Leo Garoshka

Archimandrite Leo Haroshka, MIC (born Leŭ Jurjevič Haroška, Belarusian: Леў Юр’евіч Гарошка,[1] Russian: Лев Юрьевич Горошко; 26 February 1911, the village of Traščycy, Hrodna Province, Russian Empire (nowadays Karelichy District Hrodna Region, Belarus) - 8 August 1977, Paris, France) was a Belarusian Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite, religious and social activist, researcher of the history of religion in Belarus and one of the founders of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London.

Haroshka published a magazine Божым Шляхам (Božym Šliacham, "God's Way") and several religious brochures.

He joined the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain and served as its board member and deputy chair.

[2][3] Haroshka's sizeable and valuable book collection became one of the building blocks of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library in London, which was initiated with his involvement in 1969 and officially opened in 1971.

He is buried at the St Pancras and Islington cemetery in North London alongside a number of other prominent Belarusian figures.

Prayer book in Belarusian published in 1946 in Rome by Leo Haroshka