October 30: Greek Catholic Martyr - Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky 1912-1963

“Blessed Fr. Oleksa Zaryts’kyi was born in 1912 in the village of Biche, in the Lviv Region. In 1931, he entered the seminary in Lviv. He received his ordination to the priesthood from Metropolitan Andrei Sheptyts’kyi in 1936. In 1948, he was imprisoned for ten years and deported to Karaganda. After his early release in 1957, he was named Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan and Siberia, but was shortly thereafter imprisoned again for a three-year term. He died as a martyr for the faith on 30 October 1963 in the Dolynka concentration camp near Karaganda.”

Source: http://newsaints.faithweb.com/biographies/Ukraine.htm

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2 Responses to “October 30: Greek Catholic Martyr - Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky 1912-1963”

  1. Athanasius contra mundum Says:
    December 1, 2007 at 5:06 pm

    Yet another martyr to the atheist “utopia” that turned out to be quite the opposite.

  2. A Simple Sinner Says:
    December 10, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    oh dear ACM, I am just getting started. Through the course of the next liturgical year, I plan to highlight every one I can think of that is now on the calendar!

    Get comfortable, I can think of at least 200 off the top of my head… and more are in the works.

    Worker’s paradise my bit toe!

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