Blessed Ivan Ziatyk
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- Also known as
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John Ziatyk
Johannes Ziatyk
- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Greek Catholic.
Graduated high school in 1919, and with a degree in theology in 1923.
Ordained in 1923.
Taught catechism and theology, and served as prefect of students at the seminary at Peremysyl from 1925 to 1935.
Joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1935.
Noted preacher when stationed at Lviv.
Prior of the monastery in Ternopil during the Nazi occupation.
Vicar General of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church after his superiors were arrested or expelled.
Arrested for his faith, for preaching, and for being a Redemptorist on 5 January 1950.
Held in Zolochiv prison, then exiled to Ozerlah, Irkhutsk, Russia.
Tortured routinely, beaten severely, and eventually died in prison; martyr.
- Born
- 26 December 1899 at Odrekhiv, in present day Poland
- Died
- died on 17 May 1952 (Easter Sunday) from injuries received in a beating three days earlier at Ozerlah, Irkhutsk, Russia; buried at Ozerlah
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending
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