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*1946 State-sponsored synod held Ukraine dissolves the Union of Brest-Litovsk and integrates the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church into the Russian Orthodox Church, with Soviet authorities arresting resisters or deporting them to Siberia; Croatian Roman Catholic Abp. of Zagreb [[w:Aloysius Stepinac|Aloysius Stepinac]] is tried and found guilty of collaboration with the fascist Ustaše movement and complicity in allowing the forced conversions of Orthodox Serbs to Catholicism;<ref>Dr. [[w:Carl Kosta Savich|Carl Savich]] ([[w:Juris Doctor|J.D.]]). ''[http://www.balkanalysis.com/2005/04/09/another-side-of-the-pope-john-paul-iis-balkan-legacy/ Another Side of the Pope: John Paul II’s Balkan Legacy].'' Balkanalysis.com. April 9, 2005.</ref><ref group="note" name="STEPINAC">"After World War II, Stepinac was arrested by the Communist regime and tried and convicted for his complicity in war crimes and mass murder. Of course, this trial is dismissed by neo-Ustasha propaganda and the official history as a Communist show trial meant to discredit Roman Catholicism. Stepinac served 5 years in prison as a convicted war criminal for complicity in genocide. He died in 1960 under house arrest. The theory of [[w:Command responsibility|command responsibility]] cited today by the Hague and international war crimes law experts was employed in the postwar trial of Archbishop Stepinac. He was found guilty according to this theory. A 1947 publication, ''The Trial of Stepinac'', relates the findings of the Yugoslav War Crimes Commission." (Dr. [[w:Carl Kosta Savich|Carl Savich]] ([[w:Juris Doctor|J.D.]]). ''[http://www.balkanalysis.com/2005/04/09/another-side-of-the-pope-john-paul-iis-balkan-legacy/ Another Side of the Pope: John Paul II’s Balkan Legacy].'' Balkanalysis.com. April 9, 2005.)<br>See also: Dr. Srdja Trifkovic. ''[http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/OT/view/shades-of-grey-the-record-of-archbishop-stepinac Shades of Grey: The Record of Archbishop Stepinac].'' '''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. June 8th, 2011.</ref> Metr. John of Kiev received Fr. [[Gabriel Kostelnik]] and twelve other priests from the [[Unia]] to Orthodoxy.

*1947 Death of [[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia|Alexei Kabalyiuk]], Apostle of Carpatho-Russia, who played a major role in reviving Orthodoxy in Transcarpathia in the early 20th century.

*1949 Papal [[w:Decree against Communism|Decree against Communism]] by [[w:Pope Pius XII|Pope Pius XII]] excommunicates all Catholics collaborating in communist organizations.

*1950 Declaration of Bodily Assumption of Mary as dogma.