Wednesday, October 4, 2023 UTC

NOV 12: COMMEMORATION OF ST. JOSAPHAT ARCHBISHOP

On November 12th we commemorate St. Josephat, Priest-Martyr, Archbishop of Polotsk, and a Catholic of the Ruthenian rite. Born in the then Polish region of Lithuania of Orthodox parents, he became a Catholic and a Ukrainian Basilian monk. After being chosen bishop, he worked faithfully for the unity of the Church until he suffered martyrdom at the hands of an angry mob in Russia.

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