St. Andrew's Society to publish encyclopedia of Church history (12/26/99)

St. Andrew's Society to publish encyclopedia of Church history

RUTHERFORD, N.J. - St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Society has announced that several institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU) have agreed to work jointly on the publication of an Encyclopedia of the History of the Ukrainian Church.

The project resulted from a conference, attended by more than 650 scholars, that was held in February 1998 in Kyiv on the topic of the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Christ. After the conference, a working group of scholars was formed to develop the encyclopedia project.

Dr. A.V. Denysenko, editor of the journal Pamiat Stolit (The Memory of Centuries), has been chosen to be the encyclopedia's editor-in-chief. Among the Church scholars asked to work on the project are the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and director of the Institute of the Ukrainian Church History at the Lviv Theological Academy, and Archimandrite Dr. Andriy Partykevich, who has already begun work on a history of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.

The editorial board includes Academician I. F. Kuras, vice-president of the NANU; Prof. P. C. Sokhan, chairman, Institute of Ukrainian Archeology of the NANU; Prof. V.S. Chesko, chairman, Institute of Biographical Research of the NANU; Prof. A.M. Kolodny, vice-chairman, Institute of Philosophy and director of the Department of Religion of the NANU; Dr. Y.P. Dashkevych, president, Nestor the Chronicler Historical Society; and Dr. V.P. Lahotsky, chairman, State Research Institute of Archives and Documents.

The editorial board estimates that the encyclopedia will be approximately 1,000 pages long, published in a large format with numerous illustrations as well as color and black-and-white plates.

St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Society has agreed to assist in the fund-raising for this project. For example, for a donation of $250 to the encyclopedia, the contributor's name and that of the family will be included in the first edition of the encyclopedia. Furthermore, copies may be ordered for $50. If a copy is purchased for a library, educational institution or friends and family in Ukraine, the contributor's name will be inscribed on the overleaf page of the encyclopedia. Copies purchased for shipment outside Ukraine cost $75.

All contributions are tax-deductible. To make a donation or to purchase a copy of the encyclopedia, please send checks or money orders, made payable to St. Andrew's Society-Encyclopedia, to: Vitali Vizir, Treasurer, St. Andrew's Society, 1023 Yorkshire Drive, Los Altos, CA 94024.

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