Omelian Hlibovytskyi

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 Krohulets, Austrian Empire
Died	27 September 1905 Hlybochok, Austria-Hungary
Nationality	Ukrainian
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]

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  The house of Omelian Hlibovytskyi in Tsyhany
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  Memorial plaque on the house of Omelian Hlibovytskyi
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  Memorial plaque on the wall of the Saints Peter and Paul church in Tsyhany