Hryhorii Petryshyn

Hryhorii Prokopovych Petryshyn (; 12 June 1934, Holhocha, Second Polish Republic – 25 October 1998, Shveikiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian priest, protoiereus, and writer.

Biography Hryhorii Petryshyn was born on 12 June 1934, in Holhocha, now Pidhaitsi Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

He graduated from the Theological Seminary in Odesa (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), Hadynkivtsi, 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.