Editing Lviv (section)

====Christianity====
At one point, over 60 churches existed in the city. Christian groups have existed in the city since the 13th century. The city has been the [[episcopal see]] of three different [[particular church]]es of [[Catholic Church]]: The [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]], the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv|Archdiocese of Lviv]] of the [[Latin Church]], and formerly the [[Armenian Catholic Church in Ukraine|Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv]] of the [[Armenian Catholic Church]]. Each has had a diocesan seat in Lviv since the 16th century. At the end of the 16th century, the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] community in Ukraine [[Union of Brest|transferred their allegiance]] to the [[Pope]] in Rome and became the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]. This bond was forcibly dissolved in 1946 by the Soviet authorities and the Roman Catholic community was forced out by the expulsion of the Polish population. Since 1989, religious life in Lviv has experienced a revival. About 35 percent of religious buildings belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 11.5 percent to the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]], 9 per cent to the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate|Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate]] and 6 per cent to the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]].

In June 2001, [[Pope John Paul II]] visited the [[Latin Cathedral, Lviv|Latin Cathedral]], [[St. George's Cathedral, Lviv|St. George's Cathedral]] and the [[Armenian Cathedral, Lviv|Armenian Cathedral]].