Jews, Cossacks (traditionally Orthodox), Polish and Ruthenian peasants. In 1589, Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople visited the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In agreement with King Sigismund III Vasa, he deposed the Metropolitan , probably because he was a digamy (the second marriage for priests) and he tolerated this use. King Sigismund put forward Michel Rohoza as his candidate for the metropolis. In August 1589 at Vilnius, Jeremias consecrated Michael as Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus'. As metropolitan, he started to reform the Church. He wished to improve the mores of the clergy and to reduce of the meddling of lay people (and of confraternities) in the life of the Church and in monasteries. To this end, he summoned a synod in 1590. His attempts of reform were opposed by the stauropegics. Since it proved difficult to carry on the reforms, he began to look to Rome. In 1595/6, Metropolitan Rohoza with all his suffragan bishops, subscribed to the Union of Brest. This transferred their ecclesiastical jurisdiction from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the jurisdiction of the Holy See on condition that this union of faith would preserve the Byzantine rite, the liturgical practices and the canon law of the metropolis. Notes References From Other sources Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1441 - 1596) Metropolis of Kiev Eastern Orthodoxy in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Eastern Orthodoxy in Poland 1590s in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth