THE TOPIC OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE STUDY OF THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA IN CANADA IN 1900–1991

DOI 10.17721/2521-1706.2024.18.10

Taras Pshenychnyi,

Dr. habil. (History), Associate Professor,

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2484-2694

Abstract. The Ukrainian diaspora in Canada is one of the largest communities of Ukrainians outside of Ukraine. Only in the last hundred years has it managed to become a powerful voice for Ukrainians outside their homeland. Its voice was especially important during the interwar period and the Soviet era. Thanks to Ukrainian intellectuals, the Western world was exposed to the Ukrainian world, the resilience of the Ukrainian people, and the markers of its national identity, including the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. With the development of Ukrainian studies in Canada, the UGCC was increasingly well-represented in the scientific and information space. Between 1940 and 1980, the Ukrainian community in Canada became the voice of the repressed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and was involved in shaping the narrative of the Church as a «martyr».

The purpose of the article is to synthesize the key historiographical basis for the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada in 1900–1991.

The scientific novelty of the article lies in the fact that only those publications by Ukrainian scholars in Canada in which the subject of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was the key one were singled out from the significant historiographical layer of scientific literature. In addition, through the separation of publications, it was possible to determine the main stages of the development of the historiography of the UGCC among the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada.

The methodological basis of the study is based on the methods of critical analysis and synthesis of sources, as well as the analytical method.

Conclusions. The article presents a synthesized analysis of the publications of Ukrainian diasporans in Canada on the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from the beginning of the twentieth century to 1989. At the same time, it is noted that the development of Ukrainian historical studies in Canada laid a solid foundation for the formation of a bibliography of Ukrainian publications and publications on Ukrainian historical topics. The Ukrainian diaspora in Canada has managed to accumulate resources for the development of historical studies. Publications initiated by Ukrainian communities, publishing houses, and organizations should be viewed as an attempt to capture memory, events, processes, and phenomena in the history of the UGCC. It was in the post-Soviet era that they became the foundation for the study of the development of historical thought in the Ukrainian diaspora.

Key words: Ukrainian diaspora, The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Diaspora, Canadian Ukrainians, Ukrainians in Canada, socio-political activity, multiculturalism, historiography.

Submitted 23.06.2024

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