Anatoliy Hashchuk was born on May 24, 1953, in the village of Velyka Mochulka, Vinnytsia Oblast, in a large believing family. He studied at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture. He worked as a teacher of decorative and artistic design at the Kyiv College of Culture. He became passionate about poetry while still in school. At Pilgrim Church in Spokane, Washington, he leads the Ukrainian Harp folk instrument ensemble.