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Vitaliy Bajrak
Ukrainian (1907–1946)
SaintResearchedPost-1588
Feast: 27 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1907
Died
1946
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
In the city of Drohobych in Ukraine, Blessed Vitaliy Volodymyr Bajrak, priest of the Order of Saint Josaphat and martyr, who fought for the faith before the persecutors of religion, obtaining the fruit of eternal life.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 16 May as a Basilian priest and martyr at Drohobych who fought for the faith before its persecutors.
Connected on this site
- Yakym Senkivskyi Saint“He was appointed superior at the Drohobych monastery in place of Yakym Senkivskyi.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4075668 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Vitaliy Bayrak (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.