«ВИШЕНСЬКА САЛАМАХА»: ПАРАФІЯЛЬНІ СТОСУНКИ В СУДОВІЙ ВИШНІ 1930-х РОКІВ У СВІТЛІ ЛИСТІВ ОТЦЯ ОСИПА ЯХИМОВИЧА ДО ВЛАДИКИ ЙОСАФАТА КОЦИЛОВСЬКОГО

Based on the letters of the employee of Fr. O. Yakhymovych to the Bishop of Przemysl J. Kotsilovsky, intra-parish relations in the Greek Catholic community of Sudova Vyshny in the 1930s are studied. The general parameters and specifics of the Ukrainian parish life of the city, partially divided in the church-administrative dimension between two churches, are analyzed. It is noted that epistolary sources reveal conflicts between the clergy, brotherhoods (the churches of the Holy Trinity and the Transfiguration of the Lord) and parishioners: disputes over the management of church property, the organization of retreats, the activities of the cemetery, repairs and fundraising. The development of conflicts and abuses in the brotherhoods of Sudova Vyshny is highlighted. The relations between the local clergy and parishioners of the interwar period are studied, with an emphasis on the figure of the author of the letters – Fr. O. Yakhymovych. The main milestones of his biography are presented, which help to understand not only the spiritual career of the priest, but also his place in the parish community. Particular attention is focused on the priest’s sincere desire to resolve difficult and crisis situations in the parish, associated with the neglect of the leadership of the brotherhood of the position of the parish priest, the opposition of a significant part of the brothers to their leadership, the opacity in the use of funds by the brotherhood, which generally created an atmosphere of tension and distrust in the parish. It is observed that the letters of Fr. O. Yakhymovych provide important material for the history of the material and economic life of the parish, its everyday life, the history of the collective consciousness and mentality of Ukrainian society in the 1920s–1930s in Galicia. It is concluded that the correspondence of Fr. O. Yakhymovych to Bishop J. Kotsylovsky is an important source for reconstructing relations in the Greek Catholic parish of Sudova Vyshny during the interwar period, primarily the financial, organizational, and spiritual aspects of its life.

Josafat Kotsylovskyi, Fr. Osyp Jakhymovych, Fr. Vasyl Polianskyi, brotherhood, church nursery, monks, parish, Sudova Vyshnia, Sudova Vyshniaʼs Deanery.