On the Contribution of Bishop Sofron Mudryi to the Development of Theological Education and Science of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Authors

  • Ruslan Deliatynskyi PHEI "Ivano-Frankivsk Academy Ivana Zolotoustoho"
  • Vasyl Gogol PHEI "Ivano-Frankivsk Academy Ivana Zolotoustoho"
  • Ruslan Piasta PHEI "Ivano-Frankivsk Academy Ivana Zolotoustoho"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2024.19.1.9

Keywords:

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ivano-Frankivsk Eparchy/Archdiocese and Metropolis, Bishop, theological education of the UGCC, Ivano-Frankivsk Theological Seminary, Ivano-Frankivsk Theological and Catechetical Institute, Ivano-Frankivsk Theological Academy, specialty

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to highlight the personal contribution of Bishop Sofron the Wise to the formation and development of theological education and science institutions during the period of revival and active development of the structures of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in independent Ukraine. Research methodology: involves the use of the biographical method to reveal the main stages of the life of Bishop Sofron Mudryi, as well as the method of structural and functional analysis to describe the processes of formation of both individual institutions and the integral system of theological education and science of the UGCC in Ukraine. The scientific novelty is that, based on the analysis of the latest research by national historians, the significant role of Bishop Sofron Mudryi in the process of restoring and developing theological education institutions of the UGCC in Ivano-Frankivsk, in the process of establishing the synodal program of theological education of the UGCC, and in the formation of the human resources of the UGCC through the training of specialists in various fields of theological science in Ukraine and abroad is substantiated.

Published

2024-01-11

How to Cite

Делятинський, Р., Гоголь, В., & П’яста, Р. (2024). On the Contribution of Bishop Sofron Mudryi to the Development of Theological Education and Science of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Good Parson: Scientific Bulletin of Ivano-Frankivsk Academy of John Chrysostom. Theology. Philosophy. History, (19), 83–119. https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2024.19.1.9

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