Vitaliy Bayrak

Blessed

Vitaliy Bayrak

OSBM
Blessed; Vitaliy Bayrak; OSBM
Born	February 24, 1907; Szwajkowce, Austrian Galicia, Austria-Hungary; (now Shvaikivtsi, Ukraine)
Died	April 21, 1946 (aged 39); Drogobych prison, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Drohobych, Ukraine)
Cause of death	prisoner abuse

Vitaliy Bayrak (Ukrainian: Віталій Байрак), sometimes referred to as Volodomyr Bayrak (Ukrainian: Володоир Байрак; February 24, 1907 – April 21, 1946),^[1] was a Ukrainian Catholic priest and martyr.

Born in Szajkowce in Austrian Galicia (now Shvaikivtsi, near Ternopil in modern-day Ukraine), he entered a Basilian monastery in 1924 and was ordained a priest on August 13, 1933. He was appointed superior at the Drohobych monastery on in place of Yakym Senkivskyi. ^[1] Throughout his life, he was considered to be a very active and friendly missionary, who possessed a great gift for giving spiritual direction.

On September 17, 1945, Bayrak was arrested and, on November 13, was sentenced to imprisonment for confiscating property, even though he had none. On Easter 1946, he died a martyr for the faith after having beaten in the Drohobych prison.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Glorious Ukrainian Martyrs, Victims of Communist Barbarity - RISU".
^ 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. p. 23. ISBN 966-561-345-6. OCLC 55854194.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[:1-1] "Glorious Ukrainian Martyrs, Victims of Communist Barbarity - RISU".

[:0-2] 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. p. 23. ISBN 966-561-345-6. OCLC 55854194.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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