Number DOI: http://doi.org/10.33209/2519-4348-2707-9627-2021-9-98

VB. – № 9, 2021. – P. 129-151

Summary

The article attempts to investigate the 250-year history of St. Michael’s Church in the village of Nesvich, Lutsk district, Volyn region, consecrated on November 21, 1771. Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of March 23, 1956, included it in the list of architectural monuments in the Volyn region. This church was an important factor in the spiritual life not only of local parishioners, but also residents of district villages, hamlets and colonies. It has always been active, never ceased to function due to work of the clergy, who served these centuries faithfully and truthfully to the Lord, but at the same time went through difficult times with their parishioners. These are wars, revolutions, epidemics, occupation of our territories by enemies. Both parishioners and clergy passed the test with dignity. Many priests who served in St. Michael’s Church later had a brilliant career, were awarded orders and medals. All of them were teachers of the Law of God until the Second World War in the local parish school, and later in the district seventh-grade school. Fathers Oleksandr Rodkevych and Tymofii Goldaievych were especially noted in the field of education, who were repeatedly thanked for the excellent knowledge of their students. From 1790 to 1936, all the priests of the local church were charitable at various times in their careers. It testified to their authority and good education, decency and high moral qualities. Some of the local clergy were genuine supporters of the Ukrainization of the church, including Vasyl Diadio, Oleksandr Voloshynsky, Oleksiy Hlovatsky, and Andriy Neroda. The article attempts to investigate the property conditions of the parish clergy, land relations, relations with local authorities whilst Volhynia was a part of the Russian Empire, Poland, during the Nazi occupation, the Soviet rule and the years of independence. Particular attention is paid to the process of Ukrainization of the church and the article highlights the circumstances under which this took place. This process was difficult, but it began in 1921, when the Enlightenment Department was established in the village with the support of Abbot Vasyl Diadio and his family. During the ministry of Alexander Zummer in the 1930s, with the active support of the psalmist Andriy Fedorenko, the Ukrainianization of the church choir began. This process was completed in 1942, with the creation of the UAOC under the leadership of Polycarp Sikorski. Oleksiy Hlovatskyi, who was later replaced by Andriy Neroda, became the abbot of Nesvizh at that time. After 1944, the process of Ukrainization stopped for many years, but even during the reign of the ROC in Ukraine, services in St. Michael’s Church were conducted in Ukrainian and partly in Church Slavonic. All new priests attempted to change this situation but they immediately faced strong resistance from the local residents. The article examines the attempt of the villagers to become subordinate to the Kyiv Patriarchate in 1994, and the process of transition to the OCU, which finally took place on March 18, 2019. The work uses archival materials and eyewitness recollections.

Key words: Uniatism, Orthodoxy, Kholm-Podlasie Spiritual Consistory, missionary work, Warsaw-Kholm Diocese, Tymofiy Goldaievych, Oleksandr Voloshynsky, Kostiantyn Voina, UAOC, OCU, ROC.

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