Wilno jako Slavia orthodoxa czy Slavia unita w dziejach Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego do 1569 r.

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In the city of Vilnius, in the XIV-XVIII century there was a division into two territories: separately inhabited by Orthodox Ruthenians believers and separately Roman Catholics. The division ran the main road leading through the city communications from Rudnicka Gate, the Market, on Grodzka street to the castle of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania then the Great street and the Castle street to the castle of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
In 1387, when the king gave Vilnius Magdeburg law, it concerned only a part inhabited by Catholics. Much of the “Russian city” from 1416 or 1419, was one of the metropolitans of Kiev. The spatial layout of the city was a counterweight to the area of the Roman Catholic bishops. Residents of the district of Russian metropolitans were subject to the jurisdiction of metropolitan officials. It had a cathedral-council (completely destroyed by the army of Moscow in 1655) dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and several other churches that since 1596 all were in union with the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1501, Alexander Jagiellon built a church dedicated to the St Anna, whose architecture combined thread of Gothic – typical features of Roman Catholicism with the Moscow architecture of the time. It can be assumed that it was to be an ecumenical church, combining the two religions. Hence its unique architecture. In 1514, Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski victory over the forces of the Moscow.
To Vilnius, winner with King Zygmunt I, entered through the Gate of Dawn, which has since become the principal gate of the city parade. Ostrogski built in “the city of Rus’ two thanksgiving brick churches - St. Trinity and Holy Nicholas Relics and rebuilt the ruined east cathedral. Also religious disputes ended, when in 1511, the king approved the Orthodox law.