Athanasiy Velyki joined the Basilian monastic order on August 31,1933.
12 Facts About Athanasiy Velyki
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Athanasiy Velyki studied philosophy and theology in Krystynopil and at the Ukrainian Free University in Prague and the Gregorian University in Rome.
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Athanasiy Velyki studied the history of the Eastern church at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and palaeography at the Vatican.
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Athanasiy Velyki was vice-rector and prorector of Saint Josaphat's Ukrainian Pontifical College in Rome.
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From 1960 to 1965 Velyki served as president of the Ukrainian Theological Scholarly Society and secretary of the Vatican's Preconciliar and Conciliar Commission on the Eastern Churches.
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Athanasiy Velyki was superior general and then consultant general of the Basilian monastic order.
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Athanasiy Velyki was a consultant to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Commission for the Revision of the Canon Law of the Roman and Eastern Churches.
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Athanasiy Velyki headed the Bible Commission of the Basilian monastic order that prepared the first Ukrainian translation of the Bible from the original languages.
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In 1949 Velyki revived and expanded Analecta Ordinis S Basilii Magni.
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Athanasiy Velyki established the series Ukrainska dukhovna biblioteka, which published over 70 titles, 17 of which he wrote.
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Athanasiy Velyki wrote a history of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, Svitla i tini, Ukrains'ke khrystyianstvo, and Z litopysu khrystyians'koi Ukrainy.
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Athanasiy Velyki contributed many entries to Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva and Encyclopedia of Ukraine and drafted the missive from the Ukrainian Catholic church hierarchy on the anniversary of Saint Olha and the official statement issued by the Ukrainian bishops regarding the release from Siberia of Metropolitan Josyf Slipyj.