Zynoviy Kovalyk
Ukrainian priest and martyr (1903–1941)
Feast: 30 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Lviv in Ukraine, the commemoration of Blessed Zynoviy Kovalyk, priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and martyr, who, under an atheist regime, on an unknown day of this month merited to obtain the palm of martyrdom.
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 30 June as a Redemptorist priest martyred at Lviv under an atheist regime.
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, 30 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2501364 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Zynoviy Kovalyk (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.