Omelyan Kovch
Ukrainian beatified priest and Righteous Among the Nations (1884-1944)
Feast: 25 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Majdanek near Lublin in Poland, Blessed Omelyan Kovch, priest and martyr, who, in time of war, deported to a prison camp, reached eternal life fighting for the faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 March as a priest and martyr who died in the Majdanek camp fighting for the faith.
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.
Connected on this site
- Sergius and Bacchus Saint“Sergius and Bacchus College in Rome.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 25 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q557861 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Omelyan Kovch (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.