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Ivan Barvinsky (April 30, 1833, Shlyakhtyntsi village, now Ternopil district, Ternopil region - 1900, Postolivka village, now Husiatyn district, Ternopil region) was a Ukrainian priest (UGCC), cultural and public figure.

Biography
He was born on 30 April 1833 in the village of Shlyakhtyntsi (Kingdom of Galicia and Volodymyr, Austrian Empire, now Ternopil district, Ternopil region, Ukraine). The son of Hryhoriy Barvinsky. Brother of Volodymyr, Hippolyta, Oleksandr, and Osyp Barvinsky.

He graduated from the First Classical Gymnasium in Ternopil (then German-speaking), and in 1852-1856 studied at the Theological Faculty of Lviv University.

From 1858 he worked as an administrator in the village of Trostianets (now Zboriv district), and from 1859 he was an employee (assistant priest) in the village of Peremyliv (now Husiatyn district). Later he was an administrator in the village of Skoviatyn (now Borshchiv district). From 1865 he was a parish priest in the village of Postolivka (now Husiatyn district).

After receiving the Kryloshany honors, he became deputy dean of the Husiatyn deanery. Member of the county council.

He died in 1900 in the village of Postolivka (now Husiatyn district, Ternopil region, Ukraine).

The LNL holds 79 letters from Barvinsky to his brothers.