Juozas Vintsevich Bulka ( lit. Juozas Bulka; Belorussian. Juozas Bulka; December 27, 1925 - January 10, 2010 ) is a Catholic priest, former rector of the Church of St. Anne in the village of Mosar, Glubokoe district, Vitebsk region .
| Juozas Bulka | |
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| Date of Birth | December 27, 1925 |
| Place of Birth | Ripaichay village, Uzen district, Republic of Lithuania |
| Date of death | January 9, 2010 (84 years old) |
| Place of death | Minsk, Republic of Belarus |
| Occupation | catholic priest |
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Biography
Born into a peasant family, his father died early. The boy, mother and grandmother and aunt nun were engaged in raising the boy. From an early age he wanted to be a priest. Adjustments to the plans were made by the annexation of the Baltic states to the USSR and the Great Patriotic War . After the war he graduated from high school, entered the agricultural technical school, where he taught agronomy. Atheistic oppression in Soviet Lithuania prevented Juozas Bulka from receiving a diploma and he was expelled [1] .
For most of his life he worked at the Vilnius Electricity Meters Plant. He began to work as a simple worker, and then worked in the personnel department. Headed the primary organization of the Red Cross Partnership. Created the Šaltinis Sobriety Club in Vilnius. However, after strong pressure from alcohol supporters on Bulka, the Šaltinis Club was forced to close. But after some time, the Sheima club opened with the same membership. [2] In the mid -1980s, Juozas Bulka was forced to quit the factory and began serving as a minister in a Catholic church. [1]
At the age of 62, he was ordained a priest in the Polish city of Wloclawek . He served in Wloclawek, then was sent to Kokshetau , where the Catholic community exists [1] .
In 1988, he was invited by Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz to the BSSR . He became rector of the Catholic Church of St. Anne in Mosar .
In Mosar, Juozas Bulka laid the arboretum and began to ennoble the parietal area. He spent his own savings on everything, as well as money received from the sale of an apartment in Vilnius . In 1990, a copy of Michelangelo 's Pieta work appeared in front of the church. In 1996, a copy of the Sharp Gate was built, in which a copy of the Ostrobramsk Icon of the Mother of God was placed . In October 2004, a 23-meter cross was installed (the highest in the Republic of Belarus ). On August 15, 2005, the first monument to John Paul II was erected in the Republic of Belarus [1] .
Ksiendz Juozas Bulka died on January 9, 2010 and was buried in the adjacent territory. [3] [4]
Rewards
- Prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus “For Spiritual Revival” ( 2005 ) [3]
- Francis Scorina Medal ( 2006 )
- The title of canon of the Vitebsk diocese from John Paul II [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Museum worker. BULKA YOUZAS VINTSEVICH unopened (inaccessible link) . glubmusej.by. Date of treatment February 16, 2017. Archived February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Alexander Mayurov. The fight against alcoholism in Russia (from ancient times to the present day). - Moscow: Institute of Russian Civilization, 2016. - S. 300. - 870 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Pamer priests Juozas Bulka (Belorussian) , Nasha Niva . Date of treatment February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Three years without Priest Bulka. Mosar village is dying, but not drinking (rus.) , TUT.BY. Date of treatment February 16, 2017.