Hilarion (Ohienko)
Metropolitan Ilarion , 1882 in Brusilov, Kiev Governorate March 29, 1972 in Winnipeg, Canada was a Ukrainian Orthodox cleric, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jableczna in 1940 he became Bishop of Chem in 1944 he became the Metropolitan of Chem and Lublin , and in 1951 Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. He was also active in Ukrainian politics, both during the revolution and later in emigration.
Ivan Ohienko was born in central Ukraine and educated at Kiev University where he studied Slavic philology under V. Peretts. By 1915, he was teaching at this same university, and during the revolution became active in the Ukrainianization of higher education. In 1919, he was Minister of Education in the Ukrainian Peoples Republic which was at that time headed by the Directorate of Ukraine. After the military defeat of Petliuras forces, together with Petliura went into exile in Tarnw, Poland. He remained in Poland between the wars and remained active in the UPR government in exile. Until 1932, he taught in the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University, but was dismissed under political pressure from Polish nationalist elements.
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