Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi

Amvrosii Vasylovych Krushelnytskyi coat of arms of Sas[1] (Ukrainian: Амвросій Васильович Крушельницький; 7 January 1841 in Ozeriany, now Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast – 31 December 1902 in Bila, now Ternopil Raion) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, public figure, choral conductor.

[3] Adam Boniecki claimed that Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi had a brother in law, Ivan (1830–1902), a Greek Catholic priest of Stara Yahilnytsia.

[4] Krushelnytskyi graduated from the Buchach Gymnasium at the Basilian Fathers' Monastery and the Lviv Theological Seminary (1872).

[3] Served as a parish priest in the villages of Ozeriany, Soroky, Biliavyntsi, Stari Petlykivtsi, Osivtsi, and Bila, where he led choirs and amateur theaters.

He was friends with Ivan Franko,[5] corresponded with Mykhailo Pavlyk and other progressive cultural and educational figures.

Tombstone, Bila. Photo taken on April 17, 2009