Amvrosii Vasylovych Krushelnytskyi coat of arms of Sas ( uk, Амвросій Васильович Крушельницький; 7 January 1841, Ozeriany, now

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of U ...

, Ternopil Oblast – 31 December 1902, Bila, now Ternopil Raion) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, public figure, choral conductor. Father of Solomiya, Hanna, Anton, Emilia, Osypa Krushelnytskyi's. Son-in-law of the UGCC priest and writer Hryhorii Savchynskyi.

Biography

Adam Boniecki claimed that Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi had a brother in law, Ivan (1830–1902), a Greek Catholic priest of Stara Yahilnytsia. Krushelnytskyi graduated from the Buchach Gymnasium at the Basilian Fathers' Monastery and the Lviv Theological Seminary (1872). Served as a parish priest in the villages of Ozeriany, Soroky,

Biliavyntsi Biliavyntsi ( uk, Біля́винці) is a village in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Buchach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The Strypa River flows through of the village. ...

Stari Petlykivtsi Stari Petlykivtsi ( uk, Старі Петликівці) is a village in Chortkiv Raion ( district) of Ternopil Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Buchach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. 1065 inhabitants lived ...

, Osivtsi, and Bila, where he led choirs and amateur theaters. He played the violin and piano. At anniversary concerts, he conducted the choir of the Ruska Besida Society in Ternopil. He was friends with Ivan Franko, corresponded with Mykhailo Pavlyk and other progressive cultural and educational figures. Because of this, he had an unfavorable attitude of some of the then leaders of the UGCC. Krushelnytskyi promoted the intellectual and musical development of children. In 1903, an artistic monument of white marble was erected on his grave in the village of Bila, which was brought from Florence at the expense of his daughter Solomiya; the epitaph reads: "''To the best husband, the best father, honor to his mind, honor to his heart''".

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