Eparchy of Stryi
About
Since November 2000, the moment of creation of the eparchy of Stryi, Stryi was chosen to be the residence of the bishop. The area of the eparchy is 4075 km2. The number of settlements is 369 including 10 cities (Stryi, Mykolaiv, Zhydachiv, Khodoriv, Horodok, Komarno, Peremyshliany, Bibrka, Novyi Rozdil, Morshyn). The population reaches 321,2 thousand people. Thus, five administrative districts belong to the eparchy Stryi, Horodok, Zhydachiv, Mykolaiv, and Peremyshliany.
Coat of arms of the eparchy of Stryi
Today the eparchy of Stryi is divided into 16 deaneries which cover 359 parishes.
- Stryi deanery (7 parishes)
- Dobryany deanery (14 parishes)
- Lyubyntsi deanery (13 parishes)
- Dashava deanery (18 parishes)
- Morshyn deanery (17 parishes)
- Mykolaiv deanery (30 parishes)
- Novyi Rozdil deanery (15 parishes)
- Horodok deanery (33 parishes)
- Komarno deanery (24 parishes)
- Zhydachiv deanery (25 parishes)
- Zhuravno deanery (27 parishes)
- Khodoriv deanery (31 parishes)
- Novi Strilyshcha deanery (20 parishes)
- Bibrka deanery (21 parishes)
- Peremyshliany (25 parishes)
- Univ deanery (19 parishes)
According to the statistical data from 2015, 262 priests of whom 259 are eparchial 3 hieromonks, 27 consecrated to God people of whom 6 brothers and 21 sisters, perform their ministry in the eparchy. Also, 65 seminarians are undergoing priestly formation mostly in Lviv Theological Seminary of Holy Spirit.
Location
Bishops
Since April 2, 2014, the Reverend Bishop Taras Senkiv has been the ruling Archbishop of the eparchy of Stryi. Before that he led an eparchy as Apostolic Administrator (from January 20, 2010). In 2014, Bishop Bogdan Manyshyn was assigned as Auxiliary Bishop of the eparchy.
The Cathedral of the eparchy is the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Stryi.
History
The modern administrative-territorial districts of the Stryi eparchy have a Christian historical past. Today part of the Mykolaiv, Horodok, and Stryi districts belongs to Przemyśl — Sambir eparchy. Another bigger part of the modern Mykolaiv, Horodok, Stryi, and Zhydachiv districts was part of the eparchy of Lviv. A small part of the parishes of Peremyshlany related to the Stanislaviv eparchy.
Due to the accession of the western regions of Ukraine to the USSR in 1939, part of the eparchy of Przemyśl with the episcopal capital in Przemyśl became part of the Polish People’s Republic, and the other part, Sambir, became part of the USSR.
With the establishment of the border in 1945, the regions were reallocated. In 1946, on the territory of the Drohobych region, the Russian Orthodox Church created the eparchy of Drohobysh-Sambir as a successor of the ancient Przemyśl eparchy or rather Sambir part of it.
In 1989 when the rebirth of the UGCC in Ukraine began, the districts of Stryi, Zhydachiv, Mykolaiv, Horodok, and Peremyshliany became part of the Archeparchy of Lviv.
The Synod of Bishops of the UGCC that took place on July 16–21, 2000 in Buchach decided to create the eparchy of Stryi. The capital city of the eparchy is Stryj, and the cathedral is the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God.
The Decree (Prot. № Р 2000/840) of the Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar proclaimed the establishment of the eparchy of Stryi of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Five districts of the Lviv region became part of the eparchy. They are Stryi, Zhydachiv, Horodok, Peremyshliany, and Mykolaiv districts.
By a decree (Prot. № Р 2000/798) the Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar appointed the Reverend Bishop Julian Gbur as a Bishop of the Stryi eparchy.
On January 20, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI assigned bishop Taras Senkiv as an Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the eparchy of Stryi of the UGCC.
On April 2, 2014, Pope Francis, considering the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, agreed to the canonical election of Bishop Taras Senkiv as Eparch of Stryj. On the same day, the Holy Father Francis gave his consent to the canonical election of Auxiliary Bishop Fr. Bogdan Manyshyn by the Synod of Bishops.
Shrines
On the territory of the eparchy of Stryi, there are a few miraculous icons. They are Borynychi miraculous icon of the Mother of God that is placed in the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Borynychi village, Zhydachiv district,
Borusiv miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Borusiv village, Zhydachiv district, Verbytsia miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Verbytsia village, Zhydachiv district, Volya Dovholutska miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Volya Dovholutska village, Stryi district, Drohovyzh miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Drohovyzh village, Mykolaiv district, Zhydachiv miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of Resurrection of Christ in Zhydachiv, Kokhavyna miraculous icon the Mother of God in the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in Hnizdychiv, Zhydachiv district, Lesko miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Stryi, Rozvadiv miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of Resurrection of Christ in Rozvadiv village, Mykolaiv district, Rozgirche miraculous icon of St Onuphrius in the Church of St Nicholas in Rozgirche village, Stryi district, Tuchne miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tuchne village, Peremyshliany district, Univ miraculous icon of the Mother of God in Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite in Univ, Peremyshliany district.
Also, the relics of the blessed martyr Petro Werhun are kept in the Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Horodok where he was born. And the relics of the blessed martyr Tarsykiya Matskiv are kept in the St Cosmas and St Damian’s Church in Khodoriv (Zhydachiv district, Lviv region).
Saint James the Greater, the blessed and martyrs Petro Werhun, Omelyan Kovch, Andriy Ishchak, Roman Lysko, Oleksiy Zarytskyi, Tarsykiya Matskiv, Lavrentiya Herasymiv are patrons of the eparchy of Stryi.
Contacts
Address: St. Shevchenka, 80, Stryi 82400, Lviv oblast, Ukraine
Phone/fax: +380 (32) 455-22-08
Email: [email protected]
Website: stryiugcc.org.ua