Hryhoriy Lakota, also known as Gregor Lakota (Ukrainian: Григорій Лакота, Polish: Grzegorz Łakota; 31 January 1883 – 12 November 1950), was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic auxiliary bishop who suffered religious persecution and was martyred by the Soviet Union.
[1] Hryhorij Lakota was born 31 January 1883 in Holodivka, then in Austrian Galicia, near modern-day Lviv.
On 9 June 1946, he was arrested by the NKVD and sentenced to ten years imprisonment, as part of Joseph Stalin's suppression of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
[3] While in exile in Vorkuta m, he was recognized for his humaneness and humility as he took on unbearable conditions to make life easier for others.
Alfonsas Svarinskas, a fellow priest and prisoner, recounts Lakota's behavior in camp as reflecting "Christian virtues.