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Also known as

• Olga
• Olha
• Ol’ha
• Olimpia

Memorial

• 28 January
• 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Profile

Greek Catholic. Joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Worked in several towns as a catechist and novice director, and with the aged and sick. Taught and helped to raise several young women. Convent superior in Kheriv where the Communists worked against her. Arrested for her faith in 1951, and exiled to a forced labour camp in the Tomsk region of Siberia in Russia. In the camp she continued her duties as superior, and organised other exiled nuns into prayer and support groups. Martyr.

Born

• 1903 at Tsebliv, L’vivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine

Died

• 28 January 1952 in Kharsk, Tomskaya oblast’, Russia

Venerated

• 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Olympia Bida“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 July 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>