Fr. Andrij Onuferko

Fr. Andrij was the Founding Director of Radio Resurrection, based in Belgium, Vice-Rector of the Patriarchal Curia in Lviv, and lecturer in Old Testament at the Lviv Theological Academy (Ukrainian Catholic University). He joined the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in 1996 as the Assistant Director for Administration, while continuing to teach courses both at Saint Paul University and in Lviv. He was acting director of the Institute from 2002-2007. Fr.Andrij has been Spiritual Director of Holy Spirit Seminary twice, the most recent from 2011-2018. He holds a doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontificia Universita Urbaniana in Rome. In recent years, Fr. Andrij, who is a protopresbyter and canon of the Eparchy of Toronto, has been instrumental in the in Vision 2020 – Vibrant Parish project of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and currently works with the Patriarchal Pastoral Council.

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by Very Rev. Andrij Onuferko As we are confronted with the reality of our churches being closed to the general public, we have been given a unique opportunity to build up and strengthen our Christian home as domestic church. In the Vibrant Parish program, we encouraged our parishes to fulfil their mission as “a place to encounter the living Christ.” Today we have an opportunity to extend that same understanding of encounter with Christ to the place where we live, be it with our immediate family or community, or by ourselves. In order for this to happen, we need to…