| Hryhorii Petryshyn | |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Holhocha, Second Polish Republic |
| Death Place: | Shveikiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Alma Mater: | Odesa Theological Academy, Moscow Theological Academy |
Hryhorii Prokopovych Petryshyn (Ukrainian: Григорій Прокопович Петришин; 12 June 1934, Holhocha, Second Polish Republic – 25 October 1998, Shveikiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian priest, protoiereus, writer.
Hryhorii Petryshyn was born on 12 June 1934, in Holhocha, now Pidhaitsi Hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
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.[2] He usually accompanied his sermons with his own poems.
Petryshyn was oppressed by the Soviet authorities.
Since 1993, he has been a chaplain of the OUN-UPA Brotherhood of the Podillia region "Lysonia".
Petryshyn died on 25 October 1998 in Shveikiv, Ternopil Oblast.
Author of the collection of spiritual poems "Strumok z vichnosti" (2000, compiled by H. Petruk-Popyk), as well as publications in the press.
In 2004, a memorial plaque was installed on the family home in Holhocha.[3]