Vitaliy Bayrak

Vitaliy Bayrak (Alternative Spelling: Vitalii Bairak, Vitalij Bajrak, Volodomyr Bairak) was a Ukrainian Catholic priest and martyr. He was born on February 24, 1907,[1] in Shvaikivtsi within the Ternopil Region of Ukraine. In 1924, he entered the Basilian monastery and would later be ordained a priest on August 13, 1933. He was appointed superior at the Drohobych monastery on in place of Joachim Senkivskyi. [1] Throughout his life, he was considered to be a very active and friendly missionary, who possessed a great gift for giving spiritual direction. On September 17, 1945, Fr Vitaliy was arrested and on November 13 he was sentenced to imprisonment for confiscating property, even though he had none. On Easter 1946, he died a martyr for the faith after having beaten in the Drohobych prison.[2]