Blessed Laurentia Herasymiv
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- Also known as
- Leukadia Harasymiv
- Memorial
- 2 April
- 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, then exiled to Tomsk, Siberia.
She contracted tuberculosis, and was relocated to Kharsk on 30 June 1952.
Martyr.
- Born
- 30 September 1911 at Rudnyky, Lviv District, Ukraine as Leukadia Harasymiv
- Died
- 28 August 1952 of tuberculosis and overwork at Kharsk, Tomsk Region, Siberia
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending
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