Sheptytsky Conference

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