International Conference Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Death of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky
Organized by the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
October 31 and November 1, 2024
Location: Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto
University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2024
9:00-10:45am
WELCOME BY JAROSLAV SKIRA, DEAN OF REGIS ST. MICHAEL’S
FACULTY OF THEOLOGY
SHEPTYTSKY AND POLITICS – 1898 TO 1939
LILIANA HENTOSH, Ukrainian Catholic University, Institute of Church History
“Sheptytsky and the Ukrainian National Movement before 1939”
Moderator: PIOTR WROBEL, University of Toronto
Discussants:
MAGDALENA NOWAK, University of Gdansk
OLEH TURIY, Ukrainian Catholic University
ANDRIY ZAYARNYUK, University of Winnipeg
11:00am -12:45pm
SHEPTYTSKY DURING WORLD WAR II- SESSION I
ANDRIY MYKHALEIKO, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
“Sheptytsky and the Third Reich in the Context of
Two Soviet Occupations”
Moderator: KSENYA KIEBUZINSKI, Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of
Ukraine, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Discussants:
MYROSLAV SHKANDRIJ, University of Manitoba
LUBOMYR LUCIUK, Royal Military College of Canada
JOSÉ CASANOVA, Georgetown University
12:45-2:00pm
BREAK FOR LUNCH – MADDEN HALL
2:00-2:30pm
VIEWING OF TIMOTHY SNYDER’S KEYNOTE ADDRESS
2:30-3:45pm
SHEPTYTSKY DURING WORLD WAR II- SESSION II
JOHN-PAUL HIMKA , University of Alberta
“Sheptytsky and the Jewish Community”
Moderator: MYROSLAVA M. MUDRAK, Ohio State University
Discussants:
YOHANAN PETROVSKY-SHTERN, Northwestern University
HENRY ABRAMSON, Lander College of Arts and Sciences, New York
IGOR SCHUPAK, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies
4:00-5:15pm
BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION
ANDRII KRAWCHUK, University of Sudbury
“The Religious Ethics of Co-operation with the Governments of
the Habsburg and Tsarist Empires, Ukrainian Sovereigntist
Governments, the Second Polish Republic, the USSR and the
Third Reich”
Moderator: HEATHER COLEMAN, University of Alberta
Discussants:
DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto
JOHN R.T. BERKMAN, Regis St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto
WILLIAM A. BARBIERI, Catholic University of America
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
9:00-10:45 am
WELCOME BY PETER GALADZA, CHAIR OF CONFERENCE
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
SHEPTYTSKY AND RELIGION MORE SPECIFICALLY
YURY P. AVVAKUMOV, University of Notre Dame
“Sheptytsky’s Theological Thought
Moderator: MARK MOROZOWICH, Catholic University of America
Discussants:
ANASTACIA WOODEN, Catholic University of America
MYROSLAW TATARYN, St. Jerome’s University
BRIAN BUTCHER, CCCB, McGill University
11:00am-12:45pm
SHEPTYTSKY AND EASTERN-RITE CATHOLICS ABROAD
ATHANASIUS MCVAY, University of Toronto, Chair of Ukrainian Studies
Research Fellow
“Sheptytsky and Eastern Catholics in North and South America,
Western Europe and the Russian Empire”
Moderator: GEOFFREY READY, Orthodox Christian Studies,
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Discussants:
ANATOLII BABYNSKYI, Ukrainian Catholic University
ANDREW SUMMERSON, Regis St. Michael’s College, University of
Toronto
12:45-2:00pm
BREAK FOR LUNCH – MADDEN HALL
2:00-2:30pm
VIEWING OF TIMOTHY SNYDER’S KEYNOTE ADDRESS
2:30-3:45pm
SHEPTYTSKY AND SOCIETY
VITA SUSAK, Swiss Academic Society for Eastern Studies
“Sheptytsky and the Arts”
Moderator: NATALIA ZAJAC, Niagara University
Discussants:
MARKO R. STECH, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies,
University of Alberta
MYROSLAV SHKANDRIJ, University of Manitoba
NOTE: “Sheptytsky and Humanitarian and Educational Philanthropy” will be
published in the conference proceedings when the war in Ukraine ends.
4:00-5:15pm
SHEPTYTSKY STUDIES AND CONCLUSION
FRANK SYSYN, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies,
University of Alberta
“Concluding Comments Regarding What Remains
to be Researched and Analyzed”
Moderator: MARTA DYCZOK, Western University
Discussants:
PAUL ROBERT MAGOCSI, University of Toronto,
all lecturers and discussants
7:00 pm
ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE
WITNESS OF METROPOLITAN ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY
ST. NICHOLAS UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
4 BELLWOODS ST. TORONTO
Presider: BISHOP BRYAN BAYDA, CSsR, Eparchy of Toronto
Guest Homilist: DR. ANDREW STIRLING, Retired Senior Pastor, Timothy
Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto
Choir Conductor: ZHANNA ZINCHENKO
Concluding Reflection: FR. ANDRIY CHIROVSKY, Founder and First
Director, Sheptytsky Institute
To register for the conference, Click here.
For more information, e-mail the Chair of the Organizing Committee:
peter.galadza@utoronto.ca
