Dobriansky, Antin

Dobriansky, Antin [Добрянський Антін; Dobrjans'kyj], b 23 January 1810 in Buniv, Galicia, d 22 June 1877 in Valiava, Galicia. Galician church writer, Greek Catholic priest in Valiava, Peremyshl county. He wrote a Church Slavonic grammar, numerous historical articles, and sermons. His history of the eparchies of Peremyshl, Sambir, and Sianok, Istoriia episkopov trekh soedinennykh eparkhii, peremyshl'skoi, samborskoi i sianotskoi, ot naidavnishykh vremen do 1794 (History of the Bishops of Three United Eparchies, Peremyshl, Sambir, and Sianok, from Earliest Times to 1794, 1893) was published posthumously. In 1850–7 he edited the annual calendar (kalendar) Peremyshlianyn.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]