Dmytro Blazheyovskyi (<small>Ukrainian:</small> ÃÂüøÃÂÃÂþ ÃÂûðöõùþòÃÂÃÂúøù, <small>Polish:</small> Dmytro BÃ
ÂaÃ
¼ejowski; 21 August 1910 – 23 April 2011) was a Ukrainian Catholic priest and writer. Blazheyovskyi authored over twenty-five scholarly articles on the history of the Ukrainian church. He died in Lviv, aged 100.
Blazheyovskyi was well known in Ukraine for his numerous sketches of traditional Ukrainian embroidery. Throughout his life, Blazheyovskyi had exhibitions of his work in his home country and abroad. On 6 May 1999, he opened a museum in Lviv. He was awarded with the Shevchenko National Prize.
Biography
Blazheyovskyi was born in 1910 in WisÃ
Âok Górny in the Lemko Region. He studied in the Gymnasium in PrzemyÃ
Âl (1922-1930). He studied Philosophy, Theology, and History in 1933-1946 at Catholic universities in Italy, completed two doctoral studies (in Theology (1942) â Pontifical Urban University; in History (1946) â Pontifical Gregorian University). He was ordained on 2 April 1939 in Rome.
After, he worked as a priest among the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States of America â Ansonia, Connecticut (1946âÂÂ47), St. Joseph, Missouri (1947-55), Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, Denver, Colorado; and organized parishes in those cities in 1950-1955; Denver (1955âÂÂ58), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1958âÂÂ59), Houston, Texas (1959-73).
After 1973, he published twenty-five scientific, ten articles in History of the Church, and Ukrainian Religious Embroiders, fourteen albums of embroidered designs. Following the declaration of Independence of Ukraine, Blazheyovskyi began to bring exhibitions of his icons and gonfalons.
Later years and death
From 1992-2010, Blazheyovskyi held 170 exhibitions of embroidered icons in Ukraine and 55 exhibitions outside Ukraine. On 6 May 1999, he opened his museum of embroidered icons in Lviv. Until 2010 he lived in Rome, where he celebrated his 100th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of priest work. He solemnly celebrated his 100th anniversary in Lviv; the celebration was held on 20 August 2010 at the Maria Zankovetska Theatre. He died on Easter Saturday, 23 April 2011, at the age of 101. Blazheyovskyi is buried at Yaniv Cemetery, Lviv.
Publications
- ÃÂûðÃÂÃÂàÃÂøÃÂòÃÂÃÂúøÃÂ
ÃÂøÃÂÃÂþÿþûøÃÂÃÂò ýðô üþýðÃÂ
ðüø (1596âÂÂ1809). â àøü (Rome), 1973
- ãúÃÂðÃÂýÃÂÃÂúð àòÃÂÃÂüõýÃÂÃÂúð ÿðÿÃÂÃÂúàÃÂõüÃÂýðÃÂÃÂààÃÂÃÂòþòà(1665âÂÂ1784). â àøü, 1975
- ÃÂøÃÂÃÂþÿþûÃÂÃÂ, õÿðÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂààõú÷ðÃÂÃÂ
ðÃÂø òÃÂ÷ðýÃÂÃÂùÃÂÃÂúþ-úøÃÂòÃÂÃÂúþóþ þñÃÂÃÂôÃÂ. ÃÂþüõýúûðÃÂÃÂÃÂð àÃÂÃÂðÃÂøÃÂÃÂøúð. â àøü, 1980
- áÃÂÃÂôõýÃÂø òÃÂ÷ðýÃÂÃÂùÃÂÃÂúþ-úøÃÂòÃÂÃÂúþóþ þñÃÂÃÂôàò ÿðÿÃÂÃÂúøÃÂ
úþûõóÃÂÃÂÃÂ
àÃÂõüÃÂýðÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
, ÃÂýÃÂòõÃÂÃÂøÃÂõÃÂðÃÂ
ÃÂð ÃÂýÃÂÃÂøÃÂÃÂÃÂðÃÂ
æõýÃÂÃÂðûÃÂýþààÃÂðÃÂ
ÃÂôýþàÃÂòÃÂþÿø. â àøü, 1984
- èõüðÃÂø÷ü ãúÃÂðÃÂýÃÂÃÂúþàÃÂðÃÂþûøÃÂÃÂúþàæõÃÂúòø àôÃÂðÃÂÿþÃÂÃÂ. â àøü, 1988
- ãúÃÂðÃÂýÃÂÃÂúõ úðÃÂþûøÃÂÃÂúõ ôÃÂÃÂ
þòõýÃÂÃÂòþ àôÃÂðÃÂÿþÃÂà(1751âÂÂ1988). â àøü, 1988
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂðÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂàÃÂøÃÂòÃÂÃÂúþàæõÃÂúòø (861âÂÂ1990). â àøü, 1990
- ãúÃÂðÃÂýÃÂÃÂúð ÃÂðÿÃÂÃÂúð ÃÂðûð áõüÃÂýðÃÂÃÂàÃÂò. ÃÂþÃÂðÃÂðÃÂð ààøüà(1951âÂÂ1990). â àøü, 1990
- ÃÂõÃÂõÃÂÃÂõùÃÂÃÂúð àõ-ãýÃÂàÃÂð ÃÂúÃÂðÃÂýÃÂÃÂúð ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂøÃÂýð ôþûài ýõôþûÃÂ. â ÃÂÃÂòÃÂò (Lviv), 1995
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂøÃÂýøù ÃÂõüðÃÂø÷ü ÃÂõÃÂõüøÃÂÃÂúþàÃÂÿðÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂà÷ òúûÃÂÃÂõýýÃÂü ÃÂÿþÃÂÃÂþûÃÂÃÂÃÂúþàÃÂôüÃÂýÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂø ÃÂõüúÃÂòÃÂøýø (1828âÂÂ1939). â ÃÂÃÂòÃÂò, 1995,
- ÃÂûÃÂñþü òøÃÂøòðýøÃÂ
ÃÂúþý ÃÂð þñÃÂð÷ÃÂò. â ÃÂÃÂòÃÂò, 1999
- ÃÂþàÃÂõÃÂûõúÃÂÃÂàÃÂþôþ ÿÃÂþñûõü üøýÃÂûþóþ, ÃÂõÿõÃÂÃÂÃÂýÃÂþóþ àñÃÂôÃÂÃÂýþÃÂÃÂàÃÂúÃÂðÃÂýÃÂÃÂúþóþ ýðÃÂþôÃÂ. â ÃÂÃÂòÃÂò, 2010
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