Biographical dictionary of the clergy of the Stanislaviv (Ivano-Frankivsk) Diocese - Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1885-2020): substantiation of the research project and the first biographies on the letter "A"

The aim of the article is to theoretically substantiate the main ideas and practical measures for the project of biographical dictionary of the clergy of the Stanislaviv Eparchy, now - Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1885-2020) as a complex research topic, and publication of the first fragments of biographical dictionary four priests on the letter "A". Research methodology: the biographical method is outlined in the process of realization of this project, the main parameters of biogram formation are determined. The scientific novelty is that the necessity of the scientific project of the biographical dictionary of the clergy of the Stanislaviv Eparchy / Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitanate of the UGCC (1885-2020) to expand knowledge about the place and role of the clergy in the national movement and social life of Ukrainians in this region. dictionary, the basic list of the source base is outlined, the participants of the scientific project are indicated. Conclusions: Based on a significant source base, this project is designed primarily to form detailed biographies of priests of this church unit, to fit them into the broader context of historical processes. At the end of the article there is a reconstruction of several biographies of Greek Catholic priests (letter "A"), which testify to their active work not only in the church-religious, but also political, social, economic and cultural spheres of life of the Ukrainian people.