Omelian Hlibovytskyi
Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and public figure
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Omelian Mykhailovych Hlibovytskyi (Ukrainian: Омелян Михайлович Глібовицький; 1856, according to other sources 1857, Krohulets, Austrian Empire – 27 September 1905, Hlybochok, Austria-Hungary[1]) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, novelist, publicist, public figure. Son of Mykhailo, brother of Dariia, Domna (wife of Sylvestr Lepkyi) and Lonhyn, father of Vasyl[2] Hlibovytskyi, uncle (by mother) of Bohdan, Levko and Mykola Lepkyi.[1]
Omelian Hlibovytskyi | |
|---|---|
| Омелян Глібовицький | |
| Born | 1856, according to other sources 1857 |
| Died | 27 September 1905 |
| Alma mater | Lviv Theological Seminary |
Biography
Omelian Hlibovytskyi was born in 1856 (or 1857) in Krohulets, now the Vasylkivtsi Hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[3]
Hlibovytskyi graduated from the Lviv Theological Seminary (1881) and was ordained a priest at the same time. He served in parishes in the town of Melnytsia-Podilska (1886–1887)[4] and the villages of Khudykivtsi (1887–1889),[5] Bilche-Zolote ([1886], 1889–1893),[6][7] Tsyhany (1893–1903),[8] Hlybochok (1903–1905+)[9] in the Chortkiv district.[1] Author of articles and short stories.[3]
In 1895, Mykhailo Dorundiak, Bohdan Lepkyi, Ivan Trush, Ivan Franko,[10] Andrii Chaikovskyi,[11] and Vasyl Shchurat visited Hlibovytskyi in Tsyhany.[1][12] He corresponded with Ivan Franko.[13]
The house of Omelian Hlibovytskyi in Tsyhany
Memorial plaque on the house of Omelian Hlibovytskyi
Memorial plaque on the wall of the Saints Peter and Paul church in Tsyhany
