Background
Andriy Grechylo was born in November 19, 1963 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Andriy Grechylo was born in November 19, 1963 in Lviv, Ukraine.
He studied architecture at the Lviv Polytechnic. Grechylo received his Doctor of Philosophy in historical science in 1996 and defended a dissertation titled "Ukrainian Municipal Heraldry: Tendencies of Evolution". In 2012, he defended a dissertation titled "Ukrainian Territorial Heraldry" and received his Doctor of Science.
During his career he has published several books and designed hundreds of coats of arms, flags, banners and seals for over 1000 different municipalities and institutions. Since 1990, he was a research worker (scholar) of the Hrushevskyi Institute of Ukrainian Archeography and Source Studies, National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Since 1993, he is an editor of the bulletin Znak (The Sign).
He also is an editof of the yearly journal Genealogichni zapysky (Genealogical Notes).
Grechylo is co-author of the Small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine. He has also designed flags and arms for provinces, districts, cities, towns, villages, universities, organisations, ecclesiastical provinces and for individuals.
Although he is known mainly for his expertise in heraldry and vexillology.
In 1990, he has founded the Ukrayinske Heraldychne Tovarystvo (Ukrainian Heraldry Society) – since 1995 a member of FIAV (Federation internationale des associations vexillologiques) and CIGH (Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d’Héraldique). Andriy Grechylo is an associate member of the Académie Internationale d"Héraldique (International Academy of Heraldry) and president of UHT (Ukrainian Heraldry Society). In 1992-2011 and since 2015, Andriy Grechylo was a member of the Presidential Commission of the State and Heraldry.