George Kovalenko
George Kovalenko, SJ (1900 – 5 November 1975) was a Russian Jesuit, a priest of the Catholic Church and a member of the Russian apostolate. Biography Born into an Orthodox family of a general of the Imperial Russian Army in the Russian Empire, he studied at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. In 1918, he became a cadet, joining the White Army, and fought in Southern Russia under the command of Generals Anatoly Lieven and Boris Permikin; he was awarded the Cross of St. George. In exile, he was in the camps near Warsaw. In 1922 he worked in Danzig, then moved to Berlin, and studied theology and philosophy in Italy. He lived at the Collegium Russicum and entered the Society of Jesus. In 1944 Kovalenko was ordained a priest. In Rome he organized a small publishing house, which published pamphlets and books for Russian displaced persons, visited camps for Russian refugees and displaced persons, helped the children of Saint Helena Boarding School for Russian girls in Rome, and also worked in a shelter for Russian refugees in Rome. He protested against the extradition of Russians held in the camp on Lipari by the Italian government. Through the Catholic Church, since 1947