Mokrytsky, Yuvenalii

Mokrytsky, Yuvenalii or Mokryckyj, Juvenalij Josyf [Мокрицький, Ювеналій Йосиф], b 16 October 1911 in Khlonivka, Chortkiv county, Galicia, d 2 May 2002 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Icon painter. He become monk of the Studite Monastery in Univ in 1929 and received the Schema in 1934. He completed theological studies in Lviv and Prague (Charles University, 1940–43). Having begun studies in icon painting at the Univ Monastery, he continued his artistic training in Lviv, Prague, and at the Vienna Acadamy of Fine Arts. A displaced person after the Second World War, Mokrytsky continued his art studies in Krefeld, Germany (1948), and portraiture in Liège, Belgium (1950–54). Mokrytsky’s icons are painted in a Neo-Byzantine style, with elements of the Renaissance Ukrainian icon painting tradition. He created icons and iconostases for numerous churches in Italy (including the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Rome, 1979), Germany, the United States of America, and the province of Ontario, Canada.

Marko Robert Stech

[This article was written in 2026.]