Blessed Emilian Kovch was born on 20 August 1884, near Kosiv. In 1911, after graduating from the College of Sts Sergius and Bacchus in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood.

In the spring of 1943, he was arrested by the Gestapo for aiding Jews. On 25 March 1944 he was burned to death in the ovens of the Majdanek Nazi death camp.

On September 9, 1999 he was honoured with the title "Righteous Ukrainian" by the Jewish Council of Ukraine. He was beatified by John-Paul II on June 2001.

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