Vasyl Velychkovsky
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 52 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 1,1903 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Ukraine | |
| Date of died | June 30,1973 |
| Died | Winnipeg |
| Canada | |
| Beatified | 27 June 2001 |
| Lviv | |
| Ukraine | |
| Pope John Paul II | |
| Feast | 27 June, with Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky and 24 Companions |
| Major shrines | St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church |
| Winnipeg | |
| Major shrine | St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church |
| Winnipeg | |
| Manitoba | |
| Canada | |
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| ID | 717496 |
Vasyl Velychkovsky Life story
Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky was a priest, and later bishop, of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome. He is a martyr of the Catholic Church, dying in 1973 of his injuries sustained while imprisoned by the Soviet Union for his Christian faith.