Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Blessed Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsky (born June 1, 1903, Stanislav, Austria-Hungary — died June 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Canada) was a priest, and later bishop, of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (Eastern rite Catholics).In 1920 he entered the seminary in Lviv. In 1925 he took his first religious vows in the village of Holosko near Lviv in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and was ordained a priest. As a priest-monk Vasyl Velychkovsky taught and preached in Volyn. In 1942 he became abbot of the monastery in Ternopil. Because of religious persecution by the Soviet Government he was arrested in 1945 by the NKVD and sent to Kyiv. The punishment of death was commuted to 10 years of hard labor.On release in 1955 he went back to Lviv, and was ordained a bishop in 1963. In 1969 he was imprisoned again for three years for his religious activities. Released in 1972, he was exiled. He died in Winnipeg (Canada) on June 30, 1973.Thirty years after his death, Vasyl Velychkovsky's body was found to be almost incorrupt (his toes had fallen off and were subsequently divided to be used as holy relics). Beatified in 2001, the intact remains of Blessed Bishop and Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsk are enshrined at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Today, his shrine is located at 250 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba."@en }
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- Vasyl_Velychkovsky abstract "Blessed Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsky (born June 1, 1903, Stanislav, Austria-Hungary — died June 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Canada) was a priest, and later bishop, of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (Eastern rite Catholics).In 1920 he entered the seminary in Lviv. In 1925 he took his first religious vows in the village of Holosko near Lviv in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and was ordained a priest. As a priest-monk Vasyl Velychkovsky taught and preached in Volyn. In 1942 he became abbot of the monastery in Ternopil. Because of religious persecution by the Soviet Government he was arrested in 1945 by the NKVD and sent to Kyiv. The punishment of death was commuted to 10 years of hard labor.On release in 1955 he went back to Lviv, and was ordained a bishop in 1963. In 1969 he was imprisoned again for three years for his religious activities. Released in 1972, he was exiled. He died in Winnipeg (Canada) on June 30, 1973.Thirty years after his death, Vasyl Velychkovsky's body was found to be almost incorrupt (his toes had fallen off and were subsequently divided to be used as holy relics). Beatified in 2001, the intact remains of Blessed Bishop and Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsk are enshrined at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Today, his shrine is located at 250 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.".
- Q48682 abstract "Blessed Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsky (born June 1, 1903, Stanislav, Austria-Hungary — died June 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Canada) was a priest, and later bishop, of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (Eastern rite Catholics).In 1920 he entered the seminary in Lviv. In 1925 he took his first religious vows in the village of Holosko near Lviv in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and was ordained a priest. As a priest-monk Vasyl Velychkovsky taught and preached in Volyn. In 1942 he became abbot of the monastery in Ternopil. Because of religious persecution by the Soviet Government he was arrested in 1945 by the NKVD and sent to Kyiv. The punishment of death was commuted to 10 years of hard labor.On release in 1955 he went back to Lviv, and was ordained a bishop in 1963. In 1969 he was imprisoned again for three years for his religious activities. Released in 1972, he was exiled. He died in Winnipeg (Canada) on June 30, 1973.Thirty years after his death, Vasyl Velychkovsky's body was found to be almost incorrupt (his toes had fallen off and were subsequently divided to be used as holy relics). Beatified in 2001, the intact remains of Blessed Bishop and Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsk are enshrined at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Today, his shrine is located at 250 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.".