Blessed Giosafata Hordashevska
Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (born November 19, 1869 AD in Zhovkva, Galicia, Austrian Empire [present-day Ukraine]; died April 7, 1919 AD in Lviv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic nun, missionary, and founder who established the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate congregation to serve the social and spiritual needs of Ukrainian Catholic women. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001, in Lviv, Ukraine. Her feast day is April 7.
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| Blessed Giosafata Hordashevska | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | April 07 |
| Profession | Ukrainian Greek Catholic nun and founder; born Zhovkva Galicia November 19 1869; co-founded Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI) 1892 with Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky; served domestic workers, the poor, and the sick; died of typhus in Lviv April 7 1919; beatified JPII Lviv June 27 2001; feast April 7 |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church (Byzantine/Greek rite); Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC); Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI); 19th-20th century Ukrainian Catholic social apostolate; Galicia |
| Patronage | Ukraine; Ukrainian Catholics; domestic workers; the poor; women; Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate; Galicia; those who die of disease contracted in service |
| Attributes | Ukrainian Greek Catholic religious habit; April 7 feast; Lviv setting; Ukrainian cross; image of the Immaculate Conception; Eastern liturgical vestments |
| Birthplace | Zhovkva, Galicia, Austrian Empire (present-day Ukraine) |
| Death Place | Lviv, Ukraine |
| Cause of Death | Natural death; died April 7, 1919, in Lviv, Ukraine; Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (Ukrainian: Блаженна Йосафата Гордашевська) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic nun who co-founded the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI) in 1892 with Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky and Father Kyrylo Seletskyy; she devoted herself to the service of domestic workers, the poor, and the sick in Galicia; she died of typhus contracted in service to the sick during World War I; beatified JPII Lviv June 27 2001; feast April 7 |
| Primary Shrine | Lviv, Ukraine; Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate motherhouse; April 7 feast; beatified JPII Lviv June 27 2001 |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; April 7 feast in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and in the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Josaphata Hordashevska was born November 19, 1869, in Zhovkva, Galicia (in the Austrian Empire, present-day Ukraine). In 1892, with Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky and Father Kyrylo Seletskyy, she co-founded the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI) to serve Ukrainian Catholic domestic workers, the poor, and the sick in the cities of Galicia.
She devoted her life to this apostolate. During World War I, she served the sick and contracted typhus. She died April 7, 1919, in Lviv.
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001, in Lviv, Ukraine, during the first papal visit to Ukraine. Her feast day is April 7.
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Birth location: Zhovkva, Galicia, Austrian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
Death location: Lviv, Ukraine
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Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (1869–1919) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic nun who co-founded the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate to serve the poorest Ukrainian women in Galicia, dying of typhus contracted in service to the sick on April 7, 1919; beatified John Paul II in Lviv June 27, 2001. Feast April 7.
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