The Ukrainian Basilian Order of St. Josaphat is an international clerical order of men of Papal right, which belongs to the Byzantine church tradition. It is present in various Churches that possess their own canon law The Order is based on the spiritual heritage of Saint Basil the Great (+379), but its organization as a centralized monastic Order is due to Joseph Veliamin Rutsky (+1637) who laid out its first set of Rules, and the holy hieromartyr Josaphat Kuncevych (+1623) who gave clear direction to the foundation of the Order through his spirituality and his apostolic work centered on Christian unity<ref>https://osbm.info/en/</ref> | The Ukrainian Basilian Order of St. Josaphat is an international clerical order of men of Papal right, which belongs to the Byzantine church tradition. It is present in various Churches that possess their own canon law The Order is based on the spiritual heritage of Saint Basil the Great (+379), but its organization as a centralized monastic Order is due to Joseph Veliamin Rutsky (+1637) who laid out its first set of Rules, and the holy hieromartyr Josaphat Kuncevych (+1623) who gave clear direction to the foundation of the Order through his spirituality and his apostolic work centered on Christian unity<ref>https://osbm.info/en/</ref> |