Hilarion (Ohienko)

Ukrainian bible translator

Metropolitan Ilarion (secular name Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko;Ukrainian: ???? ???????? ???????; 2 January (14 January), 1882 in Brusilov, Kiev Governorate – 29 March 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a Ukrainian Orthodox cleric, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture.

In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St.Onuphrius Monastery in Jableczna; in 1940 he became Bishop of Chelm; in 1944 he became the Metropolitan of Chelm and Lublin (Podlaskie), and in 1951 Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada).

He was also active in Ukrainian politics, both during the revolution and later in emigration.