Head of the UGCC calls faithful to pray for the successful Synod
The next Synod of Bishops Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will be held September 2-9, 2010, in Lviv. On this occasion, Head of the Church Patriarch Lubomyr Husar asked the faithful to “pray for the success of this synod.”
"This is a very important event in the life of the church, as the synod gathers all our bishops from Ukraine and diaspora to jointly reflect on the needs of our church and to make appropriate decisions," explains the patriarch.
On Independence Day the Head of UGCC Called Faithful “to Follow Divine Orders and Not the Political Situation”
“What place does prayer have when we mark this great state holiday, or other similar events? Why do we want to pray today?” asked Patriarch Lubomyr, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in his Independence Day Address. His speech was read on August 24, on Independence Day of Ukraine, in the Church of the Annunciation to the Holy Mother of God during Hierarchal Divine Liturgy.
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The Synod’s message
for the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC,
the 65th anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytskyj),
and the 25th anniversary of the death of Patriarch Joseph (Slipyj)
Dearly Beloved in Christ!
This year, which approaches its end, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC after decades of totalitarian prohibition and persecution. Also in the year 2009, two other anniversary dates were marked: the 65th anniversary of the death of the servant of God Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytskyj) and the 25th anniversary of death of the Confessor of faith Patriarch Joseph (Slipyj). Together we ask God to accept our prayers and to rest their souls “with the souls of the righteous” and jointly remember the glorious times of our past which as if formed by the force of their spirit and satiated by the sacrifice of their work. We turn special attention to these two great spiritual figures, not wishing to forget two other church leaders – His Beatitude Major Archbishop Myroslav-Ivan (Liubachivs’kyj) and Archbishop Volodymyr (Sternyuk), whom God’s Providence put to serve the Church in the tragic, yet heroic, 20th century.
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