Bozhyk, Panteleimon [Божик, Пантелеймон; Božyk, Pantelejmon], b 26 April 1879 in Onut, Bukovyna, d 20 November 1944 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Poet, author, and religious leader. Bozhyk immigrated to Canada in 1900. In 1908 he enrolled at the Russian Orthodox seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ordained in 1911, he was sent to the Russian Orthodox mission in Alberta. In 1920–21 he edited and published the Winnipeg newspaper Bukovyna. In 1924 he became a Greek Catholic priest in Winnipeg, where he was also active in cultural and educational work. Bozhyk’s collected poems were published as Kanadiis'ka muza (Canadian Muse, 1935). He also wrote Tserkov ukraïntsiv v Kanadi (The Ukrainians’ Church in Canada, 1927), a pioneer history of Ukrainian-Canadian religious life.

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