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{{Short description|Ukrainian priest and martyr}}
{{Short description|Ukrainian priest and martyr}}
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'''Mykola Tsehelskyi''' ({{lang-uk|Мико́ла Цеге́льський}}; December 17, 1896 {{endash}} May 25, 1951), sometimes rendered as '''Nicholas Tsehelskyi''', was a [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Greek Catholic]] [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]], considered to be a martyr by the [[Catholic Church]] for his refusal to convert even under duress.<ref name=":04">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55854194|title=Church of the Martyrs: The New Saints of Ukraine|date=2004|publisher=St. John's Monastery, Pub. Division Svichado|others=Turiĭ, Oleh., Lʹvivsʹka bohoslovsʹka akademii︠a︡. Instytut istoriï T︠S︡erkvy., Lʹvivsʹka bohoslovsʹka akademii︠a︡.|isbn=966-561-345-6|location=Lviv, Ukraine|pages=\|oclc=55854194}}</ref>
'''Mykola Tsehelskyi''' ({{lang-uk|Мико́ла Цеге́льський}}; December 17, 1896 {{endash}} May 25, 1951), sometimes rendered as '''Nicholas Tsehelskyi''', was a [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Greek Catholic]] [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]], considered to be a martyr by the [[Catholic Church]] for his refusal to convert even under duress.<ref name=":04">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55854194|title=Church of the Martyrs: The New Saints of Ukraine|date=2004|publisher=St. John's Monastery, Pub. Division Svichado|others=Turiĭ, Oleh., Lʹvivsʹka bohoslovsʹka akademii︠a︡. Instytut istoriï T︠S︡erkvy., Lʹvivsʹka bohoslovsʹka akademii︠a︡.|isbn=966-561-345-6|location=Lviv, Ukraine|pages=\|oclc=55854194}}</ref>


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At the end of [[World War II]], the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities began to pressure Tsehelskyi to convert to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], threatening to beat him. He refused to convert. On October 28, 1946, Tsehelskyi was arrested and on January 27, 1947, was sent to prison in the [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|Moldova SSR]]. After Tsehelskyi's imprisonment, his family was exiled to [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]] in Russia.<ref name=":04" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Biographies of Twenty Five Greek-Catholic Servants of God|url=http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20010627_carneckyj_en.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
At the end of [[World War II]], the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities began to pressure Tsehelskyi to convert to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], threatening to beat him. He refused to convert. On October 28, 1946, Tsehelskyi was arrested and on January 27, 1947, was sent to prison in the [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|Moldova SSR]]. After Tsehelskyi's imprisonment, his family was exiled to [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]] in Russia.<ref name=":04" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Biographies of Twenty Five Greek-Catholic Servants of God|url=http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20010627_carneckyj_en.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>


While in prison, Tsehelskyi wrote to his wife, saying "My dearest wife, the feast of the Dormition was our 25th wedding anniversary. I recall fondly our family life together, and every day in my dreams I am with you and the children, and this makes me happy […] I happily give a fatherly kiss to all their foreheads and I hope to live honestly, behaving blamelessly, keeping far from everything that is foul. I pray for this most of all. "<ref name=":04" />
While in prison, Tsehelskyi wrote to his wife, saying "My dearest wife, the feast of the Dormition was our 25th wedding anniversary. I recall fondly our family life together, and every day in my dreams I am with you and the children, and this makes me happy […] I happily give a fatherly kiss to all their foreheads and I hope to live honestly, behaving blamelessly, keeping far from everything that is foul. I pray for this most of all."<ref name=":04" />


On May 25, 1951, Tsehelskyi died in prison in Moldova and was buried in the camp cemetery.
On May 25, 1951, Tsehelskyi died in prison in Moldova and was buried in the camp cemetery.
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Revision as of 04:18, 11 February 2024

Mykola Tsehelskyi (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Цеге́льський; December 17, 1896 – May 25, 1951), sometimes rendered as Nicholas Tsehelskyi, was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, considered to be a martyr by the Catholic Church for his refusal to convert even under duress.[1]

Tsehelskyi was born on December 17, 1896 in the village of Strusiv, Ternopil Region in what was then Austria-Hungary. In 1923, he graduated from the Lviv University's theology faculty. On April 5, 1925, Andrey Sheptytsky ordained Tsehelskyi to the priesthood. He was assigned to a parish.[1]

At the end of World War II, the Soviet authorities began to pressure Tsehelskyi to convert to the Russian Orthodox Church, threatening to beat him. He refused to convert. On October 28, 1946, Tsehelskyi was arrested and on January 27, 1947, was sent to prison in the Moldova SSR. After Tsehelskyi's imprisonment, his family was exiled to Chita in Russia.[1][2]

While in prison, Tsehelskyi wrote to his wife, saying "My dearest wife, the feast of the Dormition was our 25th wedding anniversary. I recall fondly our family life together, and every day in my dreams I am with you and the children, and this makes me happy […] I happily give a fatherly kiss to all their foreheads and I hope to live honestly, behaving blamelessly, keeping far from everything that is foul. I pray for this most of all."[1]

On May 25, 1951, Tsehelskyi died in prison in Moldova and was buried in the camp cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Church of the Martyrs: The New Saints of Ukraine. Turiĭ, Oleh., Lʹvivsʹka bohoslovsʹka akademii︠a︡. Instytut istoriï T︠S︡erkvy., Lʹvivsʹka bohoslovsʹka akademii︠a︡. Lviv, Ukraine: St. John's Monastery, Pub. Division Svichado. 2004. pp. \. ISBN 966-561-345-6. OCLC 55854194.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Biographies of Twenty Five Greek-Catholic Servants of God".

Further reading

  • Лідія Купчик. Життєносні стовпи Церкви. Львів. — Місіонер — 2010.
  • Лідія Купчик (редактор). Родом зі Струсова. Розповіді про Цегельських. Львів — 2002. Завантажити книгу
  • Б. Головин, В. Чубатий. Цегельський Микола-Сава-Йосафат Теодорович // Тернопільський енциклопедичний словник : у 4 т. / редкол.: Г. Яворський та ін. — Тернопіль : Видавничо-поліграфічний комбінат «Збруч», 2008. — Т. 3 : П — Я. — 708 с. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2. — С. 568–569.
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