The Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky ministry in Ukraine began in 2005. The apartment in Lviv where Blessed Vasyl lived from 1955 to 1969 was restored and converted into a museum exhibiting second and third class relics belonging to our martyr. While Blessed Vasyl lived in the apartment it became the hub of the underground church (his episcopal cathedral and chancery). He would quietly celebrate Divine Liturgies, secretly ordained priests, mentored nuns, heard confessions, etc. In 2014, the ministry in Ukraine has expanded with presentations on Blessed Vasyl’s life. Throughout the years pilgrims have been inspired to come and learn more about our martyr and pray for healings and blessings through his intersession.
Since 2014, presentations have been conducted throughout Ukraine and parts of Europe by Oleh and Tania Chekharivsky. They promote Blessed Vasyl by visiting parishes, schools, hospitals, prisons and other organizations. Through the knowledge of Blessed Vasyl, many have come to the museum/apartment to pray before the holy relics of Blessed Vasyl.
2020
January 1, St. Serhiy and Bakh Church, Rome, Italy
January 12, Dormition of the Mother of God Church, Petlykivtsi, Buchach district, Ternopil region
January 20, St. Paraskeva Church, Trybuchivtsi, Buchach dist., Ternopil region
February 7, Malyuk elementary school (4-th grade), Lviv
February 16, Church of the Ascension (transfering the relics), Lviv
February 19, Lviv School #43 (Grade 9)
March to May: Covid-19
June 29, Celebration of the feast of Blessed V.V. (Vesper)
June 30, Celebration of the feast of Blessed V.V. (Akathist by bishop Peter Loza)
2019
January 4, Kopychyntsi hospital, presentation for doctors, Ternopil region
January 6, Kopychyntsi Correctional Center, Ternopil region
January 13, Church of Perpetual Help, relics for the church, Slavutych, Chernihiv region
February 17, Presentation of Mary to the temple, Koropatnyky, Berezhany district, Ternopil region
February 24, Sts. Peter and Paul church, Buchach, Ternopil region
March 10, Nativity of Virgin Mary church, Rohatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region
March 31, Way of the Cross around the city, Kolomyya, Ivano-Frankivsk region
April 7, Holy Spirit Seminary, Lviv (Rudno)
April 14, Protection of the Mother of God church, the way of the cross, Zalishchyky, Ternopil region
May 18, St. Sophia Catechetical School of St. John the Baptist Church, Grade 2, Lviv
June 9, Sts. Peter and Paul Basilian Church, Drohobych, Lviv region
June 21, Skauts camp, Kamyanka, Stryy district, Lviv region
June 29, Military Hospital, Kharkiv
July 12, Sobor of St. John the Baptist, Lviv
July 21, Marian Center, Zahlyna, Rava Ruska district, Lviv region
July 24, Larsh Сommunity Liturgy with presentation of the relics of Bl. Vasyl, Wrozlaw (Poland)
July 28, The Mother of God from Loretto church, Lugano, Switzerland
August 3, Meeting of the Ukr. community with Bl. Velychkovsky, Lugano, Switzerland
August 28, Kolomyya Borstal № 41
September 1, Church of the new Ukrainian martyrs, Zboriv, Ternopil region
September 7, Military base of the Ukr. army, Rozdolivka, Donetsk region
October 3, Lviv School #18 (Grade 2)
October 27, Church of the New Ukr. martyrs, Chortkiv, Ternopil region
November 17, Ascension church, Kozliv, Koziv district, Ternopil district
November 24, St. Sophia church in Shevchenko’s park, Lviv
December 5, Lviv School №73 (grade 11)
December 29, St. Sophiya church, Rome, Italy
2018
January 12, Pure Radio Emmanuel (Svitle Radio Emmanuil), Kyiv
January 28, St. Volodymyr and Olga Church, Kolomuya
February 4, Church of the transfer of St. Nichola’s relics, Zamulyntsi village, Kolomuya region
February 22, College of Arts and Education of Barvintskyi, Chortkiv
February 22, Presentation for medical staff in hospital, Chortkiv
March 22, Presentation for students in dormitory, Lviv
April 1, Sacred of Heart of Jesus Church, Lviv
April 22, Nativity of the Mother of God Church, Krasna, Nadvirna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region
May 13, St. Demetrius Church, Peremyshlyany district, Lviv region
June 24, Soroky village, St. Paraskeva Church, Buchach district, Ternopil region
July 22, Cathedral of St. Volodymyr, Paris, France
July 29, Church of St. Atanasiy, Lyon, France
August 26, St. Peter and Paul Church, Zaporizhzhya
August 28, Nativity of the Mother of God, Maryanivka village, Ternopil district, Ternopil Region
September 16, Berezets village, Christ the Lover of Mankind, Stryy district, Lviv region
October 14, Nativity of the Mother of God, Poland, Lublin
October 21, Descent of the Holy Spirit church, Lviv
October 28, St. Аnne Roman-Catholic Church, Jesuits, Chmelnytskyy
November 4, Radio Lvivska chvylya. Spiritual journey
November 10, Clinical hospital (Kulparkivska St.) for children from problematic families, Lviv
November 25, Yamna (Retreat center of Redemptorists (for Mothers in Prayer)
December 2, St. Michael Archangel Church (catechism for adults), Lviv
December 16, Protection of the Mother of God Church, Pidhirne, Pustomyty district, Lviv region
2017
February 9, Geriatric Home, Lviv
March 3, Ukrainian Youth for Christ, Lviv
March 18, Radio Resurrection Recording, Kyiv
April 5, Suzirya Orione, special needs community
April 8, Nativity of BVM. Sheptytskyi School, Lviv
April 10, Sacred Heart of Mary Family Home, Orphanage for Boys, Lviv
May 16, Educational Rehabilitation Center Trust, Lviv
May 17, Spiritual Evening at Ivano-Frankivsk Seminary
June 21, Recording for Lviv Radio
June 24, Lviv Prison #30, presentation for prisoners
July 2, Nativity of the Mother of God Church, Village Verblyani, Yavorivskij Region, Lviv
July 16, Military Base in Yavorivski, City of Hvardiyske
August 2, Rehabilitation Centre, City of Stebnik, Drohobutzkij Region, Lviv
August 23, L`arche special needs community, Krakow, Poland
September 3, OSBM Monastery, Intercession of the Mother of God Chapel, Yavoriv, Lviv
September 10, Mother of God Church, Zarvanytsia, Terebovlya
September 22, Center for youth. Father Selezian preached to the youth, Lviv
October 1, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Truskavets, Drohobych region, Lviv
October 14, Celebration of Bl. Vasyl at Resurrection of Jesus Patriarch Cathedral in Kyiv
October 22, Dorminion of the Mother of God Church, Ternopil
November 13, Kyiv Cooperative Institute of Business and Law
December 24, Church of the protection of the Mother of God, Ulychne village, Drohobych region, Lviv
2016
September 4, The Church of the Blessed Mother, Zatoka, Yavoriv
September 11, Blessed Martyr Josaphat, Tukholka
September 11, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tarnavka
September 25, The Protection of the Mother of God, Shuparka
September 28, Novyi Rozdil (Special needs center), Tavor Organization
October 2, St. Nicholas Church, Busk
October 2, St. Yurij Church, Busk
October 2, The Transfiguration Church, Khitar
October 23, Nativity of the Mother of God, Lavochne
October 30, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Perehinsk
November 13, The Holy Trinity Church, Kamianets Podilskyi
November 20, Transfer of Bl. Vasyl relics at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
December 11, Josef Slipyj School, Catechism Classes
December 24, Nativity of the Mother of God Church, Starychi
2015
February 4,School of Z. Kovalyk at St. Josaphat Church (3 grade), Lviv
February 8, St. Elijah Church (for parishioners), Illichivsk, Odessa region
March 1, St. Basyl the Great Church, OSBM, Kyiv
March 8, St. Andrew Church, Ivano-Frankivsk
March 18, Middle School Pervotsvit (for 2 – 4 grades), Lviv
March 18, Svichado Publishing Company (for staff), Lviv
April 18, School of Blessed Z. Kovalyk at St. Josaphat Church (1st grade), Lviv
May 3, Molodechne, Christ the Lover of Mankind, Belarus
2014
August 14, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral (for a prayer group Mothers in prayer), Chortkiv
August 21, Presentation for teenagers from St. Michael church in Lviv, Yaremcha
September 11, Redemptorist monastery (for young couples group Oktoich), Lviv
September 26, Dubivtsi School, (for students 7 -11 grades), Ivano-Frankivsk region, Halych district
September 29, College of St. Josaphat, where V.V. was studying for 1 year (1913), Buchach
October 2, Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary Church (for youth group Quo Vadis), Lviv
October 13, Lviv Boarding School on 53 Lysenko St. (for 8-9 grades)
October 27, Medical college (for first year students), Chortkiv
November 3, Vynnyky Boarding School (8 – 10 grades)
November 10, Rudno Seminary of the Holy Spirit (for preparational year students)
November 16, College for girls Znamennya, Zarvanytsya, Ternopil region
December 5, Seminary of Joseph Slipyy, Ternopil
On October 19, 2007, the museum was solemnly blessed and officially opened to the public. Here, tours are conducted with a short video on the life of Blessed Vasyl and descriptions of the artifacts. Divine Liturgies and Moleben services have also been celebrated in the museum. This museum/apartment is a place of pilgrimage and prayer for the people of Ukraine and pilgrims from abroad.
2020
February 28, Moleben for healing to blessed V. Velychkovsky
March to June: Covid-19
July 5, Moleben to Our Mother Perpetual Help in the museum of V.V
2019
February 22, Moleben for healing in the apartment/museum of Blessed Vasyl
March 29, Healing prayer in the apartment/museum of Blessed Vasyl
May 31, Healing prayer in the apartment/museum of Blessed Vasyl
September 27, Moleben with healing prayers in the apartment/museum of Blessed Vasyl
October 25, Moleben in the apartment/museum of Blessed Vasyl
November 15, Prayer for the Picho family in the apartment/museum of Blessed Vasyl
2018
June 25, Prayer and retreat week in the apartment/museum of Bl. V. Velychkovsky
July 10, Divine Liturgy in the apartment/museum of Blessed V. Velychkovsky
September 28, Healing prayers in the apartment/museum of Blessed V. Velychkovsky
October 26, Prayers of healing in the apartment/museum of Bl. V. Velychkovsky
November 30, Moleben with the healing prayers in the apartment/museum of Blessed V. Velychkovsky
December 28, Moleben with the healing prayers in the apartment/museum of Blessed V. Velychkovsky
2017
February pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
April pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
July pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
October 10, Museum Anniversary: Day of Open Doors
2016
February pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
May pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
November 30, Prayer evening at museum-apartment of Bl.Vasyl in Lviv
2015
March pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
July pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
December pilgrims at the museum/apartment of Bl. Vasyl
Fr. John Sianchuk C.Ss.R. Director of the Bishop Velychkovsky National Martyr’s Shrine and Mary Jane Kalenchuk, Shrine Administrator from Winnipeg, Canada have been traveling to Ukraine since 2004 doing research work on the life of Blessed Vasyl. Along with the research, they began re-constructing the museum/apartment and promoting devotion to Blessed Vasyl. Since 2008, they have conducted Blessed Vasyl pilgrimages to Ukraine.
2018
Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky Pilgrimage in Ukraine 2018
2016
2014
Celebrations in Zarvanytsia proclaiming Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky as Patron of Prison Ministry
2012
Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky Pilgrimage in Ukraine 2012
2010
Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky Pilgrimage in Ukraine 2010
2008
Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky Pilgrimage in Ukraine 2008