Blessed Vitaliy Bayrak
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- Also known as
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Vitalii Bairak
Vitalij Bajrak
Volodomyr Bairak
- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Greek Catholic.
Joined the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat monastery on 4 September 1924.
Ordained on 13 August 1933.
Prior of Drohobych in 1941.
Arrested for his faith on 17 September 1945 by the NKVD.
On 13 November 1945 his property was confiscated, and he was sentenced to eight years in a forced labour camp.
Died in prison; martyr.
- Born
- 24 February 1907 at Shvaikivtsy, Ternopil’s’ka oblast’, Ukraine
- Died
- beaten to death on 21 April in 1946 in prison at Drohobych, L’vivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine
- Venerated
- 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Vitaliy, contact
Ukrain’ska Greko-Katolits’ka Tserkva
pl. Sviatoho Yura 5
L’viv 79000, UKRAINE
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