FATHER VASIL KUZMA (1891–1963): PASTORAL AND PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF A GREEK-CATHOLIC PRIEST AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE ERA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15330/obrii.57.2.19-23Keywords:
November National-Democratic Revolution of 1918, Ukrainian Galician Army, Apostolic Administration of Lemkivshchyna, priest, employee, chaplain, priest of the novitiateAbstract
The article analyzes the activities of the Greek Catholic priest Fr. Vasyl Kuzma, the famous chaplain of the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, the first "incumbent" of Ternopil in the Western Ukrainian People's Republic and chaplain of the Ukrainian Galician Army, later chaplain for Greek-Catholic Ukrainians in the Polish Army, pastor in Lemkiv region. His life path and pastoral work can become a good example of a priest who contributed to the formation of national self-awareness of Ukrainians in various state and political conditions. Biography of Fr. Vasyl Kuzma can be a good illustrative didactic material for the subject "History of Ukraine" and the historical and local history circle in a general secondary education institution.
