Mykhailo Svitenkyi ( uk, Михайло Світенький; 8 November 1858,
Teofipilka
Teofipilka ( uk, Теофіпілка) is a village in Kozova settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1785.
After the liquidation of the Kozova Raion
Kozova Raio ...
, Austrian Empire
[Центральний державний історичний архів України (Львів), ф. 201, оп. 1в, спр. 824, арк. 20.] – 15 June 1936,
Ladychyn
Ladychyn ( uk, Ладичин) is a village in Mykulyntsi settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1564.
After the liquidation of the Terebovlia Raion
Terebovlia Ra ...
, Poland) was a Ukrainian priest and public figure.
Biography
Graduated from
Berezhany gymnasium (1880), studied theology in
Lviv (1884).
On 18 December 1884 he was ordained a priest. Served as a staff member in the villages of
Tovste (1885–1887, near
Hrymailiv
Hrymailiv ( uk, Гримайлів; pl, Grzymałów; yi, רימאלאוו, ''Rimalov'') is an urban-type settlement in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hrymailiv settlemen ...
) and Ladychyn (1887–1893), as a parish priest in Vovkiv (1893–1897); vice-dean of the Shchyrets Deanery (from 1894); catechist at the selective school in Lviv (1897–1898); military chaplain in
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
(1898-1901); and as a parish priest in Ladychyn (1901–1936).
During 1897–1898, he was the editor of the Christian social newspaper ''Ruslan''.
[Центральний державний історичний архів України (Львів), ф. 201, оп. 1в, спр. 824, арк. 21.]
Active in public organizations in Ternopil and Terebovlia Powiat; a well-known speaker and preacher in Galicia (his contemporaries called him
Zolotoust). Fr. Mykhailo sermons were heard at the funerals of Marko Kahanets (now
Koropets
Koropets ( uk, Коропець; pl, Koropiec) is an urban-type settlement in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Koropets was first founded in 1421, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement ...
, Chortkiv Raion), Adam Kotsko (Lviv), and the first anniversary of
Ivan Franko's death (1917, Ternopil).
Founded ''
Prosvita'' reading rooms, agricultural clubs, and cooperatives in the surrounding villages. Organized the construction of churches in Kryvky and Ludvykivtsi, and the repair of the church in Ladychyn.
He supported the Lviv literary group ''Moloda Muza''.
Father Svetenkyi was visited by Petro Karmanskyi.
Family
With his wife, they raised three children.
As of 1901, he was a widower.
Awards
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Bronze Jubilee Medal of 1898 (Austria-Hungary, 1898)
Ranglisten des Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Heeres 1901 (Wien, 1900)
— S. 1065
References
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1858 births
1936 deaths
Lviv Seminary alumni
Ukrainian Eastern Catholic priests
Ukrainian activists
Ukrainian editors