“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…
Pope Francis has signed a decree declaring “venerable” Metropolitan Andrey 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 gently…
“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 Andrey 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 Andrey Sheptytsky. The adjective “venerable”—and great deal many other synonyms—are undeniably apt in the case of the great cleric.
“When we think of the [sic] Ukraine, we think of pogroms.” With some such words, I heard a BBC correspondent introduce an interviewee around 1900.
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is known as the `saviour of Jews` during World War II. Renata Hanynets explains why, in this week’s look at Ukraine’s Jewish Heritage. Audio file is here. Transcript. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is…
The candidacy of [Ukrainian Greek Catholic, ed.] Metropolitan Alexander Sheptytsky has been repeatedly discussed by the Yad Vashem commission but was dismissed each time because the Metropolitan welcomed the entry of the Nazi army in…
KIEV – Ukrainian Jews and political leaders have united in endeavoring to rehabilitate a controversial Holocaust-era cleric whose legacy has been fiercely debated for decades.