Volodymyr Romaniuk
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Volodymyr I | |
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| Holiest Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine | |
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| Ordination | 28 April 1990 by Ioan (Bodnarchuk) |
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| Born | Vasyl Omelianovych Romaniuk 9 December 1925 |
| Died | 14 July 1995 (aged 69) Botanic Garden, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Buried | Sofia Square (Sofiyivska plochsha), Kyiv |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Spouse | Maria Antonyuk |
| Children | Taras Romaniuk |
| Alma mater | Moscow Theological Academy |
Volodymyr (
Biography
Vasyl Omelianovych Romaniuk was born on 9 December 1925 into a Hutsul family in the village of Khimchyn, in what was then the Second Polish Republic. During World War II, he studied at Kosiv within the General Government and was a member of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists operating underground in opposition to the German occupation. Following the recapture of Kosiv by the Red Army, Romaniuk was arrested for his nationalist activities on 12 July 1944. His family was deported to Siberia while he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. He served out his sentence in Poltava Oblast.[1]
Romaniuk was again imprisoned during the 1973 Ukrainian purge and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for anti-Soviet agitation. He was recognised as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.[2]
In 1979 he became a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was exiled from 1979 till 1982, and became a political emigrant at the end of the 1980s. On 1 July 1976 Volodymyr renounced his Soviet citizenship.[3]
Between 1987 and 1990, Vasyl Romaniuk lived in Canada and was a priest of the
In April of 1990 he was tonsured as an archimandrite selecting name of Volodymyr and next day consecrated as
For a short period, he was Archbishop of Lviv and Sokal.
On 22 October 1993 he was elected Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate.
Death and funeral
On 14 July 1995 Patriarch Volodymyr suddenly died under somewhat mysterious circumstances, with the official diagnosis being causes related to a heart attack.[citation needed][4]
Volodymyr's burial, on 18 July 1995, turned into a riot.
Patriarch Volodymyr (Romaniuk) was succeeded by
Awards
- Order for Courage 1st class (8 November 2006).[6]
Notes
- ^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Omelianovych and the family name is Romaniuk.
References
- ^ a b Melnyk, Ihor (18 July 2015). "Кривавий похорон Патріарха" [The Patriarch's bloody funeral]. Zbruč (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ISBN 0-86210-006-2.
- ^ Krainiy, I. Архібідняцька юність Патріарха. (in Ukrainian; archived 15 April 2015) "Ukrayina Moloda", accessed 25 June 2022
- ^ a b ""Чорний вівторок" : Похорон Патріарха Володимира - YouTube". Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Rupert, James. Washington Post, "Ukraine Patriarch's Unruly Burial Brings Church-State Ties to a Low", accessed 20 April 2023.
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 8 листопада 2006 year № 937/2006 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України засновників та активістів Української Громадської Групи сприяння виконанню Гельсінкських угод» (in Ukrainian)
External links
- Religious Information Service of Ukraine
- Joseph R. Gregory Ukraine: Christians in Conflict
- Video about Patriarch Volodymyr on YouTube(in Ukrainian)
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