Years of life unknown. In 1781 he completed work on the creation of the main iconostasis of the Drohobych Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – he painted the apostolic and prophetic series (the founder of the painting works was the “glorious Siveriy Miranovych”). The artistic heritage of P. Metelsky includes such works as the memorial image “The Crucifixion with the Donors” (1754), the altar image “The Exaltation of the Holy Cross” for the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Drohobych, the banner “The Virgin Intercessor” from Stara Sola and others. The master belongs to the representatives of Ukrainian folk naive art, had a good sense of color with a festive mood and knew how to give the images of saints monumental grandeur.

L. Skop