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St Sigismund parish
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland
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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland
XX century (1914 – 1989)
personal data
surname
KOJAŁOWICZ
forename(s)
Michael (pl. Michał)
function
presbiter (i.e. iereus)
creed
Eastern Orthodox Church ORmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.09.21]
diocese / province
Vilnius‐Lithuanian OR eparchymore on
ru.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.09.24]
date and place
of death
23.04.1919
Lidatoday: Lida dist., Grodno reg., Belarus
more on
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[access: 2021.09.29]
details of death
During the so‐called Vilnius expedition in 04.1919 of the Polish army of the newly reborn Polish (11.1918) state — one of the first campaigns of the Polish–Russian war 1919‐1921 — on 16‐17.04.1919 Polish troops attacked Lida.
During several assaults — the Bolsheviks defending Lida were supported by the Jewish population — hand–to–hand fights with bayonets took place.
Battles raged over every house — in particular, Polish soldiers were shot at from the windows of houses inhabited by Jews.
Prob. over 100 Polish soldiers lost lives in the fighting; after the Russians were driven out of the city, c. 350 people were taken POW.
In the following days, a pogrom orchestrated by Poles took place — a lynching — during which 39 Jews were murdered (as a result, a Polish court–martial sentenced 6 people to death).
On 23.04.1919, on the Orthodox Holy Tuesday, there was an attack by Polish soldiers on the St Michael the Archangel Orthodox church.
Soldiers burst into the church during the service, demanded to leave the temple immediately, yelling „it was yours, but now it's ours again”.
The old priest was dragged out into the street, and when he fell down, people would laugh at him and beat (kick?) him.
According to some sources, his beard was cut off and set on fire.
The church was also desecrated — Orthodox icons and crosses were thrown out, and the iconostasis shattered.
The next day was found dead in his presbytery, with signs of a beating.
cause of death
murder
perpetrators
Poles
date and place
of birth
17.05.1835
Kuźnicatoday: Kuźnica gm., Sokółka pov., Podlaskie voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.12.18]
presbyter (holy orders)
ordination
08.01.1861
positions held
1866 – 1919
rector — Lidatoday: Lida dist., Grodno reg., Belarus
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[access: 2021.09.29] ⋄ St Michael the Archangel OR church — former Piarist Fathers' St Joseph Calasanz church, whose reconstruction after the fire in 1842 was refused by the tsarist authorities, and the plundered remains were handed over to the Orthodox Church
1869 – 1905
protoiereus (Eng. first priest) — Lidatoday: Lida dist., Grodno reg., Belarus
more on
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[access: 2021.09.29] OR deanery — in accordance with the Russian imperial policy, this meant supremacy over all Orthodox churches of the Lida district
1866 – 1869
protoiereus (Eng. first priest) — Lidatoday: Lida dist., Grodno reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.29] OR deanery — acting („ad interim”)
1860 – 1866
presbiter (Eng. priest, i.e. iereus) — Lidatoday: Lida dist., Grodno reg., Belarus
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.29] ⋄ St Michael the Archangel OR church — also: from 1862 assistant to the protoiereus and censor of sermons in the Lida and Szczuczyndeaneries (i.e. all Orthodox churches in the Lida and Szczuczyn counties), law teacher in a secondary school, church adviser for the tsarist imperial offices in Lida, from 1863 a member of the county committee for Orthodox churches
1857 – 1860
teacher — Kobryntoday: Kobryn dist., Brest reg., Belarus
more on
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[access: 2021.12.18] ⋄ Minor Orthodox Theological School — teacher of Russian language and Russian history
till 1857
student — Vilniustoday: Vilnius city dist., Vilnius Cou., Lithuania
more on
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[access: 2022.01.06] ⋄ philosophy and theology, Orthodox Theological Seminary
widower — prob.; one son
murder sites
camp
(+ prisoner no)
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])
sources
personal:
likhanovanatalia.blogspot.comClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2022.12.21], pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2022.12.21]
original images:
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