THE THEOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL ACADEMY IN MUNICH: THE YEARS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION IN GERMANY

Abstract

The article analyses the development of Ukrainian theological science and spiritual education in Munich (Germany).

The author presents information about the first rectors and curators of the academy, which could not have had any opportunities for development in Ukraine after the Bolsheviks came to power. As one of the first steps when they captured power was the liquidation of theological and educational institutions of various levels in January 1918. The article characterises the scientific and periodical editions of the academic centre, from which one can learn about the Academy's initial activities.

One of the digests published by the Academy was the Bulletin of the Theological and Pedagogical Academy of the UAOC. From 1946 to 1949, six editions of the Bulletin were published, in which not only professors and teachers but also students of the educational institution took an active part in the preparation of articles. It is revealed that the students also published a special journal of the Society of Students of the Theological Academy called ‘Theologian’. Attention is focused on the years of the Academy's development, and the first issue of the Bulletin of the Theological and Pedagogical Academy of the UAOC of 1946 is appropriately briefly described.

It is indicated that the highest governing body of the Academy was the Curatorship, which consisted of a chairman and 6 members. The chairman of the Curatorship was a bishop appointed to this position by the Synod of the UAOC. The first deputy chairman of the Curatorship was the rector, and the second was elected from among the members of the Curatorship. The members of the Curatorship included the dean of the faculty, a representative of the Ukrainian Central Committee, a delegate of the Central Ukrainian Red Cross Organisation, and a representative of the professoriate. The article presents information that the academy in its initial years consisted of two faculties - theological and pedagogical. It is shown that both boys and girls with completed secondary education were admitted to study, and upon completion and defence of their diplomas, they received a Master's degree, which gave them the right to teach in all types of secondary schools.