Background
Skrypnyk, Mstyslav Stepan was born on April 10, 1898 in Poltava, Ukraine. Son of Ivan and Mariamna (Petlura) Skrypnyk. came to the United States, 1950.
Skrypnyk, Mstyslav Stepan was born on April 10, 1898 in Poltava, Ukraine. Son of Ivan and Mariamna (Petlura) Skrypnyk. came to the United States, 1950.
M. Political Science, School Political Science, Warsaw, Poland, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Ukrainian Free University, 1951.
Acting bishop, Pereyaslav, Ukraine, 1942-1944; secretary to, Council of Bishops in Exile, Offenbach, Germany, 1945-1946; bishop, Ukrainian Orthodox Church Western Europe, 1946-1947; archbishop Canada, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1947-1950; archbishop, president consistory United States, South Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1950-1971; metropolitan archbishop in, Diaspora, 1969-1993; metropolitan archbishop Church, United States, 1971-1993; patriarch of Kiev and all Ukraine, 1990-1993. Director Cooperative Union, Halychyna, 1923-1926.
Deputy mayor Rivne, Volyn, Ukraine, 1930-1931. Member Polish (Seym) Parliament, secretary presidium, member foreign affairs, budget commissions, 1931-1939, Orthodox Council Volyn, 1932-1939. Lieutenant Russian Army, 1916-1917, Ukrainian National Army, 1917-1922.
Son of; married Ivanna Witkovytsky, January 8, 1921. Children: Yaroslav, Tamara Yarovenko, Mariamna Suchoversky.