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Sheptytsky
Szeptycki (feminine: Szeptycka) is a Polish-language surname. It belongs to the Polish noble Szeptycki family. The Ukrainian-language spelling of the surname is Sheptytskyi (; feminine: Sheptytska). The name is also sometimes rendered as Sheptytsky or Sheptycki. Notable people with the surname include: Szeptycki, Szeptycka *Athanasius Szeptycki (1686–1746), bishop *Jadwiga Szeptycka (1883–1939), Polish archeologist, ethnographer, writer and social activist *James Sheptycki, Canadian criminologist *Kamil Szeptycki (born 1991), Polish actor *Leo Szeptycki (1717–1779), bishop *Stanisław Szeptycki (1867–1950), Polish general and minister *Zofia Szeptycka (1837–1904), Polish countess, poet and painter Sheptytsky, Sheptytskyi *Andrey Sheptytsky (1865–1944), Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church *Klymentiy Sheptytsky (1869–1951), archimandrite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church *Oleh Sheptytskyi (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer See also *S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Sheptytsky
Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (; ; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Lviv from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure in office spanned two world wars and six political regimes: Austrian, Ukrainian, Soviet, Polish, Nazi German, and again Soviet. According to the church historian Jaroslav Pelikan, "Arguably, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky was the most influential figure ...in the entire history of the Ukrainian Church in the twentieth century". He had a major role in raising Ukrainian national consciousness in modern-day western Ukraine and expanded the Ukrainian Catholic Church. He defended the interests of Ukrainians to the Austro-Hungarian House of Lords and Emperor Franz Joseph, established schools and a hospital society, and founded a seminary and the order of the Ukrainian Studite Monks. Sheptytsky also facilitated the appointment of the Ukrainian Catholic hierarchy for Ukrainian immigran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
