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'''Peter G. Kohanik''' ({{lang-ru|Пётр Юрьевич Коханик}}, ''Pyotr Yuryevich Kokhanik''; [[August 22]], [[1880]], village [[:v:Becherov|Becherov]], Austria-Hungary - [[May 20]], 1969, [[:w:Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic, New Jersey]]) was a [[protopresbyter]] of the [[OCA|Northern American metropolia]], and a prominent representative of сarpathoCarpatho-rusyn Rusyn movement in the U.S.
== Biography ==
Peter Kohanik was born in house 108 on [[August 22]], 1880, the son of George Kohanik a village farmer and Anastasia Lescsisin in the village of [[w:Becherov |Becherov]] which is located in present day Slovakia.
He was [[baptism|baptized ]] on [[August 27]], 1880 in the Greek Catholic Church of Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Becherov by Father Michal Artim.
In 1892 , he moved with his family moved to the U.S.United States, where he converted to [[Orthodoxy]].
In 1894, he moved to Russia and initially entered the [[St. Petersburg Theological Seminary]]. Then transferred before transfering to the Tauride Theological Seminary (situated in Simferopol, Crimea), graduating in 1902.
He married Eugenia Dimytrievna , a resident of Crimea , on [[July 27]], 1902 in his native village of Becherov.
In the same year Peter was [[ordination|ordained ]] [[deacon]]. He and subsequently was ordained into the [[priesthood]] on [[October 26]]ns/[[October 13]]os, 1902.
On [[January 20]], 1903 , Father Kohanik and his wife left for America from Cuxhaven, Germany , traveling on the [[http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=augvh|S.S. Auguste Victoria]]. They arrived at the Port of New York.
He sas was dean of the Pittsburgh deanery, and then the Wilkes-Barrskogo Barre deanery. The rector During his time as a priest of the Orthodox churches in the United States. He , he was engaged in [[missionary]] work among Carpatho-Uniates and established more than 10 new parishes in the United States[[parish]]es.
In 1910 , he was the vice-presidentand, and then from 1910 to 1923 he was Chairman , chairman of the Russian Orthodox Mutual Aid Society in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
In 1913, he was appointed secretary of the North American Spiritual Board (Diocesan Council) and head of the New York exile home.
From 1916 to 1923 he was editor of the church Mutual Aid Society newspaper "Light", and in during the years 1916, 1917, and 1921-1923 years - of the "Russian Orthodox almanacs".
Since 1917 , he is klyuchar of the New York cathedral.
In 1951 he was awarded the right to wear the [[miter]], later elevated to the rank of [[protopresbyter]].
== Sources ==
* http://zarubezhje.narod.ru/kl/k_121.htm
* http://www.stjohnspassaic.org/history/
* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York, pp. 77, 121, 160.