Miron Chodakowski
Mirosław Miron Chodakowski ( born October 21, 1957 in Białystok, Poland, † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Russia) was archbishop of the Polish Orthodox Church in Poland and Military Ordinary of the Polish armed forces.
Life
Miron Chodakowski occurred in 1972 in the Orthodox seminary in Warsaw. After the end of his theological training in 1976 he studied at the Orthodox monastery in Jabłeczna. On 17 December 1978 he made his first vows. On 25 December 1978, the diaconate took place. After the completion of his studies at the Christian Theological Academy ( ChAT ) he received on 15 February 1979, the ordination as a monk priest.
From 1979 to 1984 he was in convent Onufrego active in Jabłeczna and was on June 25, 1984 whose Hegumen. From 1984 to 1998 he was involved in the founding and building of the monastery " Zwiastowanie Najświętszej Maryi Pannie " in Supraśl. In 1990 he was with the work of over 500 years of history of the Monastery of the Annunciation in Supraśl 1498-1998 (500 - lecie Monasteru Zwiastowania NMP w roku Supraślu 1498-1998 ) to Dr. theol. doctorate.
He was since 1980 a member of the Polish Army and was appointed on 15 August 1998 Army Brigadier General of Poland. The Council of Bishops of the Orthodox Church - Polish extended in April 1990, her advice to seven people and took him to the rank of Archimandrite. On May 10, 1998 Miron was consecrated bishop of the Orthodox Church and the Polish - appointed military bishop. On 10 May 2008 he was appointed Archbishop took place.
On April 10, 2010 Chodakowski belonged to a Polish delegation headed by President Lech Kaczyński, who was to travel on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre to the memorial to Russia. However, in a plane crash of the delegation near the military airfield Smolensk - North he came together with other high-ranking representatives of Poland died.
Posthumously Chodakowski was awarded on 16 April 2010 the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta ( Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski ).