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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In Volhinia, Ukraine, peasants massacred the Greek Bishop for alerting governors to insurgent plans, allowing escapes. Simila's Governor fled in his shirt, abandoning his family. Disorders stem from Bar Confederates threatening to kill non-converting Greeks.
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"The Bishop of the Greeks has been massacred by the peasants of the Ukraine, for having given notice to the Governor of Pawalocz and his Lieutenant of the designs of the insurgents, by which means they got out of their way. The Governor of Simila flew off in his shirt, abandoning his wife and children to their fury. All these disorders, it is added, have been occasioned by the Confederates of Bar threatening to kill all the Greeks who did not embrace the Roman Catholic religion."
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Volhinia, Ukraine
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bishop massacred; governor of simila fled, abandoning wife and children; ongoing disorders from religious threats
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Peasants of Ukraine massacred the Bishop of the Greeks for informing the Governor of Pawalocz and his Lieutenant of insurgents' designs, enabling their escape. The Governor of Simila fled in his shirt, leaving his wife and children to the insurgents' fury. Disorders caused by Confederates of Bar threatening to kill Greeks not embracing Roman Catholicism.