Andriy Sheptytsky

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (Ukrainian: Митрополіт Андрей Шептицький; July 29, 1865—November 1, 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death. During his tenure, he led the Church through two world wars and seven political regimes: Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, German National Socialist (Nazi), and again Soviet. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (538x610, 32 KB) Andrzej Szeptycki - painting in Lwów St. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (538x610, 32 KB) Andrzej Szeptycki - painting in Lwów St. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, whose incumbent is usually called simply a metropolitan, apertains to the bishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... A world war is a war affecting the majority of the worlds major nations. ... Soviet redirects here. ... The (German: Nazional- socialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) [National Socialist German Workers Party]); generally known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. ...

According to the historian Jaroslav Pelikan, "Arguably, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky was the most influential figure . . . in the entire history of the Ukrainian Church in the twentieth century." Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (17 December 1923 – 13 May 2006) was one of the worlds leading scholars in the history of Christianity and medieval intellectual history. ...

Life

He was born Roman Aleksander Maria Sheptytsky in a village northeast of Lviv called Prylbychi, Galicia, then a crownland of Austria-Hungary. His family was from an aristocratic Ukrainian line, which in the nineteenth century had become Polonized, Roman Catholic, and French speaking. Among his ancestors there were many important church figures, including two metropolitans of Kyiv, Atanasy and Lev. His maternal grandfather was the Polish writer Aleksander Fredro. One of his brothers bl. Klymentiy Sheptytsky became a Studite monk, while another Stanislav Sheptytsky became a general in the Polish army. Motto: Semper fidelis Location Map of Ukraine with Lviv. ... Coat-of-arms of Galicia or Galicja Galicia (Ukrainian: , Polish: , German: , Hungarian: , Czech: , Turkish: ) is an historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine. ... Cisleithania (German: Cisleithanien) was the name of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual monarchy created in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ... Polonization (Polish: ) is the assumption (complete or partial), of the Polish language or another real or supposed Polish attribute. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop (then more precisely called Metropolitan archbishop) of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ... Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... Aleksander Fredro monument in WrocÅ‚aw Aleksander Fredro (June 20, 1793–July 15, 1876) was a Polish poet and writer, author of social comedies about Polish nobility lifestyle. ... Byzantine miniature depicting the Stoudios monastery. ... StanisÅ‚aw Szeptycki StanisÅ‚aw Maria Szeptycki (1867-1950) – Polish military commander, general. ...

Sheptytsky studied law in Kraków and Wrocław, receiving his doctorate in law in 1888. Despite his father's opposition, he entered a Basilian monastery in Dobromyl, returning to his roots to serve what was regarded as the peasant Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. That same year took the name Andrey. He then studied at the Jesuit Seminary in Kraków, receiving a doctoral degree in theology in 1894. He was made rector of the monastery of St. Onufrius in Lviv in 1896. Wawel Hill. ... WrocÅ‚aw ( ; German: ; Czech: ; Latin: Wratislavia or Vratislavia) is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Monastery of St. ... In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: in fact, hunger and harsh winters were realities for the average European in the... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ...

Memorial plaque in Kraków, marking the place where Szeptycki lived

In 1899, following the death of Sylvester Cardinal Sembratovich, Sheptytsky was nominated by Emperor Franz Joseph to fill a vacant position as Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop of Stanyslaviv (today's Ivano-Frankivsk), and Pope Leo XIII concurred. A year later, following the death of Sembratovich's successor, Sheptytsky was elevated, at the age of thirty-six, to Metropolitan Archbishop. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x939, 79 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Andrey Sheptytsky Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x939, 79 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Andrey Sheptytsky Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph (in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 - November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ... Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian: Івано-Франківськ, Ivano-Frankivsk; before 1962 Станиславів, Stanyslaviv; Polish: Stanisławów; Russian: ; German: Stanislau (before World War I); Yiddish: סטאַניסלעוו, Stanislev) is a city in Ukraine. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Ivano-Frankivsk highlighted. ... Pope Leo XIII (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having succeeded Pope Pius IX (1846–78) on February 20, 1878 and reigning until his death in 1903. ...

He visited North America in 1910 where he met with Ukrainian Greek Catholic immigrant communities in the United States; attended the twenty-first International Eucharistic Congress in Montreal; and toured Ukrainian communities in Canada. The 1932 International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, from the Congress Pictorial Record Eucharistic Congresses are gatherings of clergy and laymen for adoring and evangelising the Holy Eucharist. ... Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ...

After the outbreak of World War I, Metropolitan Sheptytsky was arrested and imprisoned in various places in Ukraine and Russia. He was released in March of 1918 and returned to Lviv from Russia. He actively supported various Ukrainian organizations, in particular, the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, and donated a campsite in the Carpathian Mountains called Sokil, and became the patron saint of the Plast fraternity Orden Khrestonostsiv. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... This article needs to be wikified. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians. ... Orden Khrestonistsiv (in Ukrainian, Орден Хрестоносцiв): A male fraternity of the Ukrainian Plast Scouting organization. ...

As a student he learned Hebrew in order to better relate to the Jewish community. During pastoral visits to Jewish villages he was sometimes met with the Torah. During World War II he harbored hundreds of Jews in his residence and in Greek Catholic monasteries. He also issued the pastoral letter, "Thou Shalt Not Kill," to protest Nazi atrocities. Hebrew redirects here. ... Torah () is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or law. It is the central and most important document of Judaism revered by Jews through the ages. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... This article is becoming very long. ...

During this period he secretly consecrated Josyf Slipyj as his successor. A monument to Josyf Cardinal Slipyj outside the Ternopil Cathedral Josyf Cardinal Slipyj (Ukrainian: ) (February 17, 1892—February 7, 1984) was a Ukrainian Eastern Rite Catholic cleric, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. ...

Sheptytsky was also a patron of artists, students, including many Orthodox Christians, and a pioneer of ecumenism. He strove for reconciliation between ethnic groups and wrote frequently on social issues and spirituality. He also founded the Studite and Ukrainian Redemptorist orders, a hospital, the national Museum, and the Theological Academy. The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Å“cumenism) is derived from Greek (oikoumene), which means the inhabited world, and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. ... The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Latin: Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris) is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Liguori. ...

He died in 1944 and is buried in St. George's Cathedral in Lviv. In 1958 the process of his beatification was begun and now is well advanced. St. ... In Catholicism, beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακαριος, makarios) is a recognition accorded by the church of a dead persons accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name (intercession of saints). ...

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References

• Pelikan, Jaroslav (1990). Confessor Between East and West. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8028-3672-0.