I'm still looking into who my Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Bieszczak, but I've been thinking. My Grandfather described her as a "Healer," which I believe in Poland is called a Szeptunka, a Christian Folk Healers. I haven't read so much yet, but it appears they lean more towards the Orthodox Church. I believed the paternal side of my family came mainly from a Roman Catholic background, but is it possible to find szeptunkas among GREEK CATHOLICS as well? I ask because geneteka.genealodzy.pl is dropping hints of certain Bieszczaks / Biszczaks around Lesser Poland who are Greek Catholics.
Szeptunka Greek Catholic?
It's very rare to use or hear this word "szeptunka" but it does exists in Polish (had to make sure ; ) It means something like a healer / whisperer indeed and is related to the Orthodox church. Still, I don't think it's actually related to the church (for sure not to Catholic); it's like a Polish version of Indian healers. They believe more in nature than God.