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Blessed Yakym Senkivsky
Blessed Yakym Senkivsky

Blessed Yakym Senkivsky

Also known as: Jakym Senkivskyj; Yakym Sen’kiv’skyi; Ivan Sen’kiv’skyi; Ivan Senkivsky; Gioacchino Senkivskyj

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28 June; 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Born

2 May 1896 at Haji Velyki, Ternopil District, Ukraine

Died

Boiled to death in a cauldron on 29 June 1941 in Drohobych prison, Ukrainian Galicia

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed Yakym Senkivsky, also known as Jakym Senkivskyj, Yakym Sen’kiv’skyi, Ivan Sen’kiv’skyi, Ivan Senkivsky, and Gioacchino Senkivskyj, was a Greek Catholic priest and martyr. He was born on May 2, 1896, in Haji Velyki, Ternopil District, Ukraine.

Cause for Canonization

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

Feast Days

June 28June 27
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