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'''Metropolitan Ilarion''' (secular name '''Ivan Ohienko''') , (January 14, 1882 Brusyliv, near Kiev - March 29 1972 in Winnipeg) was a Ukrainian churchman (1940 Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jableczna, 1940 Bishop of Chelm, 1944 [[Metropolitan]] of Kholm and Lublin (Pidlachia), 1951 Primate of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]), linguist, church historian, and historian of culture. He was also active in Ukrainian politics, both during the revolution and later in emigration.

Ohienko was born in central Ukraine (Kiev Gubernia) and educated at Kiev University where he studied Slavic philology under V. Peretts. By 1915, he was teaching at this same university, and during the revolution became active in the Ukrainianization of higher education. In 1919, he was Minister of Religious Affairs in the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) which was at that time headed by Symon Petliura, and after the military defeat of Petliura's forces, together with Petliura went into exile in Second Polish Republic. He remained in Poland between the wars and remained active in the Ukrainian People's Republic governnent in exile. Until 1932, he taught in the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University, but was dismissed under political pressure from Polish nationalist elements.