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Emellia Prokopik
Emellia Prokopik (May11, 1920December17, 2015) was a nun of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. She served for 12 years as Superior General of the sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great of the Province of Jesus, Lover of Humanity in Pennsylvania, what the first Ukrainian bishop in the US called "cradle of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States." Youth, education, and vows She was born Mildred E. Prokopik to Annie Anna Kilar from Galicia, an area comprising parts of modern-day Poland and Ukraine, and Vasyl (also Wasyl) Prokopik from Ukraine. There were eight children, and they all went to St. Vladimir's Church. She was fluent in Ukrainian as well as English, Latin, and German, and she may have spoken Polish. She began high school at St. Basil Academy in Abington, Pennsylvania, and expressed her Eastern Christian spirituality by entering the Order of Saint Basil the Great before finishing high school, at age 16, on July 23, 1936. Her first profession was on Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Ukraine
The Catholic Church in Ukraine ( la, Ecclesia Catholica in Ucraina; uk, Католицька церква в Україні) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The majority of Catholics in Ukraine belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, while significant numbers of others belong to the Latin Church (known as Roman Catholic), Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, or Armenian Catholic Church. Types of Catholic churches by rite * Roman Rite: Latin Church (Latin Church in Ukraine) * Armenian rite: Armenian Catholic Church ( Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv) * Byzantine rite: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo) History and data The Catholic Church in Ukraine consists of members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as well as the Roman (Latin Rite) Catholic Church in Ukraine, Ruthenian Catholic Church, and the Armenian Catholic Church. The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
