Persecution of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church after WW2. Public lecture by Oleh Turiy
Date and time:
Monday 26 September, 2016
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
Ukrainian Institute London
79 Holland Park
London
W11 3SW
Oleh Turiy is a guest lecturer at the Ukrainian Institute London. He will kick off our autumn season with a lecture about the forceful ban imposed on the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church by the Soviet authorities after WW2 and will highlight the mechanisms deployed by authorities to suppress one of the most powerful institutions of Ukrainian identity in Western Ukraine. The arrest and exile of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj, the future founder of UCU and the leader of the church, marked the onset of large-scale harassment and violence against the Greek Catholic clergy and believers. The church went into hiding which lasted for over 40 years.
The talk will be moderated by Marina Pesenti, Director, Ukrainian Institute London.
This event will be held in Ukrainian, interpreting will be provided
FREE
Speaker
Oleh Turiy
Dr Oleh Turiy is Vice-Rector for Program Development at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. He has dedicated his entire academic career to the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and has chaired the Department of Church History at the Ukrainian Catholic University for many years. Dr Turiy has also been seconded to a number of Western Universities – in Canada, Germany, and Austria.
