Sts Vladimir (2 results)

Stapled Wraps. First Edition, First Printing. Unpaginated [pp.3]. 8vo., measuring 6" x 5.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, self-wrappers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the subject. Comprises a complete order of events held in honour of, and commemorating the 75th birthday of the Ukrainian-Canadian religion leader, complete with details of speakers, hosts, and a concise, though, thorough, biography of the Monsignor. Light foxing to the front cover, contents without blemish with firm, stapled binding. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Text in Ukrainian. "Born in Vikno, West Ukraine on 17 September 1893, he completed his high school education in Tarnopil and Lviv. After the First World War he studied theology at the Theological Seminary in Lviv and at the Catholic University in Innsbruck, Austria from which he received a doctorate in divinity in 1929. From 1930 to 1934, he taught at the Theological Seminary at Stanislaviv, Ukraine. He came to Canada in May 1934 and became a Ukrainian Catholic priest at Winnipeg. From 1947 to 1951, the Cathedral of Saints Vladimir and Olga was built under his leadership. In 1951, he was elevated to the position of Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XII. In 1968, he was named Mitred priest by Patriarch Yosyf Slipyj, Archbishop Major of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. An outspoken anti-communist, in 1945 he led a delegation to the inaugural meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco, California to challenge the right of the Ukrainian Soviet to represent Ukrainians. He was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee, serving as its president from 1940 to 1953 and 1957 to 1972. He was founder and president of the Pan-American Ukrainian Conference, and he initiated and chaired the first World Congress of Free Ukrainians, serving as the president of its Executive Board from 1968 to 1969 and from 1973 to 1978. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953), the Canadian Centennial Medal (1967), and the Order of Canada (1972). In recognition of his service to the Ukrainian Canadian community, he was awarded the Taras Shevchenko medal in 1961. He died at Winnipeg on 25 September 1979." [Source: Sts. Valdimir & Olga Cathedral Ukrainian Catholic Church).…

Stapled Wraps. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 31. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers bearing a black-and-white image of the Cathedral to the front cover. Many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits of the cathedral, religious leadership, etc. Comprises of dedicatory, and congratulatory messages by Ukrainian Catholic leadership, a history of the founding of the Church, and an article penned by the honoree himself. Lightest rubbing to the covers, neat ink name to the upper-right margin of the half-title page, else, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, stapled binding; near fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Text chiefly in Ukrainian with some English. On this occasion of Rev. Dr. Kushnir's 25th anniversary of pastoral and community activities, all Ukrainian in Canada wish him health, happiness and God's blessing for many years to come. …