UNBROKEN: The Witness of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, Bishop and Martyr

A forgotten building outside Lviv appears at first to be little more than a ruin. But a childhood memory, caves and a cross hidden in the grass begin to reveal what only a priest might recognize beneath the old tires and debris: the unmistakable architecture of a Greek Catholic Church.

Once home to the Redemptorists in Ukraine and the church where Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky was ordained, its rediscovery sends Fr. John Sianchuk on a determined effort to recover what had been taken from the Redemptorists decades before—only to encounter an unexpected new, yet old, obstacle.

Originally presented by Fr. John Sianchuk, C.Ss.R., for the National Shrine of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky YouTube channel.

When previously inaccessible Soviet documents reached Winnipeg, they offered conclusive evidence of why Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky had become a target of the authorities. Among the evidence was an unexpected reference to writings about the History of the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. This sent Fr. John Sianchuk to Ukraine in search of a book that few seemed to know still existed.

Originally presented by Fr. John Sianchuk, C.Ss.R., for the National Shrine of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky YouTube channel.