Dora_(village)

Dora, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Dora, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Place in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Dora (Ukrainian: Дора, Polish: Dora) former village in Ukraine, now — part of the city of Yaremche, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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History

Until the end of 1952, the villagers resisted the Moscow occupiers with arms in their hands.[1]

Religion

  • Church of John the Baptist (1844, wooden, UGCC)

Notable residents

  • Yustyn Boiko (born 1977), Ukrainian religious figure, studious hieromonk, writer, blogger, Doctor of Theology (2012)
  • Stepan Hanushevskyi (1917—1996), Ukrainian bandura player
  • Vasyl Baiurak (1722—1754), leader of the uprising in 1745–1754, supporter of Oleksa Dovbush
  • Vasyl Ivasiuk (born 1960), ruling bishop of the Kolomyia Eparchy of the UGCC
  • Teodor Martyniuk (born 1974), Auxiliary Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv of the UGCC
  • Mykhailo Kosylo (1932—2000), Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, Soviet political prisoner, rector of the underground seminary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Vicar General of Bukovyna
  • Vasyl Semeniuk (born 1949), Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ternopil-Zboriv of the UGCC. Master of Theology (1997).
  • Blessed Martyr Anthonii Kaznovskyi (1878—1959), priest of the UGCC, a public figure, repressed, and died in a Soviet prison

References

  1. [1]
    Ю. Яворський. Криївки УПА в с. Дора Archived 2018-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, Краєзнавець Прикарпаття, 2008, № 12, s. 14—15.
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