Church of Poland

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The Church of Poland is the autocephalous Orthodox Christian church in the country of Poland. The church has six dioceses and is currently led by Metropolitan Sawa, Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland.

While the majority of people in Poland are Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christians have resided in the land areas that have constituted Poland since the missions of Ss Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century. In the 13th century there were two Orthodox dioceses centered around Kholm and Prezemysl. Under the “Union of Brest