Father Andronicus Rudenko (born 17 May 1894, Blackies,

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- died 5 May 1951,

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) was a Greek-Catholic priest and a convert from Russian Orthodoxy.

Biography

Andronicus Rudenko was born on 17 May 1894 in the village of Blackies,

, in the family of an Orthodox priest. In 1905 the family lived in the Stavishche village, Tarashcha County. On 5 June 1912 he graduated from the

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real school, from September 1913 he worked as a teacher in the Stavishche village. In 1915 Rudenko graduated from the military academy in Kyiv and sent to the front of a junior officer in an infantry battalion. On 30 November 1916 he was promoted to second lieutenant. He was awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus 3rd degree. On 21 September 1917 Rudenko was awarded to the rank of captain. On 1 February 1918 he was demobilized from the army. Entered the Kyiv Theological Academy, from 1919 at the same time he studied at the Faculty of History and Philology of the

University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

. Father Michael Cegielski received him into the

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. After that, his father and brother, who was also an Orthodox priest, broke relations with him. In 1920 was ordained a priest of the Byzantine rite. Zhytomyr diocese administrator, Theophilus Skalski, sent him to serve in the parish of Saint John the Divine in the Vinarovka village, Stavysche district. Rudenko soon received permission to serve in Latin and in the eastern rites. In 1928 he was sent to serve as a curate in the parish of Saint Alexander in Kyiv, in 1929 in the parish in the Yanushpol village and more later transferred to

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. In 1935 again transferred to Yanushpol. In March 1935, when the local authorities decided to close the church in the village of Yanushpol, he went to

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, where he met with Bishop Pius Neve, asked him to transfer to another location in the event of closure of the temple. On 22 August 1935 Rudovenko was arrested in the village of Yanushpol. On 13 December the same year, was sentenced to 7 years in labor camps. Rudovenko was sent under escort to

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, however, in June, along with the criminals fled the train at the

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station. Got to Moscow, where he sought the help of Pius Neve. He secretly lived in different localities of Ukraine, while continuing to carry the priestly ministry. On 11 December 1938 he was arrested. On 25 September 1939 Rudovenko was sentenced to 10 years in labor camps. On 18 April 1940 arrived in

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

. On 27 May 1940 the medical board in a transit camp in Vladivostok gave opinion on the state of his health - "compensatory heart disease", but despite this, it was sent to

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on 14 July. He graduated from the medical assistant courses and in February 1945 he worked paramedic camp infirmary. On 11 January 1947 sent to

. On 2 September 1947 he was arrested in the camp and sent to the internal

prison. On 15 September he was charged with "anti-Soviet agitation and participation in a counter-revolutionary organization." On 25 January 1948 Rudovenko has been ascertained stroke in therefore the investigation against him was suspended and the defendant was sent to the camp hospital, where he remained until 7 July. On 4 November the same year he was sentenced to 10 years in labor camps. On 6 October 1950 due to a sharp deterioration in the health in Nakhodka taken out and placed in a hospital, where he died on 5 May 1951.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudenko, Andronicus Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Former Russian Orthodox Christians Ukrainian Eastern Catholics 1894 births 1951 deaths People from Cherkasy Oblast Kiev Theological Academy alumni Russian military personnel of World War I