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Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky

Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky

Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky

Also known as: Oleksa Zaritskiy; Oleksa Zaryckyj; Oleksa Zaryts’kyi; Aleksey…; Alessio…; Alexis…

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

30-Oct

Born

17 October 1912 at Bilche, Lviv District, Ukraine

Died

30 October 1963 of gastritis and complications from high blood pressure at the forced labour camp at Qaraghandy (Karaganda), Kazakhstan

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Venerated

24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Oleksa Zarytsky, also known as Oleksa Zaritskiy, Oleksa Zaryckyj, Oleksa Zaryts’kyi, Aleksey, Alessio, or Alexis, was a Greek Catholic priest and martyr of the Catholic Church. He was born on 17 October 1912 in Bilche, Lviv District, Ukraine.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2001-06-27 by 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

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