Blessed Yakym Senkivsky

Also known as

• Jakym Senkivskyj
• Yakym Sen’kiv’skyi
• Ivan Sen’kiv’skyi
• Ivan Senkivsky

Memorial

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

Profile

Greek Catholic. Studied theology at Lviv. Ordained on 4 December 1921. Obtained his Doctorate in theology from Innsbruck, Austria. Novice in the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat at Krekhiv in 1923. Assigned to the village of Krasnopushcha, then Lavriv. Held various positions at the Saint Onufry monastery at Lviv from 1931 to 1938. Prior at the monastery at Drohobych in 1939. Arrested for his faith on 26 June 1941 by Communist authorities. Murdered in prison; martyr.

Born

• 2 May 1896 at Haji Velyki, Ternopil District, Ukraine

Died

• boiled to death in a cauldron on 29 June 1941 in Drohobych prison

Beatified

• 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Yakym, contact
     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 Yakym Senkivsky”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 April 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-yakym-senkivsky/>