He was previously part of the editorial staff of The Ukrainian Herald, alongside Viacheslav Chornovil and Mykhailo Kosiv.

He later studied at the Lviv State University of Physical Culture from 1968 to 1976, and afterwards served as an instructor for the Avanhard sports society.

[2] From 1970 to 1972, Kendzior was part of the editorial staff of The Ukrainian Herald, an underground independent newspaper, alongside Mykhailo Kosiv and head editor Chornovil.

[3] During the 1972–1973 Ukrainian purge Kendzior protested against the mass arrests of intelligentsia by the KGB; as a result, his home was searched and he was subject to interrogation, but he was not charged with any crime.

[citation needed] Kendzior returned to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) in March 1999 as 44th on the party list of Rukh.