Beatitude patriarch sviatoslav shevchuk biography

Family and Childhood

He was born into the Christian family of Yuriy and Vira Shevchuk on May 5, 1970, in Stryi, Lviv region. During the period of underground activity of the UGCC, Greek Catholic priests regularly served the Divine Liturgy in the Shevchuk family home.

“I was born in the city of Stryi in the Lviv region. It is such a unique and exciting city. Interesting for its history, particularly relating to the people whom the Lord placed near me at that time.

Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church Sviatoslav Shevchuk

My mother was a music teacher, and my father was a civil servant who worked on the railway. Apart from that, my grandparents had a significant influence on me and my imagination. My mother worked almost all her life in a music school and was a piano class teacher.

My first memories are connected to the piano. Pu Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church Sviatoslav Shevchuk DYSE