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Blessed Bishop Mykolay Charnetskyi (1884-1959)

Mykolay (Nicholas) Charnetskyi was born on December 14, 1884 in a poor peasant family in the village of Semakivtsi in the Stanislaviv region (now Ivano-Frankivsk region) to the poor family of Oleksa and Paraskevia Charnetskyi. From a young age, he expressed a desire to become a priest, and when he was 18 years old, the Ukrainian Catholic bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn (who himself was martyred) sent…

September 01, 2023

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Klymentiy Sheptytskyi (1869-1951)

Klymentiy Sheptytskyi (christened name Maria Kazymyr) was the elder brother of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi. He was born into an aristocratic family in the village of Prylbychi, Lviv region. His father, Count Jan Kantiy from the ancient Ukrainian Sheptytskyi family, was a well-known political figure, and his mother, Sofia Fredro, was the daughter of the Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki.…

September 01, 2023

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Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (1869-1919)

Servant of God Josaphata Gordashevska was born in 1869 in Lviv in a poor family. In her early childhood she showed signs of great virtue and intense spiritual piety. At the age of 18, she went on a spiritual retreat under the guidance of Fr. Jeremiah Lomnytskyi, OSBM, who became her spiritual guide. In 1892, Josaphata together with Fr. Lomnytskyi and Fr. Kyrylo Seletskyi founded the first…

September 01, 2023

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Blessed Father Omelyan Kovch (1884 – 1944), savior of the doomed

Omelyan Kovch was born on August 20, 1884 in the village of Kosmach in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. After studying in Rome, in 1911 he received priestly ordination. In 1919, he became a field chaplain of the Ukrainian Galician Army. After the war and until his arrest in 1942, he served as pastor in Perzemyhlliany, paying special attention to the social and cultural life of the parishioners. He…

September 01, 2023

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Blessed Father Mykola Konrad (1876-1941), patron of students

Priest Mykola Konrad was a professor, Catholic theologian, philosopher, social ideologist, spiritual guardian of youth. Mykola Konrad was born on May 16, 1876 in the family of a carver in Strusiv, Ternopil Region. The parents were not rich, so they could not provide their son with either a large fortune or a career. However, the boy possessed something else – talent, firm faith, hard work, and…

September 01, 2023

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Blessed Volodymyr Pryima (1906-1941), patron of laity

Volodymyr Pryima was born on July 17, 1906 in the village of Stradch in the Lviv region. He graduated from a school for cantors, which was at that time under the care of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi. He was a cantor and a choir director in the local village church in Stradch. On November 10, 1931, he married Maria Stoyko with two young children. Volodymyr Pryima was a worthy and honest man.…

September 01, 2023