Roman Lysko
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Roman Lysko ( Ukrainian Роман Лиско ; born August 14, 1914 in Horodok , † October 14, 1949 in Lemberg ) was a Ukrainian priest and martyr .
Life
Roman Lysko was born the son of the Ukrainian Catholic priest Volodymyr Lysko. After graduating from high school, he began his theological training in 1932. Lysko completed his studies in 1938 at the Lviv Theological Academy , headed by Jossyf Slipyj , who later became the Grand Archbishop . In the same year he married Neonila Hunjowska, the daughter of a priest, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.
On August 28, 1941, Lysko was ordained a priest by Grand Archbishop Andrej Scheptyzkyj and then appointed as a pastor in Kotliv. After he refused to transfer to the Russian Orthodox Church demanded by the Soviet authorities in 1946 , he was banned from working as a priest. Nevertheless, he worked as a chaplain at his birthplace until he was arrested on September 8, 1949 and imprisoned in Lviv. In 1956 his family received the information that Roman Lysko had already died on October 14, 1949. Witnesses reported that he was walled up alive while in custody.
On June 27, 2001, Roman Lysko was beatified by Pope John Paul II .
See also
Web links
- Biography with photo at catholic.org, accessed January 12, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Andriy Mykhalenko: The blessed priest Roman Lysko in: Slavorum Apostoli, circular of the action group Kyrillos and Methodios, 4/2012, p. 5
- ↑ Biographies of the 25 Martyrs on vatican.va
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lysko, Roman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Catholic clergyman, Blessed |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horodok |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1949 |
| Place of death | Lviv |