Levkadija Harasymiv
Nun, martyr in Siberia (1911-1952)
Feast: 26 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Kharsk near Tomsk in Siberia in Russia, Blessed Laurentia (Levkadija) Harasymiv, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, who, during the regime of oppression imposed on her homeland by the persecutors of the faith, was deported to this prison camp, where by her glorious death she joined perseverance in the faith to the purity of her life.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 26 August as a Sister of Saint Joseph who died deported in Siberia.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 26 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q797831 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lavrentia Herasymiv (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.