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I believe the first "jump" occurred about an hour before yours (see Post #341159)...

And yes, there is much of Canada that is magical - I myself have stood in other places such as Tolstoi and have seen the giant mosquito of Komarno (Ukrainian pun intended...)

Diak's Ukrainian pun is excellent - full marks!

Meanwhile I just found this quote:


The quote is from Edward Lucas. Alas, though: he may be heartbroken to learn that Msgr Augustine Voloshyn, the founder and head of the one-day government, was a self-identified Ukrainian who called his ephemeral state "Carpatho-Ukraine".

Lucas continues by pointing out that the list of Ruthenians well known to the general public begins and ends with Andy Warhol. But he doesn't enter into the discussion, because his family came from the Preshov region

Transcarpathia produced - and presumably still produces - excellent furniture, which was much sought-after in Soviet days.

Fr. Serge

Father, bless,

For kicks I figured I'd chime in . . . Ruthenium is used, amongst other things, in semiconductors. Aside from the fact that it is apparently a waste product from platinum mining in the Urals, I have no guesses how it got it's name. A brief glance at my usual sources for such things didn't shed any concrete light on the subject.

Justin

I was born and raised in the Byzantine Catholic Church (8 years as an altar boy!) Growing up, the Union of Uzhgorod was never really discussed, it was as if Greek/Byzantine Catholic Church had always existed. Documents existing or not, what I find interesting is how the actual Union only took place after two failed attempts, and even then took almost 100 years to complete.

On this webpage http://www.simkovich.org/religion.htm these referenced details are provided:

In 1614, 50 priests convened at the Krasni Brid Monastery with this intent, but a crowd of Orthodox protested and dispersed the group. A second attempt in the 1630s under Bishop Vasili Tarosovich also failed. Finally in April 1646, Bishop Parfenii Petrovich was able to convene a meeting of 63 (out of a few hundred) priests who pledged their allegiance to the Pope of Rome. Their signed document became known as the 'Union of Uzhgorod', resulting in the formation of the Greek Catholic Church. This new Church was given greater material assistance from the Austro-Hungarian Empire while being allowed to maintain their Eastern Rite traditions, including married priests. From that time, the Rusyns had two bishops, one Greek Catholic and one Orthodox, until 1721 when the last remaining Orthodox priests in the western counties accepted the Union. Priests in the eastern counties of Bereg and Maramaros remained Orthodox until 1745.

Actually it seems that Eastern Orthodoxy never quite died out in Transcarpathia. If the reports I have are true, a few small quasi-parishes survived in the higher reaches of the mountains, and managed to bring a priest from Bessarabia every now and then.

Izha was one of these communities - and the nuns who are currently occupying St. Nicholas Monastery near Mukachiv came from Izha.

Fr. Serge