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The attractiveness and topicality of the research into family life are related to dynamic sociocultural, economic and political transformations which take place globally. For the functioning of family and its members, the current pandemic situation is also of due significance as it has had a substantial impact on the structure of family as well as the needs and values of its members. The topicality of this issue prompts reflection upon the condition of modern family and induces the need for finding out the effects of outer influences on its shape and its inner environment. In the presented study, a discussion is undertaken on the problems of family, with special focus on mixed marriages, which have been increasingly visible not only in marriage statistics but, first of all, in social life. Entering mixed marriages can be justified by bigger social mobility and the elimination of the barriers in interpersonal communication (common use of modern technologies in professional and personal life), or may also result from the individual needs and preferences of people entering such marriages. Mixed marriage itself can be a value, yet – being in such a relationship might constitute a certain burden. The presented study is an attempt to capture certain tendencies occurring in the experiencing of social life by mixed marriages. The article consists of three parts, in which subsequently the issues of family life and the functioning of mixed marriages are introduced, then the data and materials are analysed and certain tendencies are distinguished in reference to various aspects of family and social life. The study is completed with a recapitulation and the indication of some conclusions.

A sharp increase in number of Ukrainian immigrants is observed recently in Poland. Data on durability of the migration are lacking. An aim of the article is to describe the durability due to indirect observation of registered PolishUkrainian marriages, which are contracted in Poland and number of children bom in Poland by mothers with Ukrainian citizenship. Analyzed data indicate sharp increase in number of demographic events confirming willingness of Ukrainian immigrants to settle in Poland. W ostatnich latach wzrastała liczba obywateli Ukrainy przebywających na terytorium Polski. Nieznana jest skala zamierzeń odnośnie do trwałego osiedlenia się w Polsce. Celem artykułu jest spojrzenie na ten problem z perspektywy rejestrowanych w naszym kraju małżeństw polsko-ukraińskich oraz liczby dzieci rodzących się w Polsce, wydawanych na świat przez matki będące obywatelkami Ukrainy. Analizowane dane wskazują na szybki wzrost liczby zdarzeń demograficznych świadczących o wiązaniu się przez imigrantów z Polską na stałe.

Marriage is an institution known in all communities, both cultural and religious. The existing similarities and differences in the understanding of its meaning in diverse social, spiritual and religious environments, is an important reference point in the wide debate about marriage as well as it can help maintain an appropriate reference to each other people joining in the association and representing different views.Presented in the article, the science of marriage in the Protestant Catechism for Adults is an approximation of understanding of the issue of marriage in Protestantism. The principal topics were presented in four points: civil marriage and religious marriage with regard to issues about the nature of marriage and its existing form. And also the issues of marriage and family circumstances especially divorce marriage and intermarriage. These issues are the subject of the analyzes.

A church reform introduced in East Prussia in 1525 brought the change of current religious relationships. In place of catholic Church the new Lutheran confession was officially introduced. To the half of the 19th century mixed marriages and mutual conversions have rarely appeared. Only in the 19th century, along with numerical height of the catholic community this problem started appearing more often. Analysis of statistical datas from the end of the 19th age and the 20th beginning are showing that such marriages have more often been contained in the Lutheran Church, and that the children were also being raised mainly in this faith. Also the balance of mutual conversions was advantageous for the Lutheran Church. Therefore in connecting to the roman catholic Church the Lutheran Church did not only lose, but even attracted new faithful. After the Second World War Lutherans became minority faith. Because of dislike from authorities and intolerance from new catholic settlers, Lutherans tried to avoid mixed marriages. If it already reached them, in general the marriage ceremony and baptism of children took place at the Roman Catholic Church. Sometimes occurred that the Lutherans on Masuria made conversion to Catholic faith right before entering into marriage with the Catholic. To the end of the fiftieth years mixed marriages constituted the little percent contained in both churches of marriage ceremonies. If to add the high birth rate in Masuria families, a statement that the mixed marriages and conversions to Catholicism did not have a direct effect to the demographic situation of the Lutheran Church on Masuria will be entitled. Clearly negative consequences of catholic – Lutheran marriages turned up only at the more late period. Taking the mentioned subject matter was aimed at introducing to the issue of the interrelation the evangelical and catholic community on Masuria. These issues have always aroused great emotions, especially when it was direct confrontation of representatives of both religious groups. Particularly when containing mixed marriages and associated with them conversions reached situations, in which both Churches accused each other mutually against the proselytism and the religious intolerance. It seems that It was a long-lasting element of the mutual coexistence, evangelicals and Catholics which with special power appeared in the first post-war years. Also in late years the interrelation was not also deprived of difficult and dramatic moments. Niniejszy artykuł jest próbą przedstawienia problematyki współistnienia dwóch społeczności wyznaniowych na terenie Mazur na przełomie XIX i XX w. Szczególnej analizie poddane zostaną małżeństwa mieszane, zawierane przez przedstawicieli obydwu społeczności oraz związane z tym zjawisko zmiany wyznania (konwersji). Celem autora jest uchwycenie zmian we wzajemnych ewangelicko-katolickich relacjach w kontekście zmieniającej się sytuacji politycznej i demograficznej. W dalszej części podjęta zostanie próba analizy socjologicznej zachodzących zjawisk i ich wpływu na rozpad społeczności ewangelickich Mazurów.