Chtristianity in its revelations and present problems (based on Ivan Ortynsky)

Abstract

Ivan Ortinsky was born on January 20, 1922 in the village of Pogirtsi, Rudkivsky District. At the age of 17, having just got a certificate of maturity for a gymnasium, he departed from Lviv to Italy. Here in 1939-1943 young Ivan studied at the Salesian Small Seminary in Ivrea. In August 1942, in the city of Turin, he joined the novices of the Salesians fathers. Thanks to the good knowledge of different languages, in 1946 he was appointed guide in the catacombs of St. Kalista. In 1949-1963, Ortinsky served as coordinator of the catacombs excursion bureau.