Blessed Levkadia Harasymiv

Also known as

• Leukadia Harasymiv
• Laurentia Herasymiv

Memorial

• 28 August
• 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Profile

Greek Catholic. Entered the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1931, taking her vows in 1933. Arrested for her faith by the NKVD in 1951, and sent to Borislav (in the modern Czech Republic), then exiled to Tomsk, Siberia. She contracted tuberculosis, and was relocated to Kharsk, Siberia on 30 June 1952. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.

Born

• 30 September 1911 at Rudnyky, Lviv District, Ukraine as Levkadia Harasymiv

Died

• 28 August 1952 of tuberculosis and overwork at Kharsk, Tomsk Region, Siberia

Venerated

• 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Canonized

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     Ukrain’ska Greko-Katolits’ka Tserkva
     pl. Sviatoho Yura 5
     L’viv 79000, UKRAINE
     - or -
     Chiesa S. Sofia Ucraina
     Via Boccea, 478
     00166 Roma, ITALY

Additional Information

• Hagiography Circle

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Levkadia Harasymiv”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-levkadia-harasymiv/>