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Prison Chaplains in Ukraine gathered at the Patriarchal Sobor of Resurrection in Kyiv, Ukraine for a day of renewal. As part of this day, Oleh and Tania Chekharivsky, our shrine promoters in Ukraine, gave a power-point presentation on the life of Blessed Vasyl who was proclaimed Patron of Prison Ministry in 2014 by Patriarch Sviatoslav.

The faithful from the Catholic Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay along with their Bishop Anthony Krotki, OMI made a pilgrimage to the Shrine on Sunday July 26, 2015. Approximately 25 Inuit from as far as North Baffin Island, Nunavut spent time visiting the museum, hearing the story of a martyr who shared in their hardships when … Read more

By Tatiana Chekharivska On Saturday July 4th, 2015, parishioners from the Redemptorist Church of the Immaculate Conception in Lviv, Ukraine gathered for a spiritual encounter. Blessed Bishop and Martyr Vasyl Velychkovsky united us all in prayer. Since our new Ukrainian martyrs were proclaimed on June 27, 2001, we held this celebration as close to this date as … Read more

On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Fr. Joseph Ostopowich, Parish Administrator, and parishioners from St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Parish in Victoria, BC gathered to pray the Akathist to Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky. It was especially poignant for us to pray to Blessed Vasyl as he is the Patron of Prison Ministry and Fr. Joseph is a prison … Read more

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Seminarians from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter visit and pray at Bl. Vasyl’s relics as part of their pilgrimages across Canadian Shrines.    

Redemptorist novices from North American Inter-Novitiate in Toronto visit the Shrine and Museum as part of their three day Eastern spirituality course under the direction of Fr. John Sianchuk, C.Ss.R. (Shrine Director)

Young adults who participated in this year’s S.E.R.V.E. (Summer Endeavour in a Redemptorist Volunteer Experience) learn about the life and martyrdom of Bl. Vasyl.

On the weekend of May 2 to the 3, 2015 our faithful in Belarus had an opportunity to learn more about the life of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky and to venerate his holy relics. On Saturday, our volunteers from Lviv, Ukraine gave presentation about his life in the parishes of Sts. Peter and Andrew in Brest and … Read more