Greek Catholic Church Research Articles

ARCHITECTURE OF ROMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MODERN UKRAINE

The article examines the architectural features of buildings and spaces in the largest Roman Catholic educational institutions on the terrains of modern Ukraine; highlights and analyzes the principles underlying the architecture formation of theological educational institution of the Roman Catholic Church; determines the conception of architectural and space-planning organization of separate sacred, academic, administrative, and household buildings, recreational, entertainment, and sports spaces on the campus territory of theological educational institutions of the Roman Catholic Church; outlines the practical recommendations for project designers. Roman Catholic educational institutions in Ukraine are represented by the range of buildings and complexes in Western, Central, and Southern Ukraine. The most accomplished from the view point of its architectural and space-planning decisions is the complex of Major Theological Seminary of Lviv Archdiocese and Theological Institute in Briukhovychi village near Lviv. Taking into account the architecture of the mentioned complex and the complex of Lviv Theological Seminary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the article distinguishes the major principles and foregrounds the set of practical recommendations concerning project design of theological educational institution of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. In particular, the architecture development of theological educational institution of the Roman Catholic Church is based on the following principles: confessionalism and ecumenism; multi-education; sacredness; secularism; inclusiveness; flexibility and mobility; traditionalism and modernism. Also, as per the outlined architectural and space-planning conception, theological multi-educational center as an architectural complex is the combination of theological and educational departments of all levels of theological education in Ukraine and forms the uniform architectural ensemble, the main ideological and visual object of which is a temple. The specified principles and conception will be useful for future project designers during the process of determining architectural and space-planning organization of such an ideologically and functionally difficult object as theological educational institution (or center) of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, which will foster creation of new qualitative projects and construction of modern institutions of theological education of the Roman Catholic Church.

COVID‑19 and a Greek Catholic Hierarch’s Experience of Virtual Communication with Parishioners

In this article, the author carries out a communicative and pragmatic analysis of texts and a stylistic analysis of the keywords of religious discourse. The object of the research is the discourse of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia. The subject of the research is the keywords and main topics in the corpus of Archbishop Milan Chautur’s publications on social networks. The research methodology is based on the principles of discourse analysis, computational linguistics, linguistics 2.0, and quantitative linguistics. To realise the purpose of the research, the author uses the linguistic tool Sketch Engine, a fourth-generation concordancer, which provides quick search and statistical processing of data. For the corpus, the author refers to material from Chautur’s Internet messages in the profile named “Vladyka Milan odpovedá” (Vladyka Chautur responds) over one year of the pandemic, i. e., between 2020 and 2021. Using the Simple Maths method, the author extracts keywords based on two corpora – the main one (created by the user) and the background one (built into the system). Vladyka’s web-communication fits the modern trend of active communication through social networks, where it is not only used by representatives of the secular world, but also by the clergy. Considering the fact that the background corpus of Slovak Web 2011 (skTenTen11) is a language model, the author singles out the following keywords: isus (Jesus), Christ (Christ), pandémia (pandemic), kovid (Covid), bohorodička (Virgin Mary), cerkov (Church), vakcinácium (vaccinacium), and eparchia (diocese). These words have the highest coefficient of semantic similarity (Score) of words from the studied and background corpora. Using the linguistic criterion for isolating keywords, it is possible to single out the cognitive components of the archbishop’s discursive field, such as discursive dominants: human life, the Church on earth and in heaven, family.

Lo status dei cattolici orientali in Germania. Una sfida attuale per il coordinamento tra i due Codici

SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. Lo status dei cattolici orientali in Germania - 2.1. I fedeli della Chiesa ucraina - 2.2. Gli altri cattolici orientali - 3. Facoltà dei parroci latini di sposare coppie orientali? - 4. Chiesa di appartenenza dei figli di matrimoni misti - 4.1. Efficacia anche nella sfera giuridica latina? - 4.2. La situazione prima del motu proprio De concordia inter Codices - 4.3. La situazione dopo il motu proprio De concordia inter Codices - 5. Conclusioni.
 The Status of Oriental Catholics in Germany. A current challenge for the coordination of the two Codes
 ABSTRACT: According to an estimate by the Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference, about 200,000 members of fourteen different Eastern Catholic Churches currently live in Germany. A first large migratory wave with a lasting impact up to today emerged with members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the first decades of the 20th century. Lately, due to migration from Syria and Iraq starting in 2015, a larger number of Eastern Catholics - estimated by some in the five-digit range - have arrived in Germany. The change brought about by migration poses new challenges for pastoral care and canon law in Germany. The Ukrainians have their own jurisdiction in the form of an Apostolic Exarchy. All other Oriental Catholics have been entrusted to local Latin ordinaries by a decree of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches according to can. 916, § 5, CCEO. Therefore, the solution of many legal questions requires a synopsis of both codes. Do Latin parish priests have the authority to celebrate marriages for Oriental couples per se? To which church do children from a mixed marriage belong? The motu proprio De concordia inter Codices did not answer all questions and has also brought new ones.

Features of Sacred Music in the Context of the Ukrainian Baroque

The main goal of this article is the research of different genres of spiritual music in the Ukrainian baroque era. This music is decisive for an understanding of Ukrainian culture. In order to achieve this, research following methods was used: comparative-historical, sociocultural, structural, genre-stylistic. Baroque appears as an intermediate between the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment. Features of the broader character of the Ukrainian civilization explain its cruising between different cultures, correlating between Western culture and Eastern Orthodox culture. The cultural dimension of Ukraine was crossed by different religions: Orthodox, Catholic, Greek-Catholic, and different paths of Protestantism. This fact specified a music of this age. Two basic directions feature specific of spiritual singing of the Ukrainian baroque: partsong (“High baroque”) and spiritual song (“Middle baroque”). Partsong is represented by liturgical and paraliturgical (concerts) genres. This direction was unique because it was a synthesis of Eastern-Christian and Western-Christian tradition (mostly by Catholic musical tradition as multi-chorus composition, musical rhetoric). At the same time, partsong of the orthodox tradition was formed by liturgical tradition. A large influence on the Greek-Catholic church was a catholic music tradition, in which polyphony is not performed “acapella”, but with instrumental accompaniment. Spiritual song was more linked with the catholic tradition and less with the protestant one. It did not have any canonical orthodox genres, but was borrowed by text–music forms formed in Europe in the Age of late Renaissance and early Baroque period. Greek-Catholic tradition was more linked with catholic one. Therefore, this music had a sacred character, becoming a genre of liturgical music. Palimpsest in its confessional dimension became a distinctive feature of the Ukrainian Baroque and created a unique face of the Ukrainian liturgical music.

History of Formation and Current Trends in Ukrainians’ Religious Life in Croatia

The article examines the religious life of Ukrainians in Croatia, which in 2021 celebrated the 120th anniversary of its settlement in Croatia. The analysis was based on the example of the Greek Catholic Church, as almost all immigrants came from the Greek Catholic regions of Ukraine and, having gone abroad, in most cases remained faithful to this denomination. The conditions for the creation of the first religious communities are considered. Attention is also paid to the main historical factors that at one time or another influenced the religious life of Ukrainians in Croatia. The role of the Church in the life of the diaspora at the present stage is also highlighted. The aim of the article is to study the history of formation, role and content of the religious life of Ukrainians in Croatia throughout the history of the diaspora in this country, highlighting the transformational processes of religious life of diasporas. The study allows us to draw the following conclusions. First of all, it should be noted that more than half of the Ukrainian diaspora in Croatia remained faithful to the Greek Catholic Church. Military events in the first half of the 90s of the twentieth century caused significant damage to Ukrainian Greek Catholic parishes in Croatia. Many temples were destroyed, some temples were severely damaged. Immediately after the cessation of hostilities, people returned to the inhabited areas and rebuilt churches along with their own homes. In Croatia, believers have received some financial support from the Ministry of Reconstruction and Development. Today, according to the last census, which was conducted in 2011, the religious affiliation of Ukrainians in Croatia is distributed as follows: 71.3% – Greek Catholics, 18.2 % – orthodox, 0.3 % – Protestants, 10.2 % – atheists, undecided, etc. For Ukrainians, the Greek Catholic faith has a unique national orientation. Religious rites are closely intertwined with national traditions, and therefore the Church for Ukrainians in Croatia continues to be the centre of not only religious but also national life of the diaspora.

The Greek Catholic Church during the German Occupation of Western Ukraine (1941—1944): Relations with the Occupation Authorities and the Main Areas of Activity

The article considers the position and activities of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) under the German occupation. The authors analyzed the documents by Greek Catholics, German and Soviet authorities, and tried to understand the circumstances of the relationship between the UGCC hierarchy and the occupation regime. The transformation of the position of the Greek Catholics towards the German occupation authorities was studied. The work also highlights the social and socio-political activity of the Greek Catholic clergy in Galicia during this period, church activities to support those in need. In addition, we analyzed the connection of the UGCC with the Ukrainian nationalist movement - the church, on the one hand, supported the idea of independence, on the other, condemned terror. Finally, in the article we examined how, under the conditions of the German occupation, the UGCC tried to expand the union to the East, with the support of the Vatican.

THE IDEA OF THE PATRIARCHY OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK-CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE ECUMENICAL PROGRAM OF JOSYP SLIPYI: ORIGIN AND PERSPECTIVES

The article examines the most important problems facing the leadership of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the modern socio-cultural space of Ukraine. One of the important topics of the church and religious life in Ukraine is the granting of the status of the Patriarchal Church to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which will contribute to its more effective influence on the national, cultural and religious and spiritual life of Ukraine. ​The purpose of the study is to analyze the idea of the patriarchal status of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the theological views of Josyp Slipyi in the context of church-religious and public-political life in Ukraine.

Names of new saints of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church and commemorative discourse

The article discusses the names of new saints of the UGCC (hagioanthroponyms) as markers of the collective memory of modern society regarding the events of the past, namely the rejection of Russian (in the 19th century) and Soviet (in the 20th century) ideologies in the religious life of Ukrainian Greek Catholics. From the theoretical perspective, the analysis is premised on the ideas and provisions of onomastics regarding the semiotic nature of proper names and their functions of accumulation and translation of the religious sphere, of sociolinguistics regarding the interaction of language and the Church, as well as lexicology regarding the systematisation of units into thematic groups. The papers on religious studies, the history of the Church, the history of totalitarianism in the USSR and the historical memory of socio-cultural knowledge provided the context for the transformation of one of the spheres of collective memory into the linguistic categories of «hagioanthroponyms», «nominative productivity» and «thematic group». The sources of the analysis included the texts of religious and secular discourse, thematically related to the life and activities of the martyrs for the Faith, and the works of the event participants. The units of analysis, namely hagioanthroponyms, have denotations of the divine-spiritual sphere as the object of nomination. The research of the problem was provided by applied correlative and biographical methods, the method of sociolinguistic interpretation, and elements of discourse analysis. They helped to follow the process of creating nominations derived from hagioanthroponyms in modern religious and secular discourse and to determine that they contain formal and substantive components of knowledge about the past. Derivative units create thematic groups «names of prayers», «names of Akathist’s», «names of icons and other sacred images», «names of sacred places of prayer», «names of educational institutions», «names of films» and related to information about the forced conversion to Orthodoxy of Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the Russian Empire and the USSR. The analysis results are relevant for onomastics, sociolinguistics, lexicology and stylistics.

STATE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF GREEK CATHOLIC CANTORS IN HALYCHYNA AT THE END OF THE XIX CENTURY

The study describes the role of cantors as an essential factor in the service to the Church and incarnates a mission by her to save the souls. Because of losing constant material support at the end of the XIX century by them this post was usually held by people without proper qualifications, endows, and principles. This was extremely negative to the level of service to the Greek Catholic church and its authority in society. Pointed out that clergy and activists of the clergy’s movement identified the issue of professional qualification of church singers as one of the keys within a complex of tasks for the revival clergy’s layer in the land. At the end of the XIX century functioned both eparchial professional clergy schools and private courses in Halychyna, and the list of them is given. Applicants for training at eparchial clergy schools had to meet the established criteria. Additionally, they had to have a good voice and complete primary school. Indicated that evidence of a singer’s professional qualification became a certificate that was taken as a result of a successfully passed exam in front of a special commission. Determined that as the factors for improvement of clergy’s education in the land the contemporaries named programs and methods improvement of study in professional educational institutions and widening of its net. Underlined the gaps in the educational program of clergy schools and the ways to solve them separately through laying special textbooks. Accented that the required component of the church singer’s education was named study of crafts as the mean for stable earning, organization of tighter communication with parishioners, and also to form clergy’s layer as a Ukrainian middle class. Pointed out that the task of clergy’s schools also should have been the education of people with a deep Christian and patriotic worldview. Based on statistics proved that at the end of the XIX century the vast majority of valid Greek Catholic clergy did not have a proper professional qualification. Determined that even after finishing professional institution, a significant part of graduates did not proceed to qualification exam. Contemporaries saw a solution for the situation in an obligatory professional exam for all unskilled singers and giving posts only to singers with certificates. Indicated that the relevant order was firstly issued by the spiritual authority of Stanislav diocese which became a push for qualitative changes in the level of Greek Catholic regency in Halychyna.

Eucharistic Fast in the Catholic East and West—With Special Emphasis on the Current Legislation of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

For every catholic adult, careful preparation is necessary before receiving the Holy Eucharist. The Eucharistic fast plays an important role in the preparation for the reception of the Holy Eucharist. After introducing the nature of this fast, the current discipline of the Roman Catholic Church regarding the Eucharistic fast will be demonstrated, with a historic review of the relevant changes during the 20th century. At the second part, we summarize the current regulations regarding Eucharistic fast in the Eastern Catholic sui iuris Churches; then, we get an insight into the issues of the ongoing codification process of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church concerning the Eucharistic fast. Besides, we summarize the conditions for a possible later extension of the duration of the Eucharistic fast.

Sociocultural activity of the UGCC at the current stage in Ukraine: religious and philosophical view

The article presents the religious-philosophical perspective of the socio-cultural activity of the UGCC. The religious factor plays a visible role in the state-forming processes of Ukraine during the modern period. The social sphere and culture of Ukraine is an environment in which traditional religious organizations often realize their abilities, and at the same time demonstrate their own civic position. Thematic forums and projects claim that the church can be a worthy state's partner by organizing the socio-cultural life of the society. The purpose of the study: religious-philosophical analysis of the role of the UGCC in the socio-cultural sphere at the present stage. The methodological basis of the research is a systematic approach to the study of socio-cultural activities of the UGCC at the present stage, an interpretive research paradigm, a descriptive method, an interdisciplinary analysis, and a methodological approach to everyday analytics. The information base of this study were scientific publications of religious studies scholars, theologians, historians, cultural scientists, as well as the dissertation abstracts, documents and materials of theological period, which were presented on the official websites of the UGCC. The article covers the religious and philosophical view of the sociocultural activity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). It is determined that the models of social and culture-generating activity of the UGCC are established as early as in the period of Andrey Sheptytsky's archpastorate; a powerful experience of socio-cultural church work was also formed at the times of the underground, at the beginning of Ukraine's acquisition of its inependence, during the periods of patriarchal leadership of cardinals Myroslav Lyubachivsky and Lyubomyr Huzar. In the current publication, the modern phase of socio-cultural activity of the UGCC we tie to the beginning of Svyatoslav Shevchuk's patriarchship. It is researched that at this stage, the UGCC in large part employs the possibilities of modern digital technologies for the spread of Christian doctrine, presentation and popularisation of its activity. The participation of Greek Catholic clergy and laypeople in social and cultural spheres takes place simultaneously, they complement one another. The UGCC pays much attention to offering social aid to vulnerable categories of the population (orphans, lonely people of advanced age, etc.), strengthening the family institution, family values; develops chaplaincy; realises potential capabilities of clergy and laypeople in such areas of culture as education, literature, various kinds of art, theatre, media. A powerful contribution by the UGCC both at the beginning of the 20th century and in the modern era has been in the development of Ukrainian-language environment in the field of liturgical and ceremonial practice, and also in vectors of activity expanded upon in the current research. The prospects for studying this problem will be studying of the experiences of the UGCC regarding spiritual and social support of Ukrainian society during the war, the development of social and cultural initiatives in the post-war period using the experience of many cells (archdiocese, dioceses, monastic congregations, parishes).

Malarstwo ścienne Modesta Sosenki. Charakterystyka stylu na podstawie reprezentatywnych przykładów

In the considerable creative legacy of the Ukrainian artist Modest Sosenko (1875–1920), the murals and sacred easel paintings he created for more than ten Galician churches deserve special attention. His contemporaries noted that the artist’s sacred works were characterised by his own ‘Sosenko style’, which boldly and organically combined Byzantine traditions reinterpreted by 16 th – and 17 th – century masters with modern European stylistic requirements of the turn of the 19 th and 20 th centuries. He was a pioneer who paved the way for the development of modern church art, which was helped by the circumstances of his life. After acquiring a thorough European professional education during his studies in Kraków as well as in Munich and Paris thanks to a scholarship funded by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Sosenko returned to Galicia and, continuing his mentor’s activities in the field of museums, became a full-time employee of the Church (later National) Museum. His direct contact with old monuments of iconography, manuscripts and incunabula, and folk art allowed him to gain a deep understanding of the peculiarities of Ukrainian national art. Thus, the combination of his personal talent, professional knowledge and museum experience, as well as his close relationship with the head of the Greek Catholic Church – Andrey Sheptytsky, who directed all his efforts towards the revival of the high culture of decorating the sacred space of Eastern Rite churches, gave birth to an intellectual artist, ready to take up the challenge of the present day. However, it is not possible to appreciate Sosenko’s achievements in their entirety. The warfare in the region during the two world wars of the 20 th century, the years of Soviet rule, which was intolerant of cultural, national and spiritual heritage, and even the first years of Ukrainian independence, were not conducive to the preservation of the churches and their decoration. As a result, researchers are forced to conclude that most of Sosenko’s works have been irretrievably lost. The artist’s sources of inspiration, the specific composition of his monumental artworks, the range of colours, the ideological and aesthetic programme can only be reconstructed on the basis of the decorations of two churches in the Lviv region: St. Michael the Archangel in the village of Pidberizci and the Holy Resurrection in the village of Poliany, by making comparisons with fragments of lost murals recorded in archival photographs, and by adding the decoration, already after restoration toning, of the artist’s last sacred object – St. Nicholas Church in Zolochiv. Even such scattered data make it possible to observe many of the author’s characteristics, to determine the process of the formation of Sosenko’s distinct individual artistic style, to which this study is dedicated.

Responses of Christian Churches in Ukraine and other Eastern European Countries to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The article examines the reaction of Christian Churches to the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. Attention is paid to the Churches in Ukraine and countries of similar political and cultural heritage (Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, etc.). The guidelines and practical activities of the Churches are analyzed, reflecting their response to various problems related to the pandemic. The corresponding differences occur not so much between different countries and peoples, but rather between different denominations. In general, more conservative, and sometimes fundamentalist, reactions are shown by the Orthodox Church, especially in parts of the Russian Orthodox Church in the countries under study (for example, Moldova), or those Orthodox Churches that are traditionally under its great influence (for example, in Serbia). But in Ukraine, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which recently received a Tomos from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, is more flexible and sensitive to the Covid-19 problem and the protective actions of the government, cooperating with it in anti-pandemic measures. It is determined that the position of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine is similar to that of the Roman Catholic Church, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and many Protestant Churches. What the reactions of most Christian Churches have found to be more or less common is the transfer of worship practices online and the strengthening of social work to help a variety of people suffering from coronavirus or fighting a pandemic: from spiritual practices, in communities and individual circumstances, to hospital care–the work of hospital chaplains, lay volunteers, the purchase of medicines and medical equipment, etc. Not all Churches and not all their members appeared ready to optimally combine their religious activities and life in civil society in new conditions, and that Churches—both their leadership and ordinary members—need to innovatively develop their religious activities in accordance with the challenges of the time.

A Brief Overview of Scientific and Publicistic Writings of Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Josyf Slipyi

This paper presents the analysis of the writings of Archbishop Josyf Slipyi (1892–1984). All of them were collected, systematized, and published during 1968–2003 by his close collaborators – Ivan Khoma, Ivan Yatsiv, Yurii Fedoriv, and Ivan Muzycka. The title of this work is “Opera Omnia Josephi (Slipyi-Kobernyckyj-Dyčkovskyj) archiepiscopi maioris”. Today, we have eighteen volumes of scientific works, sketches, reviews, monographs, travel notes and articles. All of them were previously published in various editions. In the article, we divide them into two blocks. The first part is the writings of the first period of Josyf Slipyi’s activity. Most of them have theological content. The other part is the texts with different objectives: the philosophical and theological dimension, the history of dogmas, the history of ecclesiastical culture, and the historical essays: pedagogical, biographies and articles. The author deals with different themes in daily life. The value of Josyf Slipyi’s writings is the possibility of understanding the situation of his time. His suggestions remain current even today, not only for the ecclesial hierarchy but also for all Christians. Archbishop Josyf worked hard all his life for the Church’s and his homeland’s good. He had a broad vision and never focused on working in a specific direction, but he cared about providing a wide range of spiritual, material and cultural needs of Ukrainians and then in the Diaspora. He left a valuable legacy to his descendants, particularly in his scientific works.

Gréckokatolícka cirkev a Židia v Slovenskej republike v rokoch 1939–1945

The study analyzes the attitude of the Greek Catholic Church towards the Jewish population in the Slovak Republic during 1939–1945. In the authoritarian political regime, this minority church was confronted with the nationalist and racial (anti-Semitic) policies of the state; a fundamentally oppositional attitude towards the regime was interpreted in the form of pastoral letters, or public appearances of its hierarch – Bishop Peter Pavel Gojdič. The study describes specific forms of help from the clergy of the Greek Catholic Church intending to rescue the Jewish population from the repressive measures and deportations of the regime. The most common form of help and rescue of Jews was baptism and the issuing of false letters on baptisms with antedated baptisms. Persecuted Jews also found help by getting presidential exemptions and issuing letters on baptisms, hiding valuables and movable property, saving their real estates from arization, and finally sheltering people from persecution and deportation.

DIFFICULT WAY OF FORMATION: THE THEOLOGICAL LYCEUM IN LVIV AS A «FORERUNNER» GREEK-CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY (1919–1928)

The presented article examines the activities of the theological lyceum in Lviv, which was the predecessor of the greek-catholic theological academy. This academy is a promising educational project started by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi and rector of the archdiocesan seminary priest Yosyf Slipyi – was created and started its work in 1928–1929. Until the end of its existence, due to unfavorable social and political circumstances, it was never able to receive official accreditation either from the Polish state or from the Roman Apostolic See. However, despite this, the theological academy left a noticeable mark in the history not only of greek-catholics, but also of ukrainians as a whole. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of 1918 and the subsequent defeat of the army of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic, Eastern Galicia came under the rule of Poland. Various punitive and restrictive measures were applied to ukrainians who did not agree with this development of events. This also applied to the opportunity to obtain higher education. Taking into account all the above facts, galician greek-catholic Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytskyi was forced to stop the education of his seminarians at the theological faculty of Lviv University and organize private lectures for them at the theological seminary. In the future, he planned to realize his old dream and create a full-fledged theological educational institution for eastern catholics in Lviv, but the realization of such a plan required more time. The study shows that theological lyceum became an intermediate stage that allowed to pass the crisis period and to continue the formation and scientific training of future greek-catholic priests. Keywords: higher education, theological academy, theological seminary, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Yosyf Slipyi, Andrei Sheptytskyi.

The Position of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church under the German Occupation (1941 – 1944).

The Position of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church under the German Occupation (1941 – 1944).

In the service of God, the Church and Ukraine. History of the monastery of the Tsar Christ the Basilian Fathers in Ivano-Frankivsk

The article analyses the history of the monastery of the King of Christ of the Province of the Basilian Fathers of the Most Holy Saviour in Ukraine of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ivano-Frankivsk city (formerly Stanislaviv city). А brief overview monasteries within the territory of Galicia, the foundation of the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat in 1617, the Dobromyl Reform of the Order are briefly reflected. The activities of the Basilians in Stanislaviv city after the Dobromyl Reform, the foundation of the Basilian residence in the city in 1935 and the pastoral activities of the Basilian Fathers before the closure of the monastery in 1946 are studied. The history of the monastery in the Soviet period 1946-1989, after the legalization of the UGCC in 1989 to the present day, is covered.

Lviv Synod of 1891: reasons for convocation, course and consequences

The article is about the reasons for convocation, the course and the consequences of Lviv synod, which took place in Lviv in 1891. The pride of place goes to examination of issues, raised during the synod, particularly the matter of celibacy, the matter of Basilian reform, changes of Ruthenian calendar, and also the matter of Eucharistic practice in Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The thesis about the importance of determination and enactment, adopted by Lviv synod, for continuation of «The Golden Age» of our Church and about their positive impact on the course of its further development has been proved.

Ways of service s. Teresa Anna Shuplat, III OSBM

The article analyzes the biography of the Sister Theresa Anna Shuplat, the Third Order of St. Basil the Great (16.09.1900-03.02.1989), the wife of the priest of Przemyśl Diocese of the Greek Catholic Church, the father Yulian Shuplat (18.01.1894-09.09.1951). On the grounds of the documents and the eyewitnesses’ memories her family origin, upbringing, study, work as a Music Teacher in the town of Jarosław (nowadays - Poland), marriage, work in the town of Lesko (nowadays-Poland), deportation from the Polish People's Republic to the Ukrainian SSR in 1946, foster care after her nephews and nephew’s daughter, work at music school in the city of Stanislav, entry into the Third Order of St. Basil the Great in 1977, underground activities in the Order, and traits of her character have been analyzed.