Symeon Lukach was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop born in Starunia in 1893. After completing his seminary studies in 1919, he was ordained a priest and later served as a teacher of moral theology. He was elevated to the position of auxiliary bishop in 1945. Throughout his life, he faced significant persecution from Soviet authorities, enduring multiple arrests and periods of hard labor in Siberia, which eventually led to his death in his home village.