Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine
(Museum)
A museum with artifacts and video depicts the martyr’s life story.
(Museum)
This is Canada’s second martyr’s shrine. A beautiful chapel contains the relics (mortal remains) of the Ukrainian Catholic martyr, Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky. Beatified by Pope John Paul II, Blessed Vasyl suffered severe tortures during the soviet regime and died in Winnipeg in 1973.
