Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | June 1, 1903 Stanislaviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) |
| Died | June 30, 1973 (aged 70) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 June 2001, Lviv Hippodrome, Ukraine by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Feast | 27 June, with Nicholas Charnetsky and 24 Companions |
Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, CSsR (Ukrainian: Василь Володимирович Величковський; June 1, 1903 – June 30, 1973) was a Ukrainian religious priest of the Redemptorists and a prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He is considered a martyr in the Catholic Church, due to his death in 1973 of injuries sustained while imprisoned by the Soviet Union for his faith. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001.