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Szeptunka Greek Catholic?


OdrowazP  8 | 40
11 Feb 2023   #1
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.
Tlum  12 | 259
28 Jul 2024   #2
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.


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