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.
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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. |
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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 |