Mykola Konrad (; 16 May 1876 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic

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Biography

Konrad was born on 16 May 1876 in the village of Strusów, then a part of the

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(modern-day Strusiv,

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He studied philosophy and theology in

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, where he defended his dissertation and received his

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Beatification of the Servants of God on June 27, 2001
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He was

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a priest in 1899.Alan Butler, Paul Burns. ''Butler's lives of the saints''. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005. p76 He taught for a time in

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and Terebovlya. In 1929, he founded ' (), the first communion of Ukrainian Catholic students, and in 1930 he was asked by Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky to teach at the Lviv Theological Academy. He was then appointed

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priest in the village of Stradch. On 26 June 1941 he was murdered along with Volodymyr Pryjma, in a forest near Stradch as they were returning from the house of a sick woman who had requested the

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. He was

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on 27 June 2001.

Influence

In an interview, Mykola Markevych said, "Doctor Konrad, a professor at the Academy, my catechist... O, he was a distinguished person. An ideal man. He was very involved with youth; he had a heart for youth- and for his people. He wanted us to be patriots, good and aware students. That was Father Konrad."

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1876 births 1941 deaths Clergy from Ternopil Oblast People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ukrainian beatified people Ukrainian people executed by the Soviet Union Catholics executed by the Soviet Union Beatifications by Pope John Paul II {{Ukraine-reli-bio-stub

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