Ukrainian Studite Monks (M.S.U.)

Also known as: Studitenorden (Deutsch) / Monaci Studiti Ucraini (Italiano) / Монахи Студитського Уставу (Українська) / Monachi e Regula Studitarum (latine)

Type: Monastic Order of Diocesan Right (for Men)

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

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History

Contact Info

Address: Holy Dormition Lavra in Univ, Univ, Peremyshlyany Rayon, Lviv Oblast, 81216, Ukraine

Superiors

Hegumen:UkraineFr. Yosafat Voytek, M.S.U. (55)Fr. Yosafat Voytek, M.S.U. (55) (2023.12.19 – ...)

Past Superiors

Archimandrite:UkraineBishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. (1990.07.29 – 1990.08.09)
Archimandrite:UkraineArchimandrite Yuriy Makar, M.S.U. (1982 – 1990.06.03)
Archimandrite:UkraineBishop Nykanor Mykola Dejneha, M.S.U. (1951 – 1982.11.08)
Archimandrite:RussiaBlessed Archimandrite Klymentii Sheptyts’kyi (Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький / Maria Kazymyr), M.S.U. (1944.11 – 1951.05.01)
Hegumen:SlovakiaArchbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (51)Archbishop-elect Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (51) (2020.06.19 – 2023.12.19)
Hegumen:UkraineFr. Illya Mamchak, M.S.U. (2015.05.02 – 2020.05.02)
Hegumen:UkraineArchbishop Teodor Martynyuk, M.S.U. (52)Bishop-elect Teodor Martynyuk (Taras), M.S.U. (52) (later Archbishop) (2010.07.23 – 2015.05.02)
Hegumen:USABishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. (58)Bishop-elect Venedykt Aleksiychuk (Valery), M.S.U. (58) (1999.04.17 – 2010.07.23)
Hegumen:UkraineFr. Sevastian Dmytrukh, M.S.U. (1991.01.24 – 1999.04.17)
Hegumen:UkraineFr. Petro Hladiy, M.S.U. (1990.08.09 – 1991.01.24)
Hegumen:RussiaFr. Klymentii Sheptyts’kyi (Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький / Maria Kazymyr), M.S.U. (later Archimandrite, Blessed) (1919 – 1944.11)
Titular Archimandrite:UkraineBishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. (1990.08.21 – 2013.02.28)

Founder

Founder:UkraineFr. Andriy Sheptytskyi (Andreas Alexander Szeptyckyj), O.S.B.M. (later Archbishop) (1898.09.22)

Living Bishops (2 Archbishops, 3 Bishops)

UkraineArchbishop Teodor Martynyuk, M.S.U. (52)Archbishop Teodor Martynyuk (Taras), M.S.U. (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

SlovakiaArchbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (51)Archbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (51), Metropolitan of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) and President of Council of the Slovak Church

USABishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. (58)Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk (Valery), M.S.U. (58), Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

EnglandBishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U. (72)Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U. (72), Bishop emeritus of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England)

UkraineBishop Yosyf Milyan, M.S.U. (69)Bishop Yosyf Milyan, M.S.U. (69), Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 2 Bishops)

2017: UkraineCardinal Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea and Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

2013: UkraineBishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U., Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) and Titular Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks

1982: UkraineBishop Nykanor Mykola Dejneha, M.S.U., Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks and Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Blesseds (2)

1951: RussiaBlessed Klymentii (Maria Kazymyr Sheptyts’kyi / Марiя Казимир Климентій Шептицький), priest and martyr

1935: RussiaBlessed Leonid F’odorov (Леонід Фьодоров), priest and martyr

Canada Canada

Ukraine Ukraine

Statistics (1994.12.31)

Houses: 2

Members: 11 (8 priests)

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Members

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