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Fr. D. Martin Telenson papers

 Collection
Identifier: g-67

Content Description

This collection contains Fr. Martin Telenson's sermons, personal papers, newspaper clippings and published materials, and ephemera.

Зміст фонду

Фонд складається з порповідей, особистих документів, газетних вирізок, та інші метеріали о. Дмитра Мартина Теленсона, священника Україської Православної Церкви США.

Dates

  • 1950 - 1995

Language of Materials

Materials are primarily in English, with some Ukrainian.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for researcher use. Please contact the archivist (archives@ukrhec.org) for more information and to make arrangements.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Biographical / Historical

Fr. Dmytro Martin Telenson (Дмитро Мартин Теленсон, original family name Telencio/Теленцьо) was a priest in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA who served the parishes of Jeanette and Export, Pennsylvania from the late 1950s. He was born in 1917 in Lyndora, Pennsylvania (then an unincorporated area of Butler) to "first wave" immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. He graduated from Grove City College with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce. He attended Moravian Theological Seminary for two semesters and Penn State University, where he obtained a Masters degree in special education. He was ordained to the deaconate by Metropolitan Ioan (Teodorovych) in 1957 and to the priesthood by Archibishop Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) in 1958. He played a key role in the early youth ministry efforts of the UOC of USA, having served as national spiritual advisor for the Junior Ukrainian Orthodox League and member of the Church's Educational Commission. He served as chaplain of the annual Teenage Conferences at Camp Kon-O-Kwee in Fombell, Pennsylvania. He died in July 1995.

Extent

1.4 Linear Feet

Abstract

Fr. Dmytro Martin Telenson was a priest in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA who served the parishes of Jeanette and Export, Pennsylvania from the late 1950s to 1995. This collection contains his sermons, personal papers, newspaper clippings and published materials, and ephemera.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Fr. Telenson's son Paul Telenson.

Related Materials

Photographs of Fr. Telenson preaching at Camp Kon-O-Kwee can be found in the Stephen Sivulych Photographs collection at the UHEC Archives.

Processing Information

Original order has been retained by the processing archivist. Some rehousing and separation of materials was performed by the processing archivist as noted at the component levels below.

Author
Michael Andrec
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Ukrainian History and Education Center Archives Repository

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