Dignity in the face of totalitarian oppression: the legacy of Patriarch Slipyj. Lecture by Bishop Gudziak
Date and time:
Friday 17 November, 2017
15:00 - 17:00
Location:
Committee Room G, House of Lords
Houses of Parliament
London
SW1A 0AA
Patriarch Josyp Slipyj, leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, was a professor, education administrator, former GULAG prisoner, church reformer, and missionary. His achievements in each of these domains are remarkable. In the course of 18 years of imprisonment, he challenged totalitarianism head-on. When kicked off the Soviet Union as an old man, Slipyj did not take retirement but set about creating institutions and inspiring divided Ukrainian communities across continents. His academic and spiritual legacy provides interesting insights on today's burning issues. As Ukraine marks the 125th birth anniversary of the Patriarch - Bishop Borys Gudziak shares his insight and personal recollection of the time spent with the Patriarch in the 1980s in Rome and offers his vision for the future.
This event will be held in English.
FREE
Speaker
Bishop Borys Gudziak
Bishop Borys Gudziak is the President of the Ukrainian Catholic University with which the Ukrainian Institute London is affiliated. Dr Gudziak was Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France. Fr. Gudziak was born in Syracuse, New York (USA) in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1998. He received his doctorate in Byzantine and Slavic studies from Harvard University and is the author of numerous academic works.
The full biography of Bishop Borys Gudziak could be found here
