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Also known as

• Andrew Ishchak
• Andreas Iscak
• Andrij Ishcak
• Andriy Ishchak

Memorial

• 26 June
• 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Profile

Greek Catholic. Studied at universities in Lviv, Ukraine, and Innsbruck, Austria. Doctor of theology in 1914, receiving his degree from the University of Innsbruck. Ordained in 1914. Teacher at the Lviv Theological Academy in 1928. Pastor of the Archeparchy of Lviv for the Ukrainians at Sykhiv. Martyred by retreating Soviet soldiers who passed through his village.

Born

• 20 September 1887 at Mykolayiv, Lviv District, Ukraine

Died

• murdered by Soviet soldiers on 26 June 1941 at Sykhiv, Ukraine

Venerated

• 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (declaration of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Andrii Ischak“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 June 2017. Web. 27 January 2021. <>