Contents of Analecta OSBM, Section II
Volume XIV (XX) 1-4, 1992
Dedicated to the Persecuted Church in Ukraine (1945-1990)
I. ARTICULI
CLEMENS KORTCHAGUlN, OSBM, Statutes of Princes - Sources
of the Ukrainian Penal Legislation
(Latin)
After a short introduction about the pristine legislation in Rus' -Ukraine, the author describes the Ecclesiastical Statutes of Prince Vladimir the Great (980-1015) and those of Prince Jaroslav the Wise (1019-1054). The article concludes with a description of the competence of the ecclesiastical tribunal in virtue of these Statutes.
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, The Paterikon oj the Kievan Monastery oj Caves
(Ukrainian)
In his historico-literary essay, Father Pekar first describes the
formation and various editions of the Paterikon, and then briefly presents
the authors and their writings that became part of its composition. In the
third part of his article, the author examines the Paterikon as an early Ukrainian
literary monument, as well as an important source of the ecclesiastical and
national history.
DMYTRO STEPOVYK, The Paterikon of the Caves as a Collective Portrait of a
Christian
(Ukrainian)
The author, Doctor of Fine Arts and Fellow-worker at the Institute of Fine Arts in Kiev, makes his first contribution to the Analecta with this most interesting article. He believes that the Paterikon of the Caves presents us with a complete and perfect image of a Christian - Rusytch; this is illustrated by matching engravings, beginning with the first printed Ukrainian Paterikon in 1661. The core of the essay consists in the description of the engravings of the Paterikon, belonging to the XVIIth century Kievan engraver, Illia, and of those engraved by the XVIIIth century master, Leontius Tarasevych. In their engravings, both artists reflected the characteristic traits of the Ukrainian iconography and native landscape. According to the opinion of the author, these engravings greatly contributed to the popularity of the Paterikon, as well as to the promotion of the religious life.
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, Protohegumen Joannikius J. Bazylovych OSBM
(The first Transcarpathian historian)
(Ukrainian)
In this study Father Pekar presents the life and the literary works of the Basilian Provincial Superior of Transcarpathia, Father Joannicius J. Bazylovych, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birth. Bazylovych, generally recognized as the "Father of Transcarpathian history," was a prolific writer. All his ascetical, historical, as well as liturgical works are discussed in the article.
STEPHEN PAP, Icons and Iconography in Transcarpathia.
(Ukrainian)
The recently deceased writer, Father Stephen Pap, acquaints us with the historical development of the icon-painting in the Carpathian region, both in the Mukachevo and the Prjashiv eparchies, since. the XVIth century. After a brief presentation of the most important literary sources on the subject, Father Pap describes seven Miraculous Icons of the region, followed by a presentation of both popular and academic masters, dealing with their lives and works in chronological order.
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, The Union of Brest
and the Attempts to Destroy It available
online
(English)
The article is written in English in order to call the attention
of the general public to an important historical event, the Union of Brest.
whose 400th anniversary will be observed in 1996.
Having presented the unity of the Church as a divinely postulated fact (Jn.
10: 16), the author then brings forward the constant efforts of the Ukrainian
hierarchs to unite their Church with Rome throughout the centuries following
the Church division. Since the Union of Brest, under the influence of hostile
Russian writers, was very often vilified and inaccurately presented, Father
Pekar insists on the necessity to re-evaluate the Union of Brest in light
of the recently published documents from the Vatican Archives. Then, in the
third part of article, the opposition to the union of the Ukrainian Church
with Rome on the part of Prince Ostroz'kyj, the Cossacks and Moscow is briefly
recounted.
II. DOCUMENTA
PORFIRIUS PIDRUCNYJ, OSBM, "Diary" of Msgr. George Lascaris Concerning
the Basilian Chapter of Dubno in 1743
(Italian)
In the Department of Manuscripts of the Vatican Library, in the Barberini Latini fund, there is preserved a .. Diary" of Bishop G. Lascaris, the delegate of the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland, Archbishop F. Serbelloni, concerning the Basilian Chapter of Dubno, which was celebrated in 1743. After an extensive introduction about the person and "Diary" of Bishop Lascaris, as well as the important Chapter of Dubno, Father Pidrucnyj presents the entire text of the" Diary" (in Italian), including the Report which Lascaris later presented to the Apostolic Nuncio. These documents are of vital importance to the history of the Basilian Order in the first half of the XVlllth century, which was outlined by the author in the previous volume of the Analecta (pp. 172-179).
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, The Elevation of a Secular Priest, Peter Bilianskyj,
to the Episcopacy in 1780
(English)
Father Pekar, by way of an introduction, briefly explains the obligation of the Synod of Zamostia (1720) about the promotion to the episcopacy of only professed monks and its application in the eparchy of Mukachevo. Then he discusses the case of a secular priest of the eparchy of Lviv, Father Peter Bilianskyj, who refused to make a monastic profession before his episcopal ordination as decreed by the Zamostia Synod. At the end, three documents pertaining to this matter with proper annotations are published.
ISIDORE PATRYLO, OSBM, Basilians of the Kholm Province (1810-1864)
(Ukrainian)
After the introductory remarks about the Basilian Province of Kholm, the author presents short biographies of 109 monks, based on the documents of the Episcopal Consistory of Kholm, at the present time preserved in the Provincial Archives of Lublin, Poland. The list of the religious is still incomplete since the registers between 1855-1864 are missing.
III. MISCELLANEA
Alexandra HNATIUK, The Pocajiv "Bohohlasnyk"
— an anthology of "spiritual song"
(Ukrainian)
This text was read at a symposium that took place in Lviv on the 5th-6th of December, 1990, marking the 200th anniversary of the Bohohlasnyk's appearance (1790). In her lecture the authoress points out the distinguishing features of these "spiritual songs" as prayers and as non-liturgical didactic hymns, composed in a baroque style. The editors of the "Bohohlasnyk" chose only those compositions that were best suited for communicating the revealed truths of the faith and for encouraging the faithful to good works.
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, Metropolitan A. Sheptyckyj and Transcarpathian Ukrainians
(Ukrainian)
This study deals with the relationship of Metropolitan A. Sheptyckyj and the Ukrainians of Transcarpathia: first, in the United States at the beginning of this century in connection with the appointment of the first Ukrainian Catholic Bishop in the person of Soter Stephen Ortyns'kyj, OSBM (1907-1916), and then in Transcarpathia, involving the Metropolitan with the Basilian reform, defense of the Ukrainians against the forced magyarization and Orthodox propaganda, as well as with the support of the national movement in the Carpathian region.
DMYTRO STEPOVYK, The Contemporary Ukrainian Iconography in Diaspora
(Ukrainian)
In his article the Author, as a well traveled Fellow-worker of the Institute of Fine Arts in Kiev, describes various styles and their combinations that can be discovered in the contemporary Ukrainian iconography outside Ukraine, turning his attention on some outstanding representatives of the Ukrainian Sacred Art abroad, including the embroidery.
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, Greek-Catholic Church During the Carpatho-Ukraine
(Ukrainian)
The article was written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the independent Carpatho-Ukraine (1939-1989). It deals with the short activity of Bishop Dionysius Niaradi of Krizhevtsi as the Apostolic Visitator of the Mukachevo eparchy 1938-1939, ending with the occupation of the Carpatho-Ukraine by the Hungarian forces.
MELETIUS SOLOVEY, OSBM, The Views of the Ukrainian Hetmans at the Union
(Ukrainian)
Taking into consideration the case of the three most famous Ukrainian hetmans: Sahajdachnyj, Khmelnyckyj and Mazepa, Father Solovey points out that they were not such implacable opponents of the Church union as they usually are depicted by the Orthodox authors. This article could serve as an interesting topic for the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest in 1996, when the next volume of the Analecta will be published.
ATHANASIUS. PEKAR, OSBM, The Eparchy of Mukachevo and the Metropolitan of
Halych
(Ukrainian)
The Author shows that since the time of the Union of Uzhorod
(1646) some efforts were made to include the eparchy of Mukachevo into the
Metropolitan Province of Kiev. But due to Hungarian politics the eparchy was
canonically submitted to the metropolitan authority of the Hungarian primate,
the Archbishop of Esztergom, in 1771. Bishop A. Bachynskyj (1773-1809) without
any delay began action for the subordination of the Mukachevo eparchy to the
Metropolitan of Halych, which was considered at that time to be restored.
The Hungarian opposition, nevertheless, frustrated all the efforts of Bishop
Bachynskyj.
After the restoration of the Metropolitan see of Halych, in 1808, the Holy
See tried to extend the metropolitan jurisdiction of Halych to the eparchy
of Mukachevo on several occasions, but Hungarian authorities, led by the
Primate of Hungary, were always successful in preventing it. Maybe now, that
the eparchy of Mukachevo finds itself outside of the Hungarian borders, the
aspirations of Bishop Bachynskyj will be fulfilled.
ATHANASIUS PEKAR, OSBM, Where the Monastery of "Polonyna"
Was Located?
(Ukrainian)
In the Annals, under 1262 A.D., the Monastery of "Polonyna" is mentioned, which the Author is trying to identify with the Transcarpathian monastery of Uglya (Zaniv), in Maramorosh district.
IV. BIBLIOGRAPHIA
ISIDORE PATRYLO, OSBM, The Sources and Bibliography of the Ukrainian Church, (Volume III, sections 1-6).
Starting with the eighth volume of the Analecta (1973), instead of a limited number of the book-reviews, the publication of The Sources and Bibliography Concerning the History of the Ukrainian Church, faithfully compiled by Father Isidore Patrylo, OSBM, was initiated. To each and every entry the Author adds a brief summary of the work and its more important reviews. The same practice is continued in this volume, too.With the millennial celebrations of Christianity in Rus'-Ukraine the number of historical works on the Ukrainian Church has considerably increased. For this reason the bibliography in the present volume was limited only to its first six sections. Sections 7-19 were later published, together with sections 1-6, in 1995.
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