Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv
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- Also known as
- Olha Mackiv
- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Greek Catholic.
Entered the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate on 3 May 1938, taking her vows on 5 November 1940.
Made a private vow to her spiritual director that she would give her life for the conversion of Russia and the good of the Church.
When the Bolsheviks arrived to destroy her convent, Sister Taryskia was the one who answered the door; she was shot without warning.
Martyr.
- Born
- 23 March 1919 at Khodoriv, Lviv District, Ukraine as Olha Mackiv
- Died
- shot by a Russian soldier at 8am on 17 July 1944
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending
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