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25 March 2021

Eastern Rite - Blessed Ivan Sleziuk

Today is the Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos made by the Archangel Gabriel. (This Feast of B. V. Mary has been celebrated from the 5th century.)
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Blessed Ivan Sleziuk was born on January 14, 1896 in the village of Zhyvachiv, Ivano-Frankivsk District, Austrian Empire. In 1923 he was ordained to the priesthood. In April of 1945 Bishop Blessed Gregory Khomyshyn ordained him as his coadjutor with right of succession. On June 2, 1945, Bishop Ivan was arrested and deported for ten years to the labour camps in Vorkuta, Russia. After his release on November 15, 1954, he returned to Ivano-Frankivsk. In 1962, he was arrested again and imprisoned for five years in a camp of strict regimen. After his release on November 30, 1968, he had to go often to the KGB for regular "talks." The last visit was two weeks before his death, which occurred December 2, 1973, in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Born

  • 14 January 1896 at Zhyvachiv, Stanislaviv District, Austrian Empire

Died

  • 2 December 1973 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian SSR

Venerated

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

Beatified

  • 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine
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