Background
Evanko was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Danylo Evanko and Justyna Dmytryk, who had emigrated from Western Ukraine.
Evanko was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Danylo Evanko and Justyna Dmytryk, who had emigrated from Western Ukraine.
The Catholic University of America.
He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and sang with two opera companies in the 1970s - the English Opera Group and the Welsh National Opera. He has appeared in many evening and daytime television drama including Ryan"s Hope, Chicago Hope, and Third Rock from the Sun. He appeared on Broadway in Canterbury Tales and Rex.
He earned a Bachelor at the University of Manitoba, where he was Marc Antony in "Julius Caesar" among other productions, appeared at Rainbow Stage, and on Canadian Broadcasting Company Television and Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio.
He has recorded Broadway albums for Capitol, Radio Corporation of America, an album for Decca, and three for Destiny Records. He has appeared at all the major Ukrainian festivals in Canada and the United States of America, and has promoted Ukrainian music by singing on many occasions at the Ukrainian Institute and at Lincoln Center in New York City.
He did his academic and spiritual formation at the Pontificio Collegio Beda in Rome, at Saint Josaphat Seminary and Catholic University in Washington, District of Columbia, and at Holy Spirit Seminary and Saint Paul University in Ottawa. He is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Eastern Rite, vs Latin Rite)
He completed his Master of Arts in Theology degree (Eastern Christian Studies concentration) in the spring of 2005, and began to serve in the Archeparchy of Winnipeg.
He entered the priesthood in his sixties and today practices as a travelling priest in rural Manitoba.