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Blessed Vasyl's father, Fr. Volodymyr Velychkovsky, whose father and grandfather were also priests. Blessed Vasyl's mother, Anna (Teodorowych). Her father Nicholas was also a priest.
The parish church in Shuparka,  where Blessed Vasyl attended during his childhood. 

 

The Redemptorist novitiate in Holosko, Ukraine where Blessed Vasyl studied.
Blessed Vasyl as a newly ordained Redemptorist priest in 1925 A family portrait cir. 1933, left to right: his father Volodymyr; his sister Vera (Nikolic); his mother Anna (holding Vera's son Vasyl); his sister Barbara and her husband John Petryshyn; Blessed Vasyl.
Blessed Vasyl giving a mission in Volyn, Ukraine in early 1930's The Redemptorist Church in Ternopil Ukraine where Blessed Vasyl was arrested in 1945.
BlessedVasyl with his mother (Anna) Sister Emilia OSBM in 1957. Blessed Bishop Vasyl leading a funeral procession in the late 1960's in Lviv, Ukraine.
Blessed Vasyl's arrival in Rome after being exiled from Ukraine. Blessed Vasyl in Rome April 1972 together with Cardinal Joseph Slipyj who secretly consecrated him a bishop in 1963.
Blessed Vasyl in Rome April 1972  Blessed Vasyl's tears of joy as he arrives at Winnipeg International Airport, June 15, 1972.
The Mystery of Baptism celebrated by Bishop Vasyl in Toronto in 1972  Blessed Vasyl giving a priests' retreat in Winnipeg June 1972.
Blessed Vasyl in 1973 dressed in his mantija (episcopal vestments) with a rosary in his hand.   Portrait of Blessed Vasyl taken in 1973
 

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