Severian Baranyk was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest born in 1889 in Uhniv. After entering the Krekhiv monastery in 1904, he took his perpetual vows in 1910 and was later ordained in 1915. He served as the prior of the monastery in Drohobych starting in 1932. Recognized for his dedication to preaching and his support for orphans, he was arrested by the NKVD in June 1941. He died in a Drohobych prison shortly after, with his body showing evidence of torture.