115th anniversary of the birth of Father Dionisij Drebitka

The Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin marks the 115th anniversary of the birth of Father Dionisij Drebitka, OSBM, a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Born Dmytro Drebitka on October 31, 1911, in Svalia, he entered the Mukachevo monastery on December 1, 1927. He made his religious vows on June 29, 1932, and later made perpetual vows on March 28, 1937. After completing theological studies at the Uzhhorod Theological Seminary, he was ordained by Bishop Oleksandr Stoyka of the Mukachevo Eparchy on April 4, 1937. He celebrated his first liturgy on April 7, 1937, at the monastery church on Chernecha Hora in Mukachevo. He subsequently taught Latin and Greek to novices at the Mukachevo monastery.