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05-507 Słomczyn
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Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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XX century (1914 – 1989)

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surname

JARKA

forename(s)

Theodore (pl. Teodor)

function

eparchial priest

creed

Ukrainian Greek Catholic GCmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

diocese / province

Przemyśl GC eparchymore on
pl.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

Lviv GC archeparchymore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

nationality

Ukrainian

date and place
of death

10.06.1946

Lvivtoday: Lviv urban hrom., Lviv rai., Lviv, Ukraine
more on
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[access: 2022.01.16]

details of death

In 1920, as a result of Polish–Ukrainian war and because of Polish–Russian war of 1919‑1921, interned for 9 months by Polish authorities initially in Kraków and then in Dąbie n. Kraków — suspected of supporting Russians.

After German and Russian invasion of Poland in 09.1939 and start of the World War II, after start of German occupation, took part on 06‑08.03.1943 — according to Polish sources — together with two of his sons in German pacification of Polish Kaszyce and Rokietnica villages during which c. 164 people were murdered.

According to Ukrainian sources Polish clandestine Home Army AK organization (part of Polish Clandestine State) passed a death sentence on him but the attempt to carry it out was unsuccessful (few AK partisans were to die during this attempt).

after German defeat and start in 1944 of another Russian occupation arrested in 10.1944 prob. by the Russian, together with his wife and one of the sons.

Held in Yaroslav prison.

Tortured.

On 15.01.1945 bailed out by his son and released.

For a month lived in Yaroslav.

On 17.02.1945, with permission granted by his Przemyśl eparchy Curia, moved to the occupied by the Russian territory directly incorporated into Russia — to Lviv archeparchy.

Ministered in Korczyn parish n. Krystynopol.

During preparations for a forceful unification of Greek Catholic church active on territories directly incorporated into Russia into Orthodox church one of the most active — according to Ukrainian sources — opponents of the move.

After the pseudo–council held on 08‑10.03.1946 that formalized unification he did not participate in, called in to Lviv where perished (prob. poisoned).

Possibly forced in Lviv to sign up to the list of priests that agreed during the aforementioned pseudo–council to join Orthodox church (his name appeared on such a list — after his death).

cause of death

extermination

perpetrators

Russians

date and place
of birth

14.10.1886

Koropuzhtoday: Velykyi Liubin hrom., Lviv rai., Lviv, Ukraine
more on
uk.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.07.19]

presbyter (holy orders)
ordination

22.12.1912 (Greek Catholic Przemyśl cathedral)

positions held

1945 – 1946

curatus/rector/expositus — Korchyntoday: Radekhiv urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv, Ukraine
more on
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[access: 2022.08.05]
⋄ Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary GC church ⋄ Rozzhalivtoday: Radekhiv urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv, Ukraine
more on
uk.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.08.05]
, St Paraskeva GC parish ⋄ Sokaltoday: Sokal urban hrom., Chervonohrad rai., Lviv, Ukraine
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.11.20]
GC deanery

1934 – 1944

parish priest — Pełnatyczetoday: Zarzecze gm., Przeworsk pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2022.01.22]
⋄ Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary GC parish ⋄ Pruchniktoday: Pruchnik gm., Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09]
GC deanery

1917 – 1934

parish priest — Boratyntoday: Chłopice gm., Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2022.01.22]
⋄ St Nicholas the Wonderworker GC parish ⋄ Pruchnik / Jarosławdeanery names/seats
today: Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
GC deanery

1914 – 1917

administrator — Boratyntoday: Chłopice gm., Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2022.01.22]
⋄ St Nicholas the Wonderworker GC parish ⋄ Pruchniktoday: Pruchnik gm., Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.10.09]
GC deanery

1912 – 1914

vicar — Mołodycztoday: Wiązownica gm., Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2022.01.16]
⋄ Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary GC parish ⋄ Jarosławtoday: Jarosław gm., Jarosław pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.04.01]
GC deanery

till 1912

student — Przemyśltoday: Przemyśl city pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
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⋄ philosophy and theology, Greek Catholic Theological Seminary

from 1907

student — Lvivtoday: Lviv urban hrom., Lviv rai., Lviv, Ukraine
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[access: 2022.01.16]
⋄ philosophy and theology, Greek Catholic Theological Seminary

married — five children

murder sites
camp 
(+ prisoner no)

Operation „Vistula”: Pacification action, ordered on 29.03.1947 and organized in 1947‑1950 by Polish Commie–Nazi state prl — a follow–on of a forceful deportation in 1944‑1946 of a part of Ukrainian population to the east, to the territories directly occupied by Russians — aimed at part of Ukrainian OUN/UPA organization, active on the territories controlled by prl, responsible for so‑called „Volyn genocide”. During the operation Polish units, supported by Russian army and Czechoslovakia (it locked down the border with Poland thus closing down possible escape routes), carried out a mass deportation of whole village and hamlets from south–east prl — Ukrainians and local ethnic groups of Boykos, Dolinyans and Lemkos, as well as mixed Polish–Ukrainian families — to Szczecin and Olsztyn voivodeships in northern and north–western prl. Altogether c. 140,000 civilians were deported, resulting in destroying a number of OUN/UPA units c. 1,500 fighters strong, and arrested and interned c. 2,900 alleged members of OUN/UPA (among others in Jaworzno concentration camp). (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2019.12.26]
)

Jarosław: In the former benedictine priory buildings Germans set up a prison and detention centre. „Few thousands victims” were murdered there. After German defeat in 1944 and start of another Russian occupation a camp for Polish and then Ukrainian political prisoners was set up, run initially prob. by the Russians and then by Commie–Nazi UB organization — branch of Russian NKVD. (more on: www.sztetl.org.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.08.10]
)

«Genocidium Atrox»: In 1939‑1947, especially in 1943‑1944, independent Ukrainian units, mainly belonging to genocidal Ukrainian organizations OUN (political arm) and UPA (military arm), supported by local Ukrainian population, murdered — often in extremely brutal way — in Volyn and surrounding regions of pre‑war Poland, from 130,000 to 180,000 Poles, all civilians: men, women, children, old and young. Polish–Ukrainian conflict that openly emerged during and after World War I (in particular resulting in Polish–Ukrainian war of 1918‑1919), that survived and even deepened later when western Ukraine became a part Poland, exploded again after the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. During Russian occupation of 1939‑1941, when hundreds of thousands of Poles were deported into central Russia, when tens of thousands were murdered (during so‑called Katyń massacres, among others), this open conflict had a limited character, helped by the fact that at that time Ukrainians, Ukrainian nationalists in particular, were also persecuted by the Russians. The worst came after German–Russian war started on 22.06.1941 and German occupation resulted. Initially Ukrainians supported Germans (Ukrainian police was initiated, Ukrainians co—participated in extermination of the Jews and were joining army units fighting alongside Germans). Later when German ambivalent position towards Ukraine became apparent Ukrainians started acting independently. And in 1943 one of the units of aforementioned Ukrainian OUN/UPA organization, in Volyn, started and perpetrated a genocide of Polish population of this region. In mere few weeks OUN/UPA murdered, with Germans passively watching on the sidelines, more than 40,000 Poles. This strategy was consequently approved and adopted by all OUN/UPA organisations and similar genocides took place in Eastern Lesser Poland (part of Ukraine) where more than 20,000 Poles were slaughtered, meeting however with growing resistance from Polish population. Further west, in Chełm, Rzeszów, etc. regions this genocide turned into an extremely bloody conflict. In general genocide, perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists, partly collaborating with German occupants, on vulnerable Polish population took part in hundreds of villages and small towns, where virtually all Polish inhabitants were wiped out. More than 200 priests, religious and nuns perished in this holocaust — known as «Genocidium Atrox» (Eng. „savage genocide”) The nature and purpose of genocide is perhaps best reflected in the song sung by the murderers: „We will slaughter the Poles, we will cut down the Jews, we must conquer the great Ukraine” (ukr. „Поляків виріжем, Євреїв видусим, велику Україну здобути мусим”). This holocaust and conflict ended up in total elimination of Polish population and Polish culture from Ukraine, in enforced deportations in 1944‑1945 of remaining Poles from Ukraine and some Ukrainians into Ukraine proper, and finally in deportation of Ukrainians from East‑South to the Western parts of Polish republic prl by Commie‑Nazi Russian controlled Polish security forces („Vistula Action”). (more on: www.swzygmunt.knc.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2021.06.20]
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Ribbentrop-Molotov: Genocidal Russian–German alliance pact between Russian leader Joseph Stalin and German leader Adolf Hitler signed on 23.08.1939 in Moscow by respective foreign ministers, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov for Russia and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany. The pact sanctioned and was the direct cause of joint Russian and German invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. In a political sense, the pact was an attempt to restore the status quo ante before 1914, with one exception, namely the „commercial” exchange of the so–called „Kingdom of Poland”, which in 1914 was part of the Russian Empire, fore Eastern Galicia (today's western Ukraine), in 1914 belonging to the Austro–Hungarian Empire. Galicia, including Lviv, was to be taken over by the Russians, the „Kingdom of Poland” — under the name of the General Governorate — Germany. The resultant „war was one of the greatest calamities and dramas of humanity in history, for two atheistic and anti–Christian ideologies — national and international socialism — rejected God and His fifth Decalogue commandment: Thou shall not kill!” (Abp Stanislaus Gądecki, 01.09.2019). The decisions taken — backed up by the betrayal of the formal allies of Poland, France and Germany, which on 12.09.1939, at a joint conference in Abbeville, decided not to provide aid to attacked Poland and not to take military action against Germany (a clear breach of treaty obligations with Poland) — were on 28.09.1939 slightly altered and made more precise when a treaty on „German–Russian boundaries and friendship” was agreed by the same murderous signatories. One of its findings was establishment of spheres of influence in Central and Eastern Europe and in consequence IV partition of Poland. In one of its secret annexes agreed, that: „the Signatories will not tolerate on its respective territories any Polish propaganda that affects the territory of the other Side. On their respective territories they will suppress all such propaganda and inform each other of the measures taken to accomplish it”. The agreements resulted in a series of meeting between two genocidal organization representing both sides — German Gestapo and Russian NKVD when coordination of efforts to exterminate Polish intelligentsia and Polish leading classes (in Germany called «Intelligenzaktion», in Russia took the form of Katyń massacres) where discussed. Resulted in deaths of hundreds of thousands of Polish intelligentsia, including thousands of priests presented here, and tens of millions of ordinary people,. The results of this Russian–German pact lasted till 1989 and are still in evidence even today. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2015.09.30]
)

Pius XI's encyclicals: Facing the creation of two totalitarian systems in Europe, which seemed to compete with each other, though there were more similarities than contradictions between them, Pope Pius XI issued in 03.1937 (within 5 days) two encyclicals. In the „Mit brennender Sorge” (Eng. „With Burning Concern”) published on 14.03.1938, condemned the national socialism prevailing in Germany. The Pope wrote: „Whoever, following the old Germanic–pre–Christian beliefs, puts various impersonal fate in the place of a personal God, denies the wisdom of God and Providence […], whoever exalts earthly values: race or nation, or state, or state system, representatives of state power or other fundamental values of human society, […] and makes them the highest standard of all values, including religious ones, and idolizes them, this one […] is far from true faith in God and from a worldview corresponding to such faith”. On 19.03.1937, published „Divini Redemptoris” (Eng. „Divine Redeemer”), in which criticized Russian communism, dialectical materialism and the class struggle theory. The Pope wrote: „Communism deprives man of freedom, and therefore the spiritual basis of all life norms. It deprives the human person of all his dignity and any moral support with which he could resist the onslaught of blind passions […] This is the new gospel that Bolshevik and godless communism preaches as a message of salvation and redemption of humanity”… Pius XI demanded that the established human law be subjected to the natural law of God , recommended the implementation of the ideal of a Christian state and society, and called on Catholics to resist. Two years later, National Socialist Germany and Communist Russia came together and started World War II. (more on: www.vatican.vaClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2023.05.28]
, www.vatican.vaClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2023.05.28]
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Polish-Russian war of 1919—1921: War for independence of Poland and its borders. Poland regained independence in 1918 but had to fight for its borders with former imperial powers, in particular Russia. Russia planned to incite Bolshevik–like revolutions in the Western Europe and thus invaded Poland. Russian invaders were defeated in 08.1920 in a battle called Warsaw battle („Vistula river miracle”, one of the 10 most important battles in history, according to some historians). Thanks to this victory Poland recaptured part of the lands lost during partitions of Poland in XVIII century, and Europe was saved from the genocidal Communism. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.12.20]
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Polish-Ukrainian war of 1918—1919: One of the wars for borders of the newly reborn Poland. At the end of 1918 on the former Austro–Hungarian empire’s territory, based on the Ukrainian military units of the former Austro–Hungarian army, Ukrainians waged war against Poland. In particular attempted to create foundation of an independent state and attacked Lviv. Thanks to heroic stance of Lviv inhabitants, in particular young generation of Poles — called since then Lviv eaglets — the city was recaptured by Poles and for a number of months successfully defended against furious Ukrainian attacks. In 1919 Poland — its newly created army — pushed Ukrainian forces far to the east and south, regaining control over its territory. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2017.05.20]
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sources

bibliographical:
Clergy of Przemyśl Eparchy and Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkivshchyna”, Bogdan Prach, Ukrainian Catholic University Publishing House, Lviv 2015

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