Vasyl Lypkivsky
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Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) | |
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Kyiv Governorate | |
Died | 27 November 1937 | (aged 73)
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Vasyl Kostiantynovych Lypkivsky (
Education and early ministry
Vasyl Lypkivsky was born in the village of Popudnya in the Kyiv Governorate (now Cherkasy Oblast), where his father was a priest.
In 1873 he began his education at the
Involvement in the independence movement
During this time the
The government of the new Ukrainian Republic passed a law allowing for the founding of a Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in 1919. Under his supervision, the first religious service in the Ukrainian language took place at the St. Nicholas Military Cathedral in Kyiv on 9 May (Old Style) 1919.[2] For this reason, the Russian bishops prohibited his religious services and deprived him of his clerical title. For the time being, an unstructured association in favor of ending ties with the Russian church was gaining ground among the Ukrainian Orthodox faithful.
Creation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
The move for autonomy from Russia led to the assertion of Ukrainian
Persecution, arrest and death
Lipkivsky spent the whole period of his office as Metropolitan travelling to parishes throughout Ukraine. Under Soviet rule the authorities at first viewed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in a positive way as a counterweight to the Russian Orthodox Church, but by the late 1920s they saw it as a dangerous expression of Ukrainian nationalism. During his time as Metropolitan he was arrested by authorities of the Soviet government several times. The authorities often prohibited his departures from Kyiv and travel to parishes in Ukraine. Upon demands of the Soviet government, he was removed from his position as Metropolitan at the Second All-Ukrainian Orthodox Church Council in 1927.[1]
In 1927, he was placed under
In February 1937, Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) was arrested by the Russian Secret Police, the
In 1989, he was politically "rehabilitated" by the Soviet government.
References
- ^ a b c d e Mytrofan Yavdas. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Regional Church Assembly of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Council Ruled) in the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, 1956
- ^ Власовський, Іван (1990). Нарис Історії Української Православної Церкви, IV, частина перша (2nd ed.). Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. p. 74.