EWTN Catholic network to air documentary on Velychkovsky

WINNIPEG - On Friday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m. (Central Daylight Time) viewers will be able to tune in to EWTN Catholic television for the premiere presentation of the life journey of a martyr in our times.

This documentary, produced by Ignatius Productions, introduces the life of Blessed Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky beginning in Ukraine, where he ministered as a Redemptorist priest. He preached the Gospel with his life, encountering numerous arrests and imprisonments in the Soviet gulag for refusing to deny his Catholic faith.

After his last imprisonment he was exiled from his home country. In 1972 he found refuge in Winnipeg, but his time in North America was short-lived. He died in 1973.

In 2001 the late Pope John Paul II on his historical visitation to Ukraine announced the beatification of 27 martyrs. Blessed Vasyl was among this group of spiritual heroes.

Today Bishop Velychkovsky's holy relics are a part of a special martyr's shrine in Winnipeg. To learn more about this inspirational martyr's journey, readers can watch EWTN or log on to www.ewtn.com.

For more information about the blessed bishop log on to www.bvmartyrshrine.com.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 18, 2006, No. 25, Vol. LXXIV

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