Miron Chodakovsky

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Miron Chodakowski (before 1979)

Mirosław Miron Chodakowski (born October 21, 1957 in Białystok , Poland ; † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk , Russia ) was Archbishop of the Polish Orthodox Church in Poland and Military Ordinary of the Polish Armed Forces .

Life

Miron Chodakowski entered the Orthodox seminary in Warsaw in 1972 . After finishing his theological training in 1976, he studied at the Orthodox monastery in Jabłeczna . He took his first vows on December 17, 1978. On December 25, 1978, he was ordained as a deacon. After completing his studies at the Christian Theological Academy (ChAT) , he was ordained a monk priest on February 15, 1979 .

From 1979 to 1984 he worked in the Onufrego Monastery in Jabłeczna and became its hegumen on June 25, 1984 . From 1984 to 1998 he was involved in founding and building the “Zwiastowanie Najświętszej Maryi Pannie” monastery in Supraśl . In 1990 he was with the work over 500 years of history of the Monastery of the Annunciation in Supraśl 1498-1998 ( 500 lecie Monasteru Zwiastowania NMP w Supraślu 1498-1998 roku ) for Dr. theol. PhD .

He had been a member of the Polish People's Army since 1980 and was appointed Brigadier General of the Army of Poland on August 15, 1998 . The Council of Bishops of the Polish Orthodox Church expanded its council to seven in April 1990 and accepted it with the rank of Archimandrite . On May 10, 1998, Miron was ordained bishop of the Polish Orthodox Church and appointed military bishop . On May 10, 2008 he was appointed archbishop.

On April 10, 2010, Chodakowski was part of a Polish delegation headed by President Lech Kaczyński , who was to travel to the memorial in Russia on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre . However, in a plane crash of the delegation near the Smolensk-Nord military airfield , he was killed along with other high-ranking representatives of Poland.

Posthumously Chodakowski was the Commander's Cross of the 16 April 2010 Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyź Komandorski Orderu Rebirth of Poland) awarded.

References

Web links

Commons : Bishop Miron (Chodakowski)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Press Office of the Sejm): Komunikat No. 163 / VI kad. , accessed April 18, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Chodakowski, Miron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chodakowski, Mirosław Miron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Orthodox Military Bishop of the Polish Armed Forces
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Białystok , Poland
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2010
Place of death Smolensk , Russia