Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi | |
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Амвросій Крушельницький | |
Born | Amvrosii Vasylovych Krushelnytskyi 7 January 1841 |
Died | 31 December 1902 | (aged 61)
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | Lviv Theological Seminary |
Amvrosii Vasylovych Krushelnytskyi coat of arms of Sas [1] ( Ukrainian: Амвросій Васильович Крушельницький; 7 January 1841, Ozeriany, now Chortkiv Raion, 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 [2] Krushelnytskyi's. Son-in-law of the UGCC priest and writer Hryhorii Savchynskyi. [3]
Adam Boniecki claimed that Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi had a brother in law, Ivan (1830–1902), a Greek Catholic priest of Stara Yahilnytsia. [4]
Krushelnytskyi graduated from the Buchach Gymnasium at the Basilian Fathers' Monastery and the Lviv Theological Seminary (1872). [3]
Served as a parish priest in the villages of Ozeriany, Soroky, Biliavyntsi, Stari Petlykivtsi, Osivtsi, and Bila, where he led choirs and amateur theaters. [3]
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, [5] corresponded with Mykhailo Pavlyk and other progressive cultural and educational figures. [3] Because of this, he had an unfavorable attitude of some of the then leaders of the UGCC. [6]
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, [7] 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". [3]