Biography of Father I. Petrikas
- Description:
- Graduated from seminary and was ordained. Served in Lithuania and remained there after the annexation of Lithuania to the USSR. June 22, 1941 – with the retreat of the Red Army – Fr. Petrikas was brutally tortured to death in Budavones Forest, Vilkavishkis region. Source: Den’ skorbi…; Lietuvos aidas (1998), no. 30; list compiled by R. Dzwonkowski, SAC
- Variant Names:
- Petrikas, I.
- Dates:
- 1941
- Locations:
- Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)
- Subjects:
- male; clergy and religious; executed