Joanna Szwajko

Saint Joanna Szwajko, née Łotocka, was the presbytera of Father Paweł Szwajko. She was born in 1899 at Gaje Lewiatyńskie and studied economics, without working in that field. In 1923 she married Paweł Szwajko, who was ordained priest the next year. She accompanied him in his pastoral work, in turn at Potok Górny, Świątkowa Wielka, Desznica, Siedliska, Obsza, Śniatycze and Grabowiec.

On 28 August 1943 she was killed together with her husband by the Polish partisan unit of Józef Śmiech, known as "Ciąg". According to witnesses she was tortured before her death and died of loss of blood. The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church canonized her on 7-8 June 2003 at Chełm, among the martyrs of Chełm and Podlasie.