Jeremiah Lomnytskyj
| The Servant of God, the Rev. Jeremiah Lomnytskyj, O.S.B.M. | |
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| Religious, priest & missionary | |
| Born | John February 8, 1860 Kavske, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 3 July 1916 (aged 56) Simbirsk, now Ulyanovsk |
Jeremiah Lomnytskyj, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Єремія Іван Ломницький; February 8, 1860–July 3, 1916) was a Ukrainian Basilian priest, missionary and an educational and church activist. He was the founder of the religious congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. He was recognized as a servant of God.
Jeremiah Lomnytskyj, O.S.B.M., was born on February 8, 1860 in Kavske, in the deanery of Drohobych, Austrian Empire (now Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine). On February 12, he was baptized, and given the name John. He studied at the Lviv Academy and the Franz Joseph Gymnasium (High School) in Drohobych, then at the Teachers' College in Lviv, after which he taught in a six-grade public school in Kozari, in the Rohatyn Raion.
On September 28, 1882, he entered the Basilian novitiate in Dobromyl, and took the religious name, Jeremiah. On May 17, 1884, he pronounced his first vows, and began to study philosophy and theology under the direction of the Jesuits. On January 17, 1886, he was ordained to the priesthood, and on May 22, 1887, pronounced his final vows in Dobromyl. In 1889, he and several other priests organized the first public mission in Galicia, in the city of Horodok. After more studies in moral theology, and teaching in the Basilian scholasticate in Dobromyl, he began a mission ministry in Galicia, directing a total of 51 public missions beginning in 1891.
From May 16–21, 1891, he headed the mission team at Zhuzhel, in the eparchy of Przemysl. During the mission, three girls approached him with the plea to help them enter a monastery. This event was the first step towards the founding of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.
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