Volodymyr Pryjma
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Blessed Volodymyr Pryjma was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic choir director and martyr
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Pryjma was born on 17 July 1906 in the village of Stradch, Yavoriv District
. He graduated from a school for cantors
, which was at that time under the care of Metropolitan
Andrey Sheptytsky
, and then he was made the cantor and choir director in the local village church in Stradch. Prijma was married with two young children.
On 26 June, 1941 agents of the Soviet NKVD
mercilessly tortured and murdered him along with Fr. Mykola Konrad
, in a forest near Stradch as they were returning from the house of a sick woman who had requested the sacrament of reconciliation. His body had not been found until a week after the murder. He had been stabbed multiple times in the chest with a bayonet.
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II
on June 27, 2001.
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
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Pryjma was born on 17 July 1906 in the village of Stradch, Yavoriv District
Yavoriv
Yavoriv is a city located in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Yavoriv Raion and rests approximately 50 km west of the oblast capital, Lviv....
. He graduated from a school for cantors
Cantor (church)
A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
, which was at that time under the care of Metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
Andrey Sheptytsky
Andrey Sheptytsky
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death. During his tenure, he led the Church through two world wars and seven political regimes: Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, German National Socialist , and...
, and then he was made the cantor and choir director in the local village church in Stradch. Prijma was married with two young children.
On 26 June, 1941 agents of the Soviet NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
mercilessly tortured and murdered him along with Fr. Mykola Konrad
Mykola Konrad
Blessed Mykola Konrad was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr.Konrad was born on 16 May 1876 in the village of Strusiv in Ternopil Region. He studied philosophy and theology in Rome, where he defended his dissertation and received his doctorate. He was ordained a priest in 1899...
, in a forest near Stradch as they were returning from the house of a sick woman who had requested the sacrament of reconciliation. His body had not been found until a week after the murder. He had been stabbed multiple times in the chest with a bayonet.
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
on June 27, 2001.