applies_to_jurisdiction roman catholic diocese of vitebsk
An ecclesiastical province is a general term for large jurisdiction of Christian religious government including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity . In the Greco - Roman world , " ecclesia " ( Greek , " ekklsi " ( Latin ecclesia ) meaning " congregation , church ") was used to refer to a lawful assembly , or a called legislative body . As early as Pythagoras , the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs . This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures ( the Septuagint ), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers . Vitebsk or Vitsebsk ( acinka : " Viciebsk ", ; ), is a city in ___MASK19___ . The capital of the ___MASK3___ , in 2004 it had 342 , 381 inhabitants , making it the country ' s fourth largest city . It is served by Vitebsk Vostochny Airport and Vitebsk air base . ___MASK3___ , Vitsebsk Voblast , or Vitebsk Oblast (" Viciebskaja Vobas ") is a region ( voblast ) of Belarus with its administrative center being Vitebsk ( Viciebsk ). It is located near the border with Russia . ___MASK19___ ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic of ___MASK19___ , formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in ___MASK19___ itself , even in Russian language ), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast , ___MASK65___ to the south , ___MASK38___ to the west , and ___MASK9___ and ___MASK89___ to the northwest . Its capital and most populous city is Minsk . Over 40 % of its is forested . Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing . Until the 20th century , different states at various times controlled the lands of modern - day ___MASK19___ , including the Principality of Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the Grand Duchy of ___MASK9___ , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Russian Empire . The Greco - Roman world , Greco - Roman culture , or the term Greco - Roman ( or ; spelled Graeco - Roman in the ___MASK61___ and the Commonwealth ), when used as an adjective , as understood by modern scholars and writers , refers to those geographical regions and countries that culturally ( and so historically ) were directly , long - term , and intimately influenced by the language , culture , government and religion of the ancient Greeks and Romans . In exact terms the area refers to the " Mediterranean world ", the extensive tracts of land centered on the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins , the " swimming - pool and spa " of the Greeks and Romans , i . e . one wherein the cultural perceptions , ideas and sensitivities of these peoples were dominant . Vitebsk Vostochny Airport ( also known as Vitebsk Southeast Airport ) is an airport serving Vitebsk in ___MASK19___ . It is located southeast of the city . It accommodates small aircraft up to the size of Tupolev Tu - 154 and can also accommodate Il - 76 . Pythagoras of Samos ( or simply ;  in Ionian Greek ) was an Ionian Greek philosopher , mathematician , and the putative founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism . Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived , so very little reliable information is known about him . He was born on the island of Samos , and travelled , visiting ___MASK72___ and ___MASK23___ , and maybe India . Around 530 BC , he moved to Croton , in Magna Graecia , and there established some kind of school or guild . In 520 BC , he returned to Samos . The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitebsk ( Latin : Vitebscen ( sis ) , Belarusian :  ) is an diocese located in the city of Vitebsk in the Ecclesiastical province of Minsk - Mohilev in ___MASK19___ . Eastern Christianity consists of four main church families : the Eastern Orthodox Church , the Oriental Orthodox Churches , and the Assyrian Church of the East , as well as the Eastern Catholic Churches ( that are in communion with Rome but still maintain an Eastern liturgy ). The term is used in contrast with Western Christianity ( namely the Latin Church and Protestanism ). Eastern Christianity consists of the Christian traditions and churches that developed in the Middle East , Africa , Eastern ___MASK92___ , Asia Minor , the Balkans , Southern ___MASK1___ and parts of the Far East over several centuries . The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination . Some Eastern churches have more in common historically and theologically with Western Christianity than with one another . The various Eastern churches do not normally refer to themselves as " Eastern ", with the exception of the Assyrian Church of the East and its offshoots .