Blessed Zenon Kovalyk

Also known as

• Zynovii Kovalyk
• Zynovij Kovalyk

Memorial

• 27 June

Profile

Greek Catholic. Redemptorist, making his vows on 28 August 1926. Studied philosophy and theology in Belgium. Ordained in Ukraine on 4 September 1937. Worked in Volyn. Arrested for his faith on 20 December 1940, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, during Mass while giving a homily, and imprisoned in a converted Brigittine convent. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.

Born

• 18 August 1903 at Ivakhiv, Ternopil’s’ka oblast’, Ukraine

Died

• crucified against a wall by Communists in June 1941 at Bryhidky prison, Zamarstynivska Street, Lviv, L’vivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine

Venerated

• 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Zenon, 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 Zenon Kovalyk”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 April 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-zenon-kovalyk/>