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August 8, 1926
Born into a large family in Boryslavets, (Przemysl district).
After completing 6 grades in an elementary school in his home village, he completed 2 grades at the Przemsyl Gymnasium (1942-43), while simultaneously attending classes at the Przemysl Seminary.
1945
Seminary closed. Returned to his home village, Boryslavets.
November 1945
Together with his family, deported to the village Barysh (Buchach district, Ternopil region).
1945-1947
Lived in Lviv, helped the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
1947
Arrested in Lviv. Sentenced to 10 years in a hard labor camp and 5 years loss of citizen’s rights.
1947-1955 (Camps)
Lonski Prison in Lviv; Mykolaiv (Lviv region); Chelabinsk; Satkino Ufa (1949); Dzhezkazhan, Kazakh SSR (1950); Spaskiv camps Kazakh SSR 1951-1952); camp Olzheras (Kemerovo region), Altay Territory (1953); Omsk (1953-1955).
January 1, 1950
Ordained to the diaconate at the Dzhezkazhan camp by Bishop Hobikova-Makovsk, a Jesuit who had the right to fulfill religious practices in the Eastern Rite. As a deacon he lead evening and morning prayers, akathists and other prayer services, and prepared everything for the Divine Liturgy. Once put together a schedule for the priests including who, where and when the services will be held and also, at the request of priests, gave homilies, for which he was often punished.
December 1955
Released and sent to Novoaleksandrivka village (Krasnoiarsk territory). Worked on an animal farm.
June 1956
Released and returned home.
November 11, 1956
Ordained as priest by Bishop Mykola (Charnetskyi) in Lviv.
1956-1959
Active pastoral service in Galicia, Transcarpathia. Began celebrating large services in Nadorozhna village (Tlumach district, Ivano-Frankivsk region).
January 22, 1959
Arrested a second time in Ivano-Frankivsk. After three months investigation was sentenced according to statute 7 no. 1 for up to 5 years loss of freedom for “inciting interconfessional tensions and for holding an undetermined amount of anti-Soviet literature of a religious character.”
1959-1964
Served his sentence at the Mordovsk camps. In 1960-1962 (1963) served time at the experimental camp for political prisoners, among whom were the faithful of many different denominations. At that time, Metropolitan Josyf Slipyj was also serving his sentence there.
1964
Released. Continued his missionary work, preaching, encouraging lay people to stand in defense of their faith.
May 1, 1974
Ordained bishop by Bishop Yosafat Fedoryk, OSBM. At this time officially worked in the preparation of medicinal herbs of the Lviv Pharmaceutical Division. Continued active pastoral work, teaching candidates for the priesthood, and ordaining young priests.
August 4, 1987
Together with 23 Greek Catholic priests and 150 lay people signed the first declaration, directed to Pope John Paul II and the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, that they were officially coming out of the underground and called upon the Pope to support in every way possible the UGCC in the USSR.
Summer 1988
Celebrated the well-attended pontifical Liturgy at Zarvanytsia in honor of the 1000 year anniversary of the Baptism of Ukraine.
1987-1989
Played an active role in the many actions working toward the legalization of the UGCC, in particular in two official trips of underground bishops to Moscow.
1989-1993
Auxiliary bishop in Ivano-Frankivsk
1993-2001
Bishop-ordinary of the newly formed Chernivtsi-Kolomyia eparchy.
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