Shchedryk was arranged by a composer and teacher who was born and raised in the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire, and educated where as a priest?
Shchedryk (song):  It was arranged by composer and teacher Mykola Leontovych in 1916, and tells a story of a swallow flying into a household to sing of wealth that will come with the following spring. Mykola Leontovych: Leontovych was born and raised in the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). Mykola Leontovych:  He was educated as a priest in the Kamianets-Podilskyi Theological Seminary and later furthered his musical education at the Saint Petersburg Court Capella and private lessons with Boleslav Yavorsky.
Kamianets-Podilskyi Theological Seminary