The Mister Empyrean Ukraine 2026 coronation ceremony will be held in Los Angeles, California, United States on August 27, 2026. It is the inaugural edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the Mister Empyrean candidate of Ukraine.
Mister Empyrean Ukraine 2026 contestants
There are 30 men competing for the Mister Empyrean Ukraine 2026 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Artem Shevchenko, 31, Cherkasy
- Ihor Kovalenko, 26, Chernihiv
- Leonid Skypor, 25, Chernivtsi
- Dmytro Ivanov, 28, Crimea
- Heorhiy Levitin, 38, Dnipro
- Fedir Ivanov, 42, Donetsk
- Myron Melnyk, 29, Ivano-Frankivsk
- Vadym Tkachenko, 25, Kharkiv
- Anatoly Kravchenko, 26, Kherson
- Artem Kovalchuk, 35, Khmelnytskyi
- Symon Savchenko, 25, Kramatorsk
- Yehor Karpenko, 25, Kropyvnytskyi
- Ivan Bondar, 26, Kyiv
- Roman Bondarenko, 34, Luhansk
- Denys Fedchuk, 35, Lutsk
- Vitomir Koval, 25, Lyiv
- Ivan Landis, 31, Mykolaiv
- Yakiv Cheban, 34, Odesa
- Petro Gavrilenko, Poltava
- Borislav Kozak, 25, Rivne
- Ivan Popov, 25, Sievierodonetsk
- Volodymyr Khilko, 25, Sumy
- Vadym Baran, 28, Ternopil
- Ratimir Schmidt, 26, Ukrainian-American Community
- Stanimir Zander, 25, Ukrainian-Belarusian Community
- Jadranko Petryk, 32, Ukrainian-Polish Community
- Petro Kachur, 25, Uzhhorod
- Oleg Mazur, Vinnytsia
- Danylo Kuzmenko, 27, Zaporizhzhia
- Andrey Rurik, 30, Zhytomyr
The Ukrainian community in Los Angeles
While thousands of miles separate Eastern Europe and Southern California, Los Angeles maintains a vibrant and deeply rooted Ukrainian diaspora. Home to the fourth-largest Ukrainian population in any U.S. metropolitan area, the city has long served as a vital cultural harbor for immigrants and Ukrainian-Americans.
The community’s footprint in Los Angeles expanded significantly following the mid-20th century, driven by successive waves of immigration. A cornerstone of this heritage is the Ukrainian Culture Center located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Housed in a historic building originally constructed in 1924 and acquired by the community in 1959, the center functions as a central hub for traditional art exhibitions, language classes, folk dance performances, and civic gatherings.
Beyond cultural preservation, local institutions like the Ukrainian Culture Center and local parishes—such as the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church and local Orthodox communities—have evolved into essential support networks. In recent years, these organizations have mobilized extensively, transforming into logistical centers for humanitarian relief, resource sharing, and solidarity rallies supporting Ukraine.
Through local art initiatives, spiritual anchors, and community activism, the Ukrainian footprint in Los Angeles continues to thrive, bridging distant homelands with the Pacific Coast.
CONAN Daily 