Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič

Žuk-Hryškievič was born on 22 October 1919 in Pružany (then Brest district within the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, a temporary Polish administrative region existing in 1919–20; now Brest Region of Belarus).

In 1953 she married Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič, a deputy chair of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic,[1] and in 1954 graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in dental surgery.

Apart from a successful dental practice, Žuk-Hryškievič became an active participant in Belarusian public life in Canada.

[4] In 1988 Žuk-Hryškievič and her husband were instrumental in the erection of a memorial cross at the Martyrs' Shrine in Midland, Ontario.

[5] The cross and monument were sanctified by Mgr Alexander Nadson, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Catholics abroad.

The house in Pružany , Belarus, where Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič was born
Graduates of Adam Mickiewicz Gimnazium in Pružany before examination. Žuk-Hryškievič is second on the left in the bottom row.
Belarusian Cross at the Martyrs' Shrine . Midland, Ontario, Canada
Mgr Alexander Nadson is praying near the Cross. 1996.
Graves of Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič and his wife Raisa Žuk-Hryškievič in Belarusian Saint Mary of Žyrovičy Cemetery in New Brunswick , New Jersey, USA.