Haievs’kyi Papers

postcardLiterary scholar, educator, and church figure, Sylvestr Haievskyi served as vice-chancellor and then as director of the general department of the State Chancellery of the Ukrainian National Republic. In 1921 he was appointed professor of Kamianets-Podilskyi Ukrainian State University. He was arrested in 1922 and again in 1932. After his second release he spent several years in Central Asia. In 1942 he was consecrated bishop of Lubni Eparchy, and in 1949 he immigrated to Australia, where he served as acting bishop and archbishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church for Australia and New Zealand (1953-1962). The papers are comprised of letters written by Sylvestr Haievskyi to historian Dmytro Doroshenko. The primary focus is on the activities of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church among Ukrainian émigrés.
Scope: 1945-1946
Size: 1 folder, 7 documents

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