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==The Early Years==
Born in the village of Ivane-Puste now Borshchiv district , Ternopil region of western [[w:Ukraine|Ukraine]], which was then in [[w:Poland|Poland]], he was the son of the cantor regent of the Church (proto-psaltis). After graduating from high school was a psalm-reader in the church [[St. John the DivineTheologian]] in his village, then regent and psalm-reader in the church of Saint. Paraskevi, Kolomiyskogo district of Ivano-Frankivsk region .
In 1949 he was arrested and received '''20 years hard labor''' in Steplahe in the copper mines of Karaganda . Released in 1953 on amnesty. According to other sources: in 1949, deported with his family to Kazakhstan , where he lived until 1953 year.
