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C.Ss.R. Communicationes Sant’Alfonso - Roma 10/05/ 2001 - Nº 170 Maggio - Mai - Maio - Maj - May - Mayo . C.Ss.R. Communicationes Sant’Alfonso - Roma 10/05/ 2001 - Nº 170 Maggio - Mai - Maio - Maj - May - Mayo Nuovi beati redentoristi: sono 4 ucraini e uno ceco La beatificazione degli ucraini è prevista a giugno durante la visita del Papa in Ucraina VASIL VELYCHKOVSKYJ (1903 - 1973), vescovo l beato Vasil Velychkovskyj Il 2 gennaio 1969 fu arrestato nuo- (foto) nacque il 1° giugno vamente e condannato a tre anni di I1903 a Stanislaviv (attuale reclusione. Dopo alcuni mesi di pri- Ivano-Frankivsk). A 15 anni par- gione, scoprendo che soffriva grave- tecipò alla guerra di indipendenza mente di cuore, fu rilasciato. ucraina (1918-1919). Nel 1920 Arrestato nuovamente, dopo la entrò nel seminario di Lviv. Dopo il liberazione, il 27 gennaio 1972, le au- diaconato entrò nella Congregazio- torità sovietiche non gli permisero di ne del Ss.mo Redentore. Con l’or- ritornare a Lviv, ma gli proposero di dinazione sacerdotale (9 ottobre recarsi dalla sorella in Jugoslavia. 1925) si dedicò per oltre vent’anni Dopo un breve soggiorno in Jugo- alle missioni tra la gente semplice dei slavia si recò a Roma dove fu rice- villaggi e delle città anche fuori vuto da Paolo VI (8 aprile 1972). dell’Ucraina Occidentale. Grazie Il 15 giugno 1972 andò a alla sua intensa e fervida azione apo- Winnipeg in Canada, dove morì il 30 giugno 1973, all’età di settant’anni. stolica, si convertirono alla Chiesa Secondo un testimone, “dopo la cattolica molti laici e alcuni preti or- morte, i medici hanno provato che, todossi. Continuò la sua attività an- prima della sua partenza per la Jugo- che durante la prima occupazione slavia, al Beato era stata sommini- sovietica (settembre 1939-giugno strata una sostanza velenosa a lento 1941). effetto, affinché la morte risultasse Tanto era grande la sua fama naturale”. presso il popolo che il governo non osava toccarlo. L’11 aprile 1945 venne arrestato insieme alla gerar- chia greco-cattolica. Il processo si svolse a Kiev e durò Il 24 Aprile 2001, in Vaticano, alla presenza del quasi due anni, alla fine fu condannato alla fucilazione. Santo Padre, è stato promulgado il Decreto sul Martirio dei 5 redentoristi 4 ucraini e uno della Nei tre mesi di attesa dell’esecuzione si dedicò alla Repubblica Ceca. Quest’ultimo sarà beatificato in cura pastorale dei detenuti. La pena gli fu poi commu- luogo e occasione ancora da definire. tata in dieci anni di prigione. Alla fine dell’autunno 1945 Le altre grandi figure del mondo redentorista sono: iniziò per il Beato il lungo periodo di lavori forzati in Sant’Alfonso Maria de Liguori diversi lager. In questo tempo continuò di nascosto a celebrare la liturgica quotidiana. I dieci anni di vita nei San Gerardo Majella lager compromisero seriamente la sua salute. San Clemente Maria Hofbauer Liberato nel 1955, ritornò a Lviv, dove svolse clan- San Giovanni Nepomuceno Neumann destinamente l’attività pastorale. Nel 1959 la Santa Beato Gennaro Maria Sarnelli Sede lo nominò “Vescovo della Chiesa del silenzio”. Il Beato Pietro Donders perdurare della persecuzione permise la consacrazio- Beato Francesco Saverio Seelos ne solo nel 1963, a Mosca, in una camera d’albergo. Beato Gaspar Stanggassinger. Comm170 - It - 1 . NICHOLAS CHARNETSKYJ (1884-1959), vescovo Il beato Nicholas Charnetskyj nacque Durante gli anni di detenzione venne il 14 dicembre 1884 in Semakivtsi spesso trasferito e sottoposto a continue (Ucraina Occidentale). Dopo le scuole sofferenze fisiche e morali dovute a lun- elementari e medie, entrò nel Seminario ghi interrogatori e disumane torture. Dal di Stanislaviv. Negli anni 1903-1909 fu 1945 al 1956, il Beato visse in una tren- alunno del Collegio Ucraino a Roma, tina di lager e prigioni sovietiche, suben- dove conseguì il dottorato in teologia do un totale di 600 ore di torture e di presso l’Urbanianum. Ordinato sacerdote interrogatori. Accettò tutto con eroica il 2 ottobre 1909, insegnò filosofia e pazienza e serenità, pregando per i per- teologia nel Seminario di Stanislaviv. Nel secutori e confortando i compagni di 1919 entrò nella Congregazione del lager. In questo tempo riuscì a svolgere Ss.mo Redentore. Dal 1926 fu clandestinamente la sua attività pastorale. missionario fra i greco-cattolici in Volyn. Le insopportabili condizioni di vita ri- Nominato, il 16 gennaio 1931 vescovo dussero a tal punto la salute del beato titolare di Lebed e visitatore apostolico per gli ucraini Charnetskyj che nel 1956 fu scarcerato e riportato a cattolici della zona di Volyn e Podlachia, fu consacrato Lviv quasi moribondo. Ripresosi inaspettatamente, a l’8 febbraio 1931 nella chiesa di sant’Alfonso a Roma. Lviv continuò il ministero pastorale, guidando dal suo Espulso da Volyn nel 1939, a seguito dell’occupa- letto la Chiesa cattolica ucraina nelle catacombe. zione sovietica, si trasferì a Lviv. Con il passaggio della Il Beato morì a Lviv il 2 aprile 1959, all’età di 75 vice-provincia redentorista ucraina in Polonia, il Beato anni. E’ sepolto al cimitero di Kulparkiv. non abbandonò il popolo e rimase a Lviv. L’11 aprile Tra i fedeli e le persone che lo hanno conosciuto 1945 fu arrestato insieme a tutti i vescovi greco-catto- non si è mai nutrito alcun dubbio che la morte del beato lici. Sia durante l’anno di attesa che nel corso del pro- Nicholas Charnetskyj sia stata causata dalle torture subite durante i molti anni di permanenza nei carceri e cesso subì continue torture ed umiliazioni. Condannato nei lager sovietici. Fin dall’inizio fu ritenuto vescovo santo inizialmente a cinque anni di detenzione nei campi di e martire della fede cattolica. La grande fama di santità lavoro forzato in Siberia, in seguito la pena fu aumenta- è testimoniata anche dalle numerose persone che inin- ta di altri dieci anni da scontare nei lager perché consi- terrottamente pregano sulla sua tomba. derato “agente del Vaticano”. DOMINICK METODIUS TRCHKA (1886-1959), sacerdote Il beato Dominik Metodius fu nominato vice-provinciale (23 mar- Trchka nacque il 6 luglio 1886 a zo 1946). Subito si impegnò per la fon- Frýdlant nad Ostravicí in Moravia dazione di nuove case religiose e la for- (attuale Repubblica Ceca). Nel mazione dei giovani redentoristi. 1902 entrò nelleducantado dei Nella notte tra il 13 e il 14 aprile redentoristi della provincia di 1950 il governo cecoslovacco sop- Praga e il 25 agosto 1904 emise presse tutte le comunità religiose. Dopo la professione religiosa. A com- un processo sommario, il 21 aprile pimento degli studi fu ordinato a 1952, il Beato fu condannato a 12 anni Praga il 17 luglio 1910. Impiegò i di carcere, durante i quali subì primi anni di sacerdozio nelle mis- estenuanti interrogatori e terribili tortu- sioni popolari. Nel 1919 fu man- re. Trasferito nell’aprile del 1958 nella dato a lavorare fra i greco-catto- prigione di Leopoldov, a seguito di una lici nella zona di Halic in Galizia, polmonite, contratta nella cella di rigo- e quindi in Slovacchia, re dove era stato rinchiuso per aver nelleparchia di Preov, dove cantanto un inno natalizio, morì il 23 svolse un intenso lavoro missio- marzo 1959. nario. Nel marzo del 1935, dalla Sepolto nel cimitero della prigione, Congregazione per le Chiese orientali, fu nominato vi- dopo la restaurazione della Chiesa greco-cattolica, i sitatore apostolico delle monache basiliane a Preov e resti mortali del beato Trchka, il 17 ottobre 1969,sono a Uhorod. Con lerezione della Vice-provincia stati traslati nella tomba dei redentoristi nel cimitero di redentorista greco-cattolica di Michalovce, il p. Trchka, Michalovce. Comm170 - It - 2 . ZENON KOVALYK (1903-1941), sacerdote Il beato Zenon Kovalyk nacque di detenzione subì 28 brutali inter- il 18 agosto 1903 a Ivatsciv rogatori. Horiscnij (Ternopil). Entrato nella Quando, il 29 giugno 1941, la Congregazione del Ss.mo Reden- città di Lviv fu presa dalle truppe to-re, il 28 agosto 1926 emise i voti tedesche e furono aperte le prigio- religiosi. Completati gli studi di filo- ni, in una di esse (Bryghidky) fu sofia e teologia in Belgio, fu ordina- trovata una massa di cadaveri to sacerdote il 9 agosto 1932. Dal massacrati con i segni delle tortu- 1932 svolse l’apostolato missiona- re. L’avanzato stato di decompo- rio tra gli ortodossi in Volynia. Pri- sizione dei cadaveri non permise ma del 1939 fu inviato a Lviv, dove ai confratelli di ritrovare il corpo ricoprì la carica di economo della del p. Kovalyk. comunità e della metropolia di Lviv. Secondo alcuni testi del pro- Fu anche assiduo confessore e fa- cesso di beatificazione, il Beato e moso predicatore. stato crocifisso alla parete del cor- Il Beato fu arrestato dai ridoio della prigione. Dai docu- bolscevichi nella notte del 20 di- menti ufficiali delle autorità sovie- cembre 1940 ed incarcerato in una tiche, invece, risulta che fu fucilato prigione di Lviv. Durante i sei mesi insieme agli altri prigionieri nel giu- gno 1941. IVAN ZIATYK (1899-1952), sacerdote Il beato Ivan Ziatyk nacque il Il 17 ottobre 1948 fu, con al- 26 dicembre 1899 ad tri 30 confratelli, trasferito ad Odrekhova (Sjanok, Sanok) in Univ, dove vennero raggruppati Galizia. Dopo il ginnasio a tutti i religiosi greco-cattolici ap- Sjanok, nel 1919 entrò nel se- partenenti a diversi ordini e con- minario di Peremyshl. Nel 1923 gregazioni. Nel gennaio 1948 fu fu ordinato sacerdote. nominato vice-provinciale e vica- Dal 1925 al 1935 fu prefetto rio generale di tutta la Chiesa gre- nel seminario ucraino cattolico a co-cattolica ucraina. Peremyshl, occupandosi sia della Arrestato il 24 gennaio 1950, formazione spirituale che intellet- per quasi due anni visse nelle car- tuale (insegnò catechetica e ma- ceri di Zolochiv, di Lviv e di Kiev. terie dogmatiche) degli alunni. Il Durante la prigionia subì 72 in- 15 luglio 1935 entrò nella Con- terrogatori e spietate torture.
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