Galleries
 Hieromartyr
St. Josaphat Kuntsevych of Polotsk
Born 1580,
martyred in Vitebsk, Byelorussia 12 November 1623. Following the death of
Archbishop Hedeon Brolnyckyj (1601-1618) King Sigismund II transferred the
eparchy to the Titular Bishop of Vitebsk, Josaphat Kuntsevych. He was
succeeded by Archbishop Antin Seljava, 1624-1655. St. Josaphat's feastday is
the anniversary of his repose. Pope Pius IX canonized him on 29 June 1867.
Order This Item Now!
Andrew
Sheptytsky, Metropolitan of L’viv in Galicia
Known
as “the Apostle of Unity” Metropolitan Andrew was born 29 July 1865; died in
L'viv, 1 November 1944. He succeeded Bishop Julian Sas-Kuyilovskj (1891-1899)
as Bishop of Stanyslaviv, 20 September 1899. Pope Leo XII confirmed him as
Metropolitan of L'viv 17 December 1900 when he again succeeded Bishop
Sas-Kuyilovskj (1899-1900). He was enthroned in St. George’s Cathedral, L’viv
17 January 1901, and was succeeded by Metropolitan Josyf Slipyj (1944-1982).
Order This Item Now!
 Patriarch
Josyf Slipyj, Confessor, Metropolitan of L'viv and Cardinal of the Holy Roman
Church
Born 17
Feb.1892 in Zazdrist, Terebolja, Ukraine; reposed 7 September 1984 in Rome;
consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of L'viv, 22 December 1939. On 1 November 1944 he
succeeded Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky as Metropolitan of L'viv. Imprisoned
by the Soviets in 1945 and freed 9 February 1963; also known as "Josyf the
Confessor." He was succeeded by Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky,
previously Metropolitan of Philadelphia, USA.
Order This Item Now!
Blessed
Nykyta Budka
Bishop Budka was
born 7 June 1877 in Dobromirka, Ukraine. On 13 October 1912 Metropolitan
Andrew Sheptytsky consecrated him the first bishop of the Greek Catholic
Church in Canada with Winnipeg, Manitoba as his cathedral city. He resigned in
1928 and returned to L'viv where he became Auxiliary Bishop to Metropolitan
Andrew Sheptytsky. He died a martyr 6 October 1949 in Karaganda, Siberia, and
was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.
Order This Item Now!
Metropolitan
Maxim Hermaniuk, CSsr.
He was born
in Nove Selo, Ukraine, in the diocese of Peremyshl, on 30 October 1911. On 29
June 1951 he was consecrated auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Vasyl Ladyka,
primate of the Greek Catholic Church of Canada. On 3 November 1956, following
the death of Archbishop Ladyka, he was appointed first Archbishop Metropolitan
of Canada. At his last public event in Winnipeg on 3 November 1996 he
encouraged the youth of the church to share their faith with others. Later
that evening he reposed in the Lord, at age 85.
Order This Item Now!
 Saint
John of Kronstadt: The Wondrous Beacon
Gifted with
prophetic insight and the gift of healing, St. John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
was regarded in his lifetime as a living saint and wonderworker. A tireless
worker for the poor and sick, St. John was also passionately dedicated to
religious education and personally taught catechism classes in his parish for
over forty years. He was also a spiritual father to Tzar Alexander II, whom he
gave communion on the day of his death.
Order This Item Now!
Blessed
Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky, CSsrR., Bishop of Lutsk
This courageous
Confessor of the Faith was born in Stanyslaviv, Ukraine, 1 June 1903 to a
well-known priestly family. Nominated Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine in 1959, he was
secretly consecrated bishop by Metropolitan Slipyj in a Moscow hotel on 4
February 1963. After suffering several years of brutal imprisonment, he was
released in 1972 and came to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he reposed on 30 June
1973. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II, 27 June 2001. His incorrupt body
is enshrined in St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Order This Item Now!
 Patriarch
Josyf Slipyj, Confessor, Metropolitan of L'viv and Cardinal of the Holy Roman
Church
His motto –
“Through adversity to the stars” – proved to be prophetic, uniquely
appropriate for a Confessor of the Faith. Because Bishop Slipyj placed his
episcopal ministry under the Protection of the Mother of God, his Coat of Arms
includes that icon. Above it is the symbol of his dignity as a Prince of the
Church, the wide-brimmed cardinal hat, deep scarlet in colour, symbolizing the
readiness of a Cardinal to shed his blood for the cause of Christ.
Order This Item Now!
◊
Gallery
One - A Witness to the Elect
◊ Gallery
Two - When the Wall Opens Again - Past Tragedy - Future Glory
◊ Gallery
Three - The Saviour and the Gospels: Christ, The Mother of God, and the Cross
◊ Gallery
Four - Fathers and Saints of the Universal Church
◊ Gallery
Five - Saints and Historians of the Church of Ancient Rus'
◊ Gallery
Seven - Popes and Patriarchs
◊ Gallery
Eight - Churches
◊ Gallery
Nine - Texts
◊ Gallery
Ten - Free Designs
◊ Gallery
Eleven - About Us
|