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Sviatoslav Shevchuk

1970 - Today

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Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Ukrainian: Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Catholic prelate who has served as the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011. At the time he was born, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was illegal under the Soviet Union. His parents and grandparents were devout Catholics and active in the Underground Church. He recalled that on a family trip to the Orthodox shrine of Pochaev around 1985, he prayed before an icon of the Theotokos, expressing his desire to become a priest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sviatoslav Shevchuk is the 2,685th most popular religious figure (up from 2,767th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 830th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sviatoslav Shevchuk ranks 2,685 out of 3,187Before him are Giorgio Marengo, Pope Primus of Alexandria, Lojze Grozde, Vladimír Holan, Aldhelm, and Hans Adolph Brorson. After him are Zacarias Kamwenho, Niccolò Albergati, Anne Hutchinson, Ned Maddrell, Frederick Jagiellon, and Philadelphus of Byzantium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Sviatoslav Shevchuk ranks 141Before him are Naomi Klein, Teemu Selänne, Sheri Moon Zombie, Noriko Ishibashi, Maribel Verdú, and Robert L. Behnken. After him are Bobby Cannavale, Albert Ferrer, Alenka Bratušek, Martin McDonagh, Hadja Lahbib, and Mustafa Sandal.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sviatoslav Shevchuk ranks 689 out of 1,365Before him are Emanuel Ax (1949), Louise Nevelson (1899), Mykola Khvylovy (1893), Alexander Galich (1918), Zinaida Turchyna (1946), and Georgy Sedov (1877). After him are Grigory Shajn (1892), Vera Inber (1890), Mark Donskoy (1901), Eduard Mudrik (1939), Elina Svitolina (1994), and Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Sviatoslav Shevchuk ranks 21Before him are Anthony of Kiev (983), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914), Onufriy (1944), Hilarion of Kiev (990), Dimitry of Rostov (1651), and Nicholas Charnetsky (1884). After him are Michael Levytsky (1774), Leonid Stadnyk (1969), and Epiphanius I of Ukraine (1979).