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Tarsykiya Matskiv
Ukrainian Greek Catholic nun (1919–1944)
BlessedResearchedSecond Polish Republic
Feast: 18 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1919
Died
1944
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Krystonopil in Ukraine, Blessed Tarsykiya (Olga) Matskiv, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate and martyr, who, in time of war, for having defended the faith before her persecutors, won the double victory of virginity and martyrdom.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 18 July as a Sister Servant of Mary Immaculate killed in wartime at Krystonopil for defending the faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2074005 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tarsykiya Matskiv (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.