“No harm will come to you here.” Lilly Pohlman says she will remember these words till the end of her days. Along with the memory of a giant of a man gently reassuring her during…
Professor Shimon Redlich was saved by a Ukrainian family during the Holocaust. We talk with him about Andrei Sheptytsky and the reasons why he has not been awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations….
One of the world’s most famous historians of the Holocaust (he himself is a survivor) and the author of “Together and Apart in Brzezany: Poles, Jews and Ukrainians, 1919-1945”, Shimon Redlich remembers the legacy of…
Andriy Kobalia: I think we should begin by saying that nearly 2,500 Ukrainians have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. In Ukraine, the first mass killings of the Jewish population by Nazi troops began…
Olesia Stasiuk, ethnologist and director of the Holodomor Victims Memorial National Museum, discusses an exhibition at the museum in honor of Andrei Sheptytsky. Iryna Slavinska: You are listening to Hromadske Radio. My name is Iryna…
On today’s program Yaroslav Kit, Doctor of Philosophy at the Institute of Religion and Society, talks about Andrei Sheptytsky. Iryna Slavinska: You are listening to Hromadske Radio. Iryna Slavinska is in the studio, and this…
Pope Francis has signed a decree declaring “venerable” Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, who led the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the tumultuous period of both world wars and at the beginning of Soviet occupation.
“No harm will come to you here. You are safe. “ Lilly Pohlman says she will remember these words till the end of her days. Along with the memory of a giant of a man…
“Sheptytsky was one of the few leaders of the Church who spoke out against the Nazi killings. His actions were exemplary as his religious institutions saved many Jewish children by protecting them against the Nazis,”…
A photo essay from the inauguration of the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky memorial statue in Lviv, courtesy of the administration of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Official Vatican news organs have reported that Pope Francis has affixed his signature to a decree affirming the “venerable” status of Metropolitan Archbishop Andrei Sheptytsky. The adjective “venerable”—and great deal many other synonyms—are undeniably apt in the case of the great cleric.