Hryhorii Prokopovych Petryshyn ( uk, Григорій Прокопович Петришин; 12 June 1934,

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) was a Ukrainian priest, protoiereus, writer.

Biography

Hryhorii Petryshyn was born on 12 June 1934, in

, now Pidhaitsi Hromada,

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, Ukraine. He graduated from the Theological Seminary in

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(1963) and the Theological Academy in Moscow (1968, now the Russian Federation). He served as a pastor in the villages of Potutory, Ternopil (1963–1974),

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, Chortkiv (1974–1983), Zastavtsi, Chortkiv (1983–1993), Verbiv, Ternopil (1993–1996) and Shveikiv, Chortkiv (1996–1998) Raions of the Ternopil Oblast. He usually accompanied his sermons with his own poems. Petryshyn was oppressed by the Soviet authorities. Since 1993, he has been a chaplain of the

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- UPA Brotherhood of the Podillia region "Lysonia". Petryshyn died on 25 October 1998 in Shveikiv,

Creativity

Author of the collection of spiritual poems "Strumok z vichnosti" (2000, compiled by H. Petruk-Popyk), as well as publications in the press.

Honoring the memory

In 2004, a memorial plaque was installed on the family home in Holhocha.''Букавин О.'' Життя, віддане Богові й людям, Свобода, 12.06.2004, s. 1.

References

Sources

* Бережанська земля : історико-мемуарний збірник. Т. 2, редкол.: Л. Бабій, В. Бернадський, Д. Мельник, Торонто ; Нью-Йорк ; Париж ; Сидней ; Бережани ; Козова, 1998, s. 544. * Бережанська земля : книга пам'яті. Т. 3, ред.-уряд. Василь Савчук, Т. : Збруч, 2006, s. 564. * Петрук–Попик Г. Слово Боже, святе, українне… // Свобода. — 1998 — 5 груд. * Джиджора, М. Велика любов Капелана, Свобода, 06.07.1999. * Дичко, Б. Голгофа отця Петришина, Свобода, 07.08.2001, (Пам'ять). * Горловиця, О. Був він парохом від Бога, Свобода, 06.11.2001. * Дем'янець, В. Щастя любові — до Бога та України, Вільне життя, 29.04.2011, s. 6, (Наші славні земляки). {{DEFAULTSORT:Petryshyn, Hryhorii 1934 births 1998 deaths Ukrainian Eastern Orthodox priests Ukrainian male poets