With the changing of ruling power, the Ukrainians (Russins) lost some of their rights. The Orthodox community flocked around the fraternity and the Church of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin. In 1586 Patriarch Joachim of Antioch ratified the Fraternity's Charter and empowered them to guard other Orthodox Communities. The Church of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin that still stands today was built in 1591. The church might have been used as fortification based on the width of it's walls and placement of the windows.
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