Sawa Hrycuniak

Sawa (Hrycuniak)
Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland Metropolita warszawski i całej Polski
Native name	Michał Hrycuniak
Church	Polish Orthodox Church
Predecessor	Bazyli Doroszkiewicz
Personal details
Born	(1938-04-14) April 14, 1938 (age 86) Śniatycze
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Alma mater	Orthodox Theological Seminary in Warsaw Christian Theological Academy
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Metropolitan Sawa, (sometimes Sabbas, secular birth name Michał Hrycuniak; born 14 April 1938 in Śniatycze) has been the Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, and hence the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church since 1998, the second largest organized religion in Poland.^[1][2]

Previously, he was the bishop of Białystok and Gdańsk (1981–1998) and Łódź and Poznań (1979–1981). He is also a professor of theology.

Metropolitan Sawa in 2010.

Based on documents, Sawa was accused by some Polish historians of being a longtime associate of the communist Służba Bezpieczeństwa as early as mid 1960s in connection with operation "Byzantium" (Bizancjum), actively working under name of TW Jurek, during which he cooperated with communist authorities, leading a coordinated campaign against individual church members and the Orthodox church itself. He supported and worked with communist government for the purpose of advancing his career within the Church.^[3] However he denied those accusations.^[4]

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Bazyli Doroszkiewicz	Metropolitan of Poland 1998–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Nikanor (Niesłuchowski)	Bishop of Białystok and Gdańsk 1981–1998	Succeeded by Jakub (Kostiuczuk)
Preceded by Jerzy (Korenistow)	Bishop of Łódź and Poznań 1979–1981	Succeeded by Szymon (Romańczuk)

References

1. 43rd, Ed 2002; Limited, Europa Publications (2003-07-10). The Europa world year book. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 3394. ISBN 978-1-85743-197-1. Retrieved 27 July 2011. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
2. Borowik, Irena (2003). Religions, churches and the scientific studies of religion: Poland and Ukraine. NOMOS. p. 39. ISBN 978-83-88508-41-7. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
3. Past of Archbishop Sawa. Rzeczpospolia. Jan. 13, 2009 [1]
4. Krzysztofiński, Mariusz (2008). W kręgu "Bizancjum". Kościół prawosławny w Polsce po 1944 r. Aparat Represji w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1989, Issue 1(6) (2008) (PDF). Institute of National Remembrance. pp. 79–153. ISSN 1733-6996.