The Ukrainian Church in America: Its Beginnings

Metropolitan Detroit Ukrainian Millennium Council, 1984. Krawczeniuk, Osyp : The Ukrainian Church in America: Its Beginnings. Detroit : Metropolitan Detroit Ukrainian Millennium Council (given on cover as 'Ukrainian Millennium Committee of Detroit'), [1984?]. Front cover illustration (by Ukrainian-American artist Jacques Hnizdowsky [Hnizdovsky]) of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Shenandoah [PA], identified as the first Ukrainian church in America. Translator(s): Andrushkiw, Vera and Stefaniuk, Myrosia. Pamphlet, 5.5"/13.75mm h. Staple-bound in heavy gray textured paper, black lettering and illustration. [ii] pp prelim material, 43 numbered pp, plus [3] blank. Text, b&w photos, footnotes. Brochure sponsors (with donation amounts) to inside rear cover. Condition notes: light wear and several small indentations to front cover, light pencil notes to rear. Interior lightly tanned, unmarked. Brief historical account of the Ukrainian Catholic (Eastern or Byzantine Rite) church in the United States, including Fr. John Wolansky, church brotherhoods, interactions with the Russian Orthodox Church and Alexis Toth, and the role of Fr. (later Bishop) Soter Ortynsky. An interesting and relatively hard-to-find piece of history. We personally inspect every book we offer.