Mykola Tsehelskyi
Mykola Tsehelskyi (December 17, 1896 – May 25, 1951), sometimes rendered as Nicholas Tsehelskyi, was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, considered to be a martyr by the Catholic Church for his refusal to convert even under duress.
Tsehelskyi was born on December 17, 1896 in the village of Strusiv, Ternopil Region in what was then Austria-Hungary. In 1923, he graduated from the Lviv University's theology faculty. On April 5, 1925, Andrey Sheptytsky ordained Tsehelskyi to the priesthood. He was assigned to a parish.
At that time he was married and he would later have four children.
In the Martyrology
- May 25 Blessed Mykola Tsehel’s’kyi, priest and martyr of Russia