Ukrainian Bishops - Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops, Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops, Stepan Czmil, Josaphat Kuntsevych (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops, Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops, Stepan Czmil, Josaphat Kuntsevych, List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Ukraine, Josyf Slipyj, Volodymyr Sterniuk, Roman Danylak, Paul Patrick Chomnycky, List of Roman Catholic Bishops of Lviv, Nykyta Budka, Stefan Soroka, Vasyl Velychkovsky, Jzef Welamin Rutski, Augustine Hornyak, Innocent Lotocky, Hedeon Balaban, Michael Kuchmiak, Antin Angelovych, Sofron Dmyterko, Michel Hrynchyshyn, List of Patriarchs of Ukraine, Hlib Lonchyna, Maxim Hermaniuk, Bohdan Dzyurakh, Mykola Simkaylo, Jan Martyniak. Excerpt: Father Stefan Czmil was born on 20 October 1914 in Sudova Vyshnya, a small town in Western Ukraine, some 30 kilometers from the Polish border Rawa Ruska/Medyka. His parents, Stefan and Julia Szydlowska, were Ukrainian patriots and Christians, who managed to instill into their son a sincere love of Ukraine and the Greek-Catholic Church, as the Ukrainian Catholic Church then was officially known. After the first school years in his native town, and because he showed a keen interest in his studies, in 1925 he was sent to the Ukrainian all-boys gymnasium in Peremyshl, Ukrainian town under Polish rule. The then catechist of the Gymnasium, Father Petro Holynskyj, a great admirer of Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesian Congregation, never ceased to recount interesting episodes of the Saints life. Stefan Czmil was so mesmerized by these stories, masterfully presented by Father Petro, that he decided to join the Salesian Congregation. It was his goal to educate poor youths in Ukraine, in exactly the same manner, as Saint John Bosco did in his time in Italy. But how on earth was he supposed to achieve his goal?Divine Providence stepped in to give Stefan a helping hand in order ... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=20083170