History
Basilian Sisters from the monastery in Slovita, Halychyna (Ukraine), arrived in Krizevci in 1915 to begin apostolic work among the Ruthenian and Ukrainian people settled in Croatia. A few years after, in 1917, Mother Anna Teodorowycz became their first Ihumenia (superior). In 1920 Bishop Dionysius Narjadi, sought ways to extend his pastoral care to various Slavic peoples of the Byzantine Rite, invited the Sisters to Sid, Serbia. He offered them the bishop's residence and entrusted them with the upbringing and education of orphans. This first community in Sid became the nucleus of Saint Michael the Archangel Province.
History
At the Chapter of Basilian Nuns held in 1902, the nuns from the Javoriv monastery expanded their ministry to Przemysl, present day Poland, to establish an internat (boarding house) for students of Rusyn heritage attending the women's teacher seminary and technical schools in the area. In 1904 the nuns found a permanent location on Kasprowycza Street. Later they purchased an additional building on Klasztorna Street. Before World War I about fifty boarders found a haven among their own Byzantine Catholics.
History
On June 7, in the year 1989, the Basilian Sisters of Romania were welcomed into the Order as a newly formed Province. In their homeland, known as the Garden of Mary, the Basilian Sisters received the legal right to exist August 13, 1991. However, their actual beginnings are during the "underground" era.
History
Five Basilian nuns, Mothers Magdalena Humeniuk, Irena Oleksiuk, Ahneta Cenkner, Basilia Hlibovecka and Markijana Matia, set out in 1921 from their monastery in Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) for Uzhorod where they were invited to serve the Greek-Catholic faithful.
History
The history of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Province in Uniontown, PA, USA began on January 19, 1921 the feast of Theophany also known as the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan (Julian calendar). That day, Mother Macrina Melnychuk, Mother Macrina Marie Hardi and Sister Euphemia Kurylas arrived in Cleveland, Ohio from Philadelphia, PA. They answered the call of the Apostolic Administrator, Very Rev. Gabriel Martyak, to begin a branch of the Basilian Order that would serve the Ruthenian people. The Lord blessed them within a few months with five candidates.
History
With the blessing of Metropolitan Andrej Sheptyckyj, Mother Olena Langewich, and Sisters Paphnutia Timochko, Euphemia Kurylas and Jeremia Ewasiechko (then a postulant) set out from the monastery in Javoriv, Halychyna (Ukraine) for their mission among the Ukrainian immigrants. On November 28, 1911, they arrived in Philadelphia, PA.
History
Just before World War II, at the request of the Basilian Fathers, two Sisters from the monastery in Pidmychajlivci, Halychyna, (Ukraine) went to Argentina in 1939. Mother Sofronia Erdely and Mother Marhareta Fendio volunteered for the mission. Metropolitan Andrej Sheptyckyj blessed them for this endeavor.
History
The roots of the present Province reach down to the Holy Cross Monastery in Slovita, first mentioned in 1581 and to the Patronage of the Mother of God Monastery founded in Javoriv in 1621. Then the nuns lived in small houses around the church. They practiced an eremitic life centered on prayer, penance and good works.