guilds.