George Kovalenko
George Kovalenko, SJ (born in 1900, Russian Empire - died on 5 November 1975, Rome, Italy) was a Russian Jesuit, a priest of the Catholic Church and a member of Russian apostolate.
Biography
Born into an Orthodox family of a general of the Imperial Russian Army, he studied at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1918 became a cadet joined the White Army, fought in Southern Russia under the command of Generals Anatoly Lieven and Boris Permikin and was awarded the Cross of St. George. In exile, was in the camps near Warsaw, in 1922 he worked in Danzig, then ended up in Berlin, studied theology and philosophy in Italy. He lived in " Russicum, "entered the Society of Jesus. In 1944 Kovalenko was ordained a priest. In Rome organized a small publishing house, which published pamphlets and books for Russian Pee Dee, attended the camp of Russian refugees and displaced persons, helped the children of Saint Helena Boarding for Russian girls in Rome, and has worked in a shelter for the Russian refugees in Rome, protested against the granting of the Italian Russian Government, in camps on the island of Lipari. Through the Catholic Church in 1947 led the work in Rome at "Russian Center," and engaged in the distribution of material assistance provided by the International Refugee Organization to the United Nations and the "Committee for Aid to Russian refugees in Italy." Kovalenko actively helped the Congregation of Marian Fathers' monks George (Bryanchaninov) and Andrei Katkov and they joined the Jesuit Frenchman Philippe de Regis. At this time, Kovalenko met Russian writer Boris Shiryaev. Since 1951 Kovalenko went to Argentina to help Archimandrite Nikolai Alekseev, where in the church of Saints Peter and Paul created a library. Kovalenko has published articles in the Paris newspaper " Russian idea "in the Catholic press in the Russian-speaking Diaspora and published under the pseudonym Ochekov in Argentine newspaper " For the Truth . " In 1958 due to ill health, he returned to Rome, underwent a serious operation, later worked as a librarian and taught Russian at "Russicum", died in Rome.
Sources
- Vladimir Kolupaev, Fr. Brussels publishing " Life with God ": Book World Russian abroad XX century . Saarbrücken. 2012 . 336. Scientific edition ISBN 978-3-8484-0980-8
- Vladimir Kolupaev. Jesuit mission of Russian emigrants in Argentina in XX century / / Latin America. 2011, № 8. pp. 81 – 94.
- Vladimir Kolupaev. Russian publishing projects in Argentina in the XX Century / / Bibliography. 2012, № 1.