Boris Hoptiak [Борис Хоптяк], (b. ?; d. 1974). In the 1930s, Boris Hoptiak, and his brother Theodore, were associated with the church choir at St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New Britain, CT. The Hoptiak brothers also figure into the history of SS. Peter and Paul in Carnegie, PA. Boris directed there in the late 1930s, and Theodore in the 1960s. Theodore died in 1971, and Boris in 1974.
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1930s: St. Mary UOC (New Britain, CT).
1940: SS. Peter and Paul UOC (Carnegie, PA).