Mykola Konrad
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| Born | May 16, 1876 Strusów, Austrian Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Strusiv, Ukraine) |
| Died | July 26, 1941 (aged 65) near Stradch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Mykola Konrad (Ukrainian: Микола Конрад; 16 May 1876 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr.
Biography[edit]
Konrad was born on 16 May 1876 in the village of Strusów, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Strusiv, Ukraine).[1] He studied philosophy and theology in Rome, where he defended his dissertation and received his doctorate.[2] He was ordained a priest in 1899.[3] He taught for a time in high schools in Berezhany and Terebovlya. In 1929, he founded Obnova (Ukrainian: Обнова, lit. 'renewal'), the first communion of Ukrainian Catholic students,[4] and in 1930 he was asked by Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky to teach at the Lviv Theological Academy.[2] He was then appointed parish priest in the village of Stradch.[1]
On 26 June 1941 he was murdered along with Volodymyr Pryjma, in a forest near Stradch as they were returning from the house of a sick woman who had requested the sacrament of reconciliation.[1][2][3]
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.[1]
Influence[edit]
In an interview, Mykola Markevych said, "Doctor Konrad, a professor at the Academy, my catechist... O, he was a distinguished person. An ideal man. He was very involved with youth; he had a heart for youth- and for his people. He wanted us to be patriots, good and aware students. That was Father Konrad."[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Biographies of twenty five Greek-Catholic Servants of God at the website of the Vatican
- ^ a b c Beatification of the Servants of God on June 27, 2001 Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at the website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- ^ a b Alan Butler, Paul Burns. Butler's lives of the saints. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005. p76
- ^ a b Church of the Martyrs: The New Saints of Ukraine. Lviv, Ukraine: St John's Monastery. 2002. p. 11. ISBN 966-561-345-6.
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