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Savaryn
Savaryn is a slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Neil Savaryn (1905–1986), Ukrainian-born Canadian Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishop *Peter Savaryn Peter Savaryn (September 17, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian lawyer. During World War II, he belonged to the Waffen-SS Galician Division. He was among the approximately 2,000 Waffen-SS Galicia fighters allowed to immigrat ... (1926–2017), Ukrainian-born Canadian lawyer {{Surname Ukrainian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Savaryn
Peter Savaryn (September 17, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian lawyer. During World War II, he belonged to the Waffen-SS Galician Division. He was among the approximately 2,000 Waffen-SS Galicia fighters allowed to immigrate to Canada. Savaryn arrived in Canada in 1949, and attended the University of Alberta (B.A. 1955, LLB 1956). Savaryn was a partner in the law firm Savaryn & Savaryn. He was married to Olga (Olya) Prystajecky (1951) with whom he had three children. He served as Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1982 to 1986 and was involved with the university Board of Governors and Senate. Savaryn was the president of the Ukrainian World Congress, at the time called the World Congress of Free Ukrainians, from 1983 to 1988. He was also president of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and vice-president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Savaryn was awarded an honorary degree in 1987 from the University of Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Savaryn
Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Ніл Микола Саварин; 19 May 1905 in Staryi Sambir, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) – 8 January 1986 in Edmonton, Canada) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the titular bishop of Ios and auxiliary bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada from 3 April 1943 until 19 January 1948 and as the first eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton from 19 January 1948 until his death on 8 January 1986 (until 10 March 1951 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada and until 3 November 1956 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Edmonton). Life Savaryn was born in the family of Vasyl and Anna (née Syherych) Savaryn in Halychyna. After the school and gymnasium education, he subsequently joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great on August 28, 1922, where he made a profession on July 3, 1924, and a solemn profession on September 14, 1930. Savaryn was ordained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Surname
A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations. Some surnames are not formed in this way, including names of non-Slavic origin. They are also seen in North America, Argentina, and Australia. An example using an occupation is '' kovač'', '' koval'' or ''kowal'', which means blacksmith. It is the root of the names Kovačević, Kovačić, Kowalski, Kowalchuk, Kowalczyk, Kovachev, Kovalenko, Kovalyov, and Kovalev. All mean "descendant of a blacksmith". The given name Petr, Petro or Petar (equivalent to Peter) can become Petrov, Petriv, Petriw, Petrenko, Petrovsky, Petrović, Petrić, Petrič, Petrich, etc. All mean "descendant of Peter". This is similar to the use of "-son" or "-sen" in Germanic lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |