Background
Eugene Rozhitsky was born on 24 December 1896 in the Litvinkov village, Ukraine in the family of John and Anastasia Rozhitsky.
Eugene Rozhitsky was born on 24 December 1896 in the Litvinkov village, Ukraine in the family of John and Anastasia Rozhitsky.
In 1921 he was ordained an Orthodox priest. In February 1925 Eugene, in his work "Adultery as a legal ground for divorce" received the title of Doctor of Laws. On February 21, 1927 Rozhistsky was appointed rector of the Uniate parish in Kostomlotah, but soon returned to the Orthodox Church and as Orthodox priest ministered in Vilnius in the Izha village (now Vileyka Raion, in the Minsk Region).