Ivan Hrynokh
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Father Dr. Ivan Hrynokh was a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
and Ukrainian community activist.
Born in the village of Pavlov
Radekhiv Raion
Radekhiv Raion is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Radekhiv. It has a population of 52 439.It was established in 1965.-External links:* *...
near Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
to Mykhailo and Anastiya Hrynokh on December 29, 1907, his parents emigrated to the USA in 1909 and settled in Philadelphia where his brother Stepan was born in 1911. The family returned to their home village in 1911.
Ivan received his high school education in Lviv and commenced theological studies there which he completed with a doctorate studying in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
and Paris
Paris
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. He took on priestly vows in
September 1932 from Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky and taught philosophy
Philosophy
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and theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
at the Theological Academy in Lviv. He was arrested by the Polish government in 1938 and remained incarcerated at the Bereza Kartuska detention camp until the fall of Poland.
With the amalgamation of Western Ukraine by the Soviets
Soviet annexation of Western Ukraine, 1939–1940
On the basis of a secret clause of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union , the Soviet Union invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, capturing the eastern regions of Poland , with Galicia and Volhynia, facing little Polish opposition and occupying the principal city of...
, father Hrynokh traveled to Krakow
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
where he preached and was active in Ukrainian politics. He became the chaplain
Chaplain
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to the Nachtigall Battalion
Nachtigall Battalion
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. After the dissolution of the Battalion, he participated in the 3rd Great Conference of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists is a Ukrainian political organization which as a movement originally was created in 1929 in Western Ukraine . The OUN accepted violence as an acceptable tool in the fight against foreign and domestic enemies particularly Poland and Russia...
which took place in Ukraine in 1943, and was one of the instigators of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council
Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council
Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council was a Ukrainian political organisation formed in July 1944.UHVR united Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Ukrainian Insurgent Army . After the end of the Second World War, the council co-ordinated resistance efforts in Soviet-occupied Ukraine...
where he was elected Vice President in July 1944.
In this position he fulfilled a diplomatic mission in talks with the Romanian and Hungarian governments. He was sent to the West to find alliances for the UPA with the Allied forces and traveled via Prague
Prague
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to Germany settling in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. In 1950 he became the head of the foreign section of the UHVR which he chaired until 1980. Simultaneously he was the head of the Society for foreign studies and founded the newspaper "Suchasna Ukraina" (Contemporary Ukraine), "Ukrainska Literaturna hazeta" (The Ukrainian literary newspaper) and the magazine "Suchasnist'" (Today).
He continued teaching theology and philosophy in seminaries in Hischberg, Kulenburg and was a professor
Professor
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at the Ukrainian Free University
Ukrainian Free University
The Ukrainian Free University is a private graduate university located in Munich, Germany.-History:The Ukrainian Free University was established in Vienna, January 17, 1921. The idea to organize a Ukrainian university-in-exile came from Ukrainian academics, some of whom had held chairs at...
in Munich.
With the release by the Soviets of Metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
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Joseph Slipyj in 1963 a Ukrainian Catholic University
Ukrainian Catholic University
The Ukrainian Catholic University is a Catholic university in Lviv, Ukraine, affiliated with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The ceremonial inauguration honoring its founding took place on June 29, 2002...
was established in Rome
Rome
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where he became professor. He was one of the founders of the Patriarchal movement for the Ukrainian-Catholic Church.
Father Ivan Hrynokh died October 14, 1994 in Munich at the age of 87. He was buried in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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.