Sylvester Lepkyi

The board and members of the Shevchenko Scientific Society celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneida, Lviv, 31 October 1898: Sitting in the first row: Mykhailo Pavlyk, Yevheniya Yaroshynska, Natalia Kobrynska, Olha Kobylianska, Sylvester Lepkyi, Andrii Chaikovskyi, Kost Pankivskyi. In the second row: Ivan Kopach, Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Osyp Makovei, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ivan Franko, Oleksander Kolessa, Bohdan Lepky. Standing in the third row: Ivan Petrushevych, Filaret Kolessa, Yosyp Kyshakevych, Ivan Trush, Denys Lukiianovych, Mykola Ivasyuk.

Sylvester Lepkyi (; 31 December 1845 – 5 June 1901) was a Ukrainian writer, religious and public figure. Father of Bohdan, Levko and Mykola, grandfather of Marko Lepkyi.

Biography Sylvester Lepkyi was born on 31 December 1845 in the town of Kulykiv, now a rural settlement in the Lviv Oblast. He is the author of the words of the church song "Christ is Risen!" ("Radist z neba sia yavliaie...").

Lepkyi's works include articles on philosophy, literature, sociology, economics, and agronomy. He maintained creative ties through correspondence with , Osyp Makovei, Vasyl Stefanyk, Ivan Franko, and Kornylo Ustianovych, and Andrii Chaikovskyi.