Ilarion Ohienko

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Ukrainian Orthodox cleric, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture (1882-1972)

WritersLived 1882 to 1972 · aged 90

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Metropolitan Ilarion was a Ukrainian Orthodox bishop, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St.

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Ohienko early in his career

"Ukrainska kultura" published in 1918 by Ohienko

Ohienko during his professorship at Warsaw University, 1926

Ohienko presiding over a religious service in Kholm (Chełm), 1941

Grave of Metropolitan Ilarion outside of Winnipeg

Ohienko on a 2007 stamp of Ukraine

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About this person

Metropolitan Ilarion was a Ukrainian Orthodox bishop, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jabłeczna; in 1940 he became Bishop of Chełm; in 1944 he became the Metropolitan of Chełm and Lublin (Lubelskie), 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. Throughout his long career, in addition to church work, Ohienko contributed to scholarship and other areas of Ukrainian culture.