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'''Archimandrite Ignaty (Falovsky) (1876-1953)'''

'''An Early Priest and Photo-Archivist'''


==Early years of Ivan Ivanovich Falovsky==

On 29 May, 1876, Ivan Ivanovich Falovsky was born in the village of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetiiv Tetievo], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Governorate Kyiv Province], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine Ukraine], on 29 May, 1876.  At that time, it was within the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire Russian Empire].  

He was raised within the bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church, and he received his primary and secondary education in his home region.

==Education==

Ivan Ivanovich then entered the Kiev Theological Seminary.  

Once he had completed his theological education, he entered the [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259A%25D0%25B8%25D1%2594%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BE-%25D0%2591%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D1%2582%25D1%2581%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%25BC%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580&prev=search Epiphany Kyivo-Bratskii Monastery] as a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Novice novice].

In 1911, the Novice Ivan was accepted to be sent to the [https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/church-history/twentieth-century/orthodoxy-in-america-part-one-from-the-russian-mission-to-the-oca North American Mission].  

==Monastic tonsure, 1911==

In 1911, the Novice Ivan (Falovsky) was [https://orthochristian.com/101607.html tonsured] to be a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Monk monk] with the name Ignaty. 

==Ordinations, 1911==

In 1911, the Monk Ignaty (Falovsky) was ordained to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Deacon Diaconate] by [[Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) |Bishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]].  

His ordination to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Presbyter Priesthood] followed soon afterwards.  

==Pastoral service== 

'''Transfer to Canada, 1911'''

On 2 October, 1911, the Hieromonk Ignaty (Falovsky) departed for [https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada Canada] where he served for a short time, and then returned to Russia to recover his health ; but he returned shortly thereafter to continue serving the Church in Canada for 4 decades.  

During this time, he was given the responsibility of leading the missionary work in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

During his time of faithful service, he was elevated first to the dignity of [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Igumen igumen], and then to the dignity of [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Archimandrite archimandrite].  

He served in almost every province in the west ([https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alberta Alberta], [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/saskatchewan Saskatchewan] and [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/manitoba Manitoba]), and he left behind such a number of early photographs of Orthodox services, that one draws the conclusion that he must have had his own photography equipment.  It may be seen from the documents included here that he served the parish of [https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3591 Saint Elia] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wroxton,_Saskatchewan Wroxton], Saskatchewan before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I World War I], at the time when the new Temple was constructed.  The present Temple, the third building, was constructed in the hamlet.  


[[File:Archimandrite Ignaty Falovsky and parishioners.jpg]]  '''Father Ignaty and some rural parishioners'''


After World War I (particularly after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution Bolshevik Revolution of 1917]), as a consequence of those revolutionary events in Russia, the giving of subsidies to the North American diocese ceased.  

Often priests literally had to beg as they took their families to farmyards of neighbours and parishioners.  This could happen because such clergy did not have land of their own on which to grow their own food, since previously they had had a stipend which made up the difference between what parishioners could contribute and what was necessary for life.  

Father Ignaty wrote to Bishop Alexander (Nemolovsky) about the desperate situation of the Canadian clergy :

  They eat potatoes.  The whole priest's family is in tatters [...]. The Missionary of O. R. begs people for bread. 
  Here in Canada, almost all Russians have a painful expression.  All involuntarily weep because of the terrible frosts. 
  All our Canadian missionaries are both needy and slandered.  

In his later years, [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Archimandrite Archimandrite] Ignaty resided in the [[Sifton MB Monastery of the Holy Ascension 1910-1970 |Holy Ascension Monastery]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sifton,_Manitoba Sifton, Manitoba]. 


[[File:Igumen I Falsovsky and parishioners 1.png]]  '''Father Ignaty (Falovsky) and rural parishioners'''

==Repose, 1953==

Archimandrite Ignaty (Falovsky) fell asleep in the Lord on 29 October, 1953, as the following shows.  

The Funeral Services for the Burial of a Presbyter were served for him in Sifton under the leadership of [[Archbishop Nikon (de Grève) |Bishop Nikon (de Grève)]] of [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxt7Fwbmh5gIVgY3ICh37gAZ0EAAYASAAEgIM4PD_BwE Toronto].  He was assisted by clergy of the surrounding region who had assembled.  

After the funeral, his body was interred at the [[Sifton MB Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Monastery Cemetery 1925 |cemetery of the Monastery of the Holy Ascension]] at Sifton.  


<div align=center>'''The Tragic Passing of an Aged Canadian Missionary'''
<br>http://orthodoxcanada.ca/history/faith-early-years/05a.jpg<br></div>

  In the evening of 29 October, 1953, close to Holy Ascension Monastery in Sifton in the province of 
  Manitoba, the resident of the monastery, an aged missionary in Canada, Archimandite Ignaty was 
  fatally injured in a car accident.  For his funeral on Tuesday, 3 November, Bishop Nikon came from 
  Toronto and the local priests gathered [...].  


<div align=center>'''Archimandrite Ignaty Service record for 1912'''<br>
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<div align=center>http://orthodoxcanada.ca/history/faith-early-years/05.jpg</div>



[[File:Sifton Monastery CemeteryCCBSS.png]]  '''Holy Ascension Monastery Cemetery at Sifton'''


[[File:Sifton monastery cemetery L.png]]  '''A panikhida at the cemetery''' 


[[File:Russian orthodox orphanage monument 1.jpg]]  '''Monument on the site of the orphanage at the monastery'''



==References==

[http://orthodoxcanada.ca/Roots_of_community_-_Community_Leaders Roots of Community] 

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://pokrov-fond.info/content/russkoe-pravoslavnoe-zarubezhnoe-monashestvo-v-xx-veke-biograficheskii-spravochnik-kuznetsov&prev=search Kuznetsov, Vladimir, “Russian Orthodox Foreign Monasticism in the 20th Century : Biographical Guide” (Sovereign Heritage, 2017) ISBN : 5040335016, 9785040335015.] 

Tarasar, Constance J, ed., "Orthodox America 1794-1976 : Development of The Orthodox Church in America" (Syosset, NY : The Orthodox Church in America Department of History and Archives, 1975). ASIN : B000ZLZAUE. 

[https://sttikhonsmonastery.org/files/Bishops-and-Monastics-of-STM.pdf Saint Tikhon's Seminary "Tikhonaire" reference]  

[https://newspaperarchive.com/dauphin-herald-and-press-nov-11-1954-p-6/ “Dauphin Herald and Press Newspaper Archives”]  

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://zarubezhje.narod.ru/gi/I_167.htm&prev=search Religious Workers of the Russian Mission Abroad]  


'''Additional information :''' 

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_Monastery Wikipedia article about the Epiphany Kyivo-Bratskii Monastery] 

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Church_in_America Orthodoxwiki article about The Orthodox Church in America] 

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Archdiocese_of_Canada Orthodoxwiki article about the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)]  

Archdiocese of Canada — Orthodox Church in America, “[http://orthodoxcanada.ca/res/publications/TheOrthodoxChurchInCanadaChronology1890-1988.pdf The Orthodox Church in Canada : A Chronology]” (Ottawa : Archdiocese of Canada, 1988).  

[https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/church-history/nineteenth-century/relations-between-the-churches-east-and-west “Orthodoxy in America, Part One : From the Russian Mission to the OCA”]  

[https://www.oca.org/cdn/PDFs/dept-archives/orthodox-christians-na.pdf Stokoe, Mark and Kishkovsky, Leonid, “Orthodox Christians in North America”]   

[[Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) |Bishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]]

[[Archbishop Nikon (de Grève)]]

[[Archbishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)]]

[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/russianorthodoxorphanage.shtml “Historic Sites of Manitoba : Russian Orthodox Orphanage Monument (Sifton, RM of Dauphin)”] 

[[Sifton MB Monastery of the Holy Ascension 1910-1970]]

[https://orthodoxcanada.ca/Sifton_MB_Holy_Ascension_Russian_Orthodox_Monastery_Cemetery_1925 Archimandrite Ignatiy (Falovsky) amongst the list of those interred in the Holy Ascension Monastery Cemetery] 

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.orthodox-canada.com/ru/russkiy-sluzhenie-v-kanade-episkopa-aleksandra/&prev=search “The American-Canadian period of the ministry of Metropolitan Alexander (Nemolovsky)”] (Mention of Ignatius (Falovsky) in foot-note no. 21 : “And Jerome Ignatius (Falovsky; Ignatius Falovsky) lived and served in Canada in the poorest province of Saskatchewan.  He died on 28 October, 1953, at the Ascension Monastery in Sifton (near Winnipeg, Canada) in the jurisdiction of the North American Russian Metropolitanate in the rank of Archimandrite .” (Text : “Bishop Alexander, in his article “From Canadian Impressions,” published in the diocesan magazine, wrote about the problems and troubles of the Canadian clergy : “They eat potatoes. The whole priest's family is in rags. <...> Fr. Ignatius 21 begs people for bread. Around - small villages. <...> Here - in Canada - almost all Russians have a suffering expression. All involuntarily cry from the terrible frosts. All of our Canadian missionaries are both hungry and slandered”.  Foot-note no. 22 : Alexander (Nemolovsky), Bishop, from 'Canadian Impressions' in “American Orthodox Russia”, no. 4 (1916), pp. 57-59.)   

Nemolovsky, Bishop Alexander, from 'Canadian Impressions’ in “American Orthodox Russia”, no. 4 (1916), pp. 57-59.  







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