Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae

Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae is a collection of articles by Rev Dr Athanasius McVay, pertaining to the history of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. It is inspired by great works of ecclesiastical history, such as Baronius' Annales Ecclesiastici, Harasevych's Annales Ecclesiae Ruthenae and Athanasius Welykyj's Analecta OSBM.

Monday, 16 June 2025

Catholic Church and Authoritarian State: Poland 1932

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According to a Christian understanding, Church and State should coexist in a harmonious complementary relationship. But debates as to how su...

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

The Sovereign Opens Canada's Parliament in 1957

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From a report from the Apostolic Delegate in Canada, Archbishop Giovanni Panico, sent to both Sections of the Papal Secretariat of State: Ot...

Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Pius XII Against Forced Repatriation

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Letter of Bishop Ivan Buchko to Pope Pius XII Pax Christi in Regno Christi! Rome, December 16, 1945. Most Holy Father, prostrate at the fe...

Friday, 20 September 2024

Andrey Sheptytsky and Oleksander Koshetz

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Koshetz and Sheptytsky, Chicago 1922 On 21 September 2024 we mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the great Ukrainian composer, directo...

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Postwar Ukrainian Parishes in Winnipeg

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While preparing a work on the history of the Ukrainian (Greek-)Catholic Church in Canada from the 1930s to 1950s, I came across a few report...

Saturday, 16 December 2023

The Pontifical Ruthenian College, 1897–1915

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Between Roman Universalism and National Consciousness The Collegio Ruteno in Rome was founded, in 1897, to educate Ruthenian- Ukrainian s...

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Rev. Dr Athanasius D. McVay HED FRSA FRHistS: Edmonton - Rome - London, United Kingdom; Priest and Church historian specializing in the history of the Holy See's diplomacy and of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the XIX and XX centuries. Fellow of: the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada; the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto; The Royal Society of Arts; The Royal Historical Society.

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