Українізаційна діяльність архиєпископа Холмського і Підляського Іларіона Огієнка (1940–1944)
The Ukrainianisation Efforts of Archbishop Ilarion of Kholm and Podlachia, 1940–1944

Author(s): Andrij Smyrnov
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Orthodox Church; Ilarion Ohiienko; occupation; Kholm; eparchy; parish
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the development of the Kholm and Podlachia Orthodox Eparchy during the Nazi occupation of Poland. The Kholm region became a major centre of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the Kholm Cathedral was returned to Orthodox Ukrainians, and many religious publications were issued in Ukrainian in the region. The Kholm and Podlachia Eparchy was re-established (with Ilarion Ohiienko as bishop) and Ukrainianised. The Kholm church programme of Archbishop Ilarion Ohiienko, which included balanced use of the Ukrainian language in religious services, building a parish network, and training a group of nationally conscious clergy, aimed to establish an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church with a patriarchal system in the territories occupied by the Nazis. To activate the national ecclesiastic life, Archbishop Ilarion founded a printing house, a publishing house, a bookstore, a library, a museum, the eparchial storage of church items, and a charitable association. The German police allowed the establishment of a theological seminary that aimed to educate a nationally conscious clergy. In 1944, Ilarion Ohiienko was elevated to the rank of metropolitan by the Council of Bishops. The Kholm Eparchy was eventually abolished when the region became part of Poland after the Second World War.

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