Volodymyr Romaniuk
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Volodymyr I | |
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| Holiest Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine | |
 Memorial plaque to Patriarch Volodymyr on the facade of the Holy Protection Church in Kyiv | |
| Native name | Володимир І |
| Church | Ukrainian Orthodox Church |
| See | Kyivan Patriarchate |
| Elected | 22 October 1993 (by All-Ukrainian Orthodox Assembly) |
| Installed | 24 October 1993 (at Saint Sophia's Cathedral) |
| Term ended | 14 July 1995 |
| Predecessor | Mstyslav |
| Successor | Filaret |
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| Ordination | 28 April 1990 by Ioan (Bodnarchuk) |
| Consecration | 29 April 1990 by Ioan (Bodnarchuk) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasyl Omelianovych Romanyuk 10 December 1925 Khymchyn, Kosiv county, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Poland |
| Died | 14 July 1995 (aged 69) Botanic Garden, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Buried | Sofia Square (Sofiyivska plochsha), Kyiv |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Spouse | Maria Antonyuk |
| Children | Taras Romaniuk |
| Alma mater | Moscow Theological Academy |
Volodymyr (secular name Vasyl Omelianovych Romaniuk, Ukrainian: Василь Омелянович Романюк; December 10, 1925, Khymchyn – July 14, 1995, Kyiv) was the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. Initially consecrated as a bishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church by bishop Ioan in 1990, Volodymyr became one of the founders of the united Ukrainian Orthodox Church in June 1992.
Biography
He was an ex-political (member of OUN) prisoner who was imprisoned by communist Soviets for 17 years (1944–1954, 1972–1979). In 1979 he became a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was exiled from 1979 till 1982, and became a political emigrant at the end of the 1980s. On July 1, 1976 Volodymyr renounced his Soviet citizenship.[1]
Between 1987–1990, Vasyl Romaniuk lived in Canada and was a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Also he served under the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, whose Metropolitan was Metropolitan Mstyslav (later Patriarch of Kyiv). In 1990 with the onset of Perestroyka and movement for revival of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, he returned to Ukraine.
In April of 1990 he was tonsured as an archimandrite selecting name of Volodymyr and next day consecrated as Bishop of Uzhhorod and Vynohradiv. His cheirotonia was carried out by Metropolitan of Lviv and Galicia Ioann (Bodnarchuk), bishop of Ternopil and Buchach Basil (Bondarchuk), bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk Andrew (Abramchuk), bishop of Chernivtsi Daniel (Kovalchuk). His speedy consecration of bishop was not something special and similar method was widely practiced in the Russian Orthodox Church.
For a short period, he was Archbishop of Lviv and Sokal.
In 1993, by the decree of Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) he was excommunicated[citation needed] for accepting ordination from Metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko).
On October 22, 1993 he was elected Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. On July 14, 1995 Patriarch Volodymyr (Romaniuk) suddenly died under somewhat mysterious circumstances, with the official diagnosis being causes related to a heart attack.[citation needed]
Volodymyr's burial, on July 18, 1995, turned into a riot.[2] The government, which controlled Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, refused a request from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to bury him on the cathedral's grounds, so church officials, flanked by uniformed paramilitary guards of the UNA-UNSO nationalist movement, hammered through the sidewalk outside the cathedral gates and buried him there. Riot police attacked the assembly and fighting with Volodymyr's supporters left 70 people injured, and two people dead[citation needed]. Many religious and faithful later called the event Black Tuesday.
Patriarch Volodymyr (Romaniuk) was succeeded by Metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko) who was enthroned as Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’ - Ukraine on October 22, 1995.
Awards
- Order for Courage 1st class (November 8, 2006).[3]
References
- ^ Krainiy, I. Archipoor youth of Patriarch. (in Ukrainian; archived 15 April 2015) "Ukrayina Moloda", accessed 25 June 2022
- ^ Rupert, James. Washington Post, "Ukraine Patriarch's Unruly Burial Brings Church-State Ties to a Low" , accessed 20 April 2023.
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 8 листопада 2006 year № 937/2006 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України засновників та активістів Української Громадської Групи сприяння виконанню Гельсінкських угод» (in Ukrainian)
External links
- Religious Information Service of Ukraine
- Joseph R. Gregory Ukraine: Christians in Conflict
- Video about Patriarch Volodymyr on YouTube (in Ukrainian)
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