Josaphat Kotsylovsky [SEP] canonization status
Union with the . In September 1945 the Communist regime in Poland arrested Kotsylovsky, then released him and arrested him again in 1946. They then handed him over to the Soviet Union. He died on 17 November 1947 in a prison camp near Kiev.
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.
The relics of the blessed of Josaphat Kotsylovsky are kept in the church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stryi.
External links.
- Kotsylovsky, Yosafat, Internet Encyclopedia of
the region. The Celts were the pioneers of the use of iron in Europe.
Famous Residents.
Famous Residents Religious Workers.
- Josaphat Kotsylovsky (1876, Pakoszówka – 1947, Kiev) – a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr. He was born in the village of Pakoszowka.
- Grigorіy Kosar (1867, Pakoszówka - 1918, Buzhok), cousin by Josaphat Kotsylovsky – true pastor Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Gathering of material about his sacrificial life engaged in mission Postulation Center for the Beatification and Canonization of