On this day in 1865, Andrey Sheptytsky was born – a prominent Ukrainian church, public and political figure.
“Not only in the deep Middle Ages, but also, most likely, in the future, Ukrainian Kyiv will play a great – perhaps decisive – role for the whole of Western Europe”, – the prophetic words of our moral authority and spiritual guide, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi. We are convinced of this now, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine are facing the fiercest enemy who has encroached on peace and tranquility in the entire world. We will be convinced of this after our victory, when Ukraine will impress the whole world with its people, ideas, culture and progress – an equal among equals.
Today is the 158th anniversary of the birth of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who served God and his people throughout his life. We draw wisdom and important instructions from outstanding ancestors. With prayer, faith, good deeds and unity, we go to our main goal. We will win”, – noted the head of Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi.
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Roman-Maria-Olexandr Sheptytskyi was born on July 29, 1865 in the village of Prylbychi, Yavorivsky District, Lviv Region. He came from one of the oldest and wealthiest Ukrainian boyar families of Galicia.
Received an education appropriate to his high background (at the universities of Lviv, Krakow, Wroclaw, Vienna, Munich). Received the degree of doctor of law, theology and philosophy. In a short time, Roman went through all the stages of his spiritual career: from taking his first monastic vows, ordination as a monk, during which he took the name Andrey (1888), to enthronement on the metropolitan throne in 1901.
At the beginning of the First World War, the Metropolitan was imprisoned by the Russian authorities.
Andrey Sheptytskyi did not remain aloof from the processes that took place in post-Soviet Ukraine. Together with other bishops, he sharply condemned the Holodomor of 1932-1933.
During the Second World War, Andrey Sheptytskyi remained the spiritual leader of Ukrainians. With his blessing, on June 30, 1941, the Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State was promulgated. During the Nazi occupation, the Metropolitan saved the lives of more than 200 Jews in Galicia by initiating and leading a campaign to hide them with the participation of a large number of clergy. His active activity during the war years helped many to survive its terrible calamities.
Andrey Sheptytskyi was a well-known philanthropist and philanthropist. He provided the greatest support to orphans and youth. One of Sheptytskyi’s most important actions was helping the widows and orphans of priests, which he achieved as a member of the House of Lords. Thousands of war orphans of the First World War were under his care: he initiated the opening of several large orphanages and asylums.
Metropolitan Sheptytskyi financed the farm, bought new equipment for cooperatives, because he understood that economic development largely depends on products. from Zaporizhzhia. But thanks to the Ministry of Digital Action. Education project, they were united by the desire to acquire new knowledge and learn new things.
They and half a hundred other displaced persons live in the shelter of the Roman Catholic parish of St. John Paul II in the Lviv Region. People from the temporarily occupied regions of Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions settled here.
Anastasia Trofymchuk, a social worker at the shelter, said that there are also people here who had to relocate from their native regions twice: the first time in 2014 and the second time – at the beginning of a full-scale invasion by Russian troops.
In May 2023, the Ministry of Digital Transformation launched the Action.Education platform, which became the next stage of the Action.Digital Education project, which started in 2020 and was focused on digital skills. Since then, two million Ukrainians have registered on the platform and the number of new users continues to grow.
“More than 230,000 internally displaced persons are officially registered in our region. This year, the Ministry of Digital Transformation relaunched the Action.Education project, which changed its vector and is aimed primarily at the needs of IDPs who lost their jobs due to relocation. This platform was created for such people to acquire new skills for further employment at a new place of work,” said Oleksandr Kulepin, deputy head of the Lviv OVA for digital development, digital transformations and digitalization (CDTO).
He added that the platform also has courses that will help schoolchildren decide on their future profession, so if they are in doubt about their choice, after completing the career guidance course, they will be able to more easily choose which profession is the most interesting.
“We held a meeting in the regional administration with the participation of representatives of various faiths to popularize the platform. We are currently actively working with educational institutions so that as many people as possible learn about Action.Education and get new knowledge for free and in their free time from their main activities. One of these, Kh