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Josaphata Hordashevska
Ukrainian nun (1869-1919)
BlessedResearched
Feast: 7 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1869
Died
1919
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the town of Chervonohrad near Lviv in Ukraine, Blessed Josaphata (Michaelina) Hordashevska, virgin, who in the Institute of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate that she founded served wherever the need was greatest.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 25 March as a virgin who founded the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate and served wherever the need was greatest.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2467982 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Josaphata Hordashevska (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.