Patriarch Volodomyr (Romaniuk)
| Volodymyr I | |
|---|---|
| Holiest Patriarch of Kiev and all Ruthenia-Ukraine | |
| Native name | Володимир І |
| Church | Ukrainian Orthodox Church |
| See | Kyivan Patriarchate |
| Elected | 21 October 1993 (by All-Ukrainian Orthodox Assembly) |
| Installed | 24 October 1993 (at Saint Sophia's Cathedral) |
| Term ended | 14 July 1995 |
| Predecessor | Mstyslav |
| Successor | Filaret |
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| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 April 1990 by Ioan |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Vasyl Omelianovych Romanyuk |
| Born |
10 December 1925 Khymchyn, Kosiv county, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Poland |
| Died | 14 July 1995 (aged 69) Botanic Garden, Kiev, Ukraine |
| Buried | Sofia Square (Sofiyivska plochsha), Kiev |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Spouse | Maria Antonyuk |
| Children | Taras Romaniuk |
| Alma mater | Moscow Theological Academy |
Volodymyr (secular name Vasyl Omelianovych Romaniuk, Ukrainian: Василь Омелянович Романюк; December 10, 1925, Khymchyn – July 14, 1995, Kiev) was the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate. Initially consecrated as a bishop of the by bishop Ioan in 1990, Volodymyr became one of the founders of the united Ukrainian Orthodox Church in June 1992.
He was an ex-political (member of OUN) prisoner who was imprisoned by communist Soviets for 17 years (1944–1954, 1972–1979). In 1979 he became a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was exiled from 1979 till 1982, and became a political emigrant at the end of the 1980s. On July 1, 1976 Volodymyr renounced his Soviet citizenship.
Between 1987–1990, Vasyl Romaniuk lived in Canada and was a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Also he served under the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, whose Metropolitan was Metropolitan Mstyslav (later Patriarch of Kiev). In 1990 with the onset of Perestroyka he returned to Ukraine and became Bishop of Uzhgorod and Vynohradiv. For a short period, he was Archbishop of Lviv and Sokal. In 1993, by the decree of Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) he was excommunicated for accepting ordination from Metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko).
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