As all probably already know, our Church is truly a part of Eastern Christianity. Although we are within the Catholic Communion of Churches, we are also basically Eastern Christians. Yes there is only one Faith. But what is little realized … Continue reading
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I began sharing the thoughts of our Metropolitan about our Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the United States. He went on to state that in order for us to truly become a real Church here in this country, we must strive … Continue reading
I would like to share with my readers the thoughts that our Metropolitan Archbishop Soroka shared with regard to our Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the United States. He began by saying that our Church continues to be challenged by many … Continue reading
The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is and associated Church of the Catholic Communion. This means, therefore, that it is in full communion with the Patriarch of Rome. It is neither part of, nor subordinated to the largest of the Churches in … Continue reading
Although our Church celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Monday, September 14th, we are celebrating it as a community this weekend, which is within the octave of the feast. It is one of the 12 … Continue reading
I shall, this weekend and next, change the focus of this article on our Church in order to share some thoughts on the major feasts that we celebrate. On this seventeenth weekend after Pentecost, we celebrate the feast of the … Continue reading
I have, in this article, been sharing some thoughts about one of the great leaders of our Church, Metropolitan Sheptytsky. I shared how he courageously dared to protest to the leaders of Nazism about their treatment of Jews. A Vatican … Continue reading
I would continue sharing more information about Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. His concern for the Jewish people did not go unnoticed. The Galician-Jewish newspaper, Chwila, in July 1935, celebrated the Metropolitan’s 70th birthday, with a personal greeting from L’viv’s Chief Rabbi, Dr. Ezekiel … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I began relating information about our blessed Metropolitan Andrii. He graduated as a lawyer in 1888 and sought dispensation to return to the Ukrainian Catholic tradition of his ancestors. It was at this … Continue reading
This information is taken from an article written by Dr Andrew Thomas Kania about Metropolitan Andrii Sheptyts’kyi, the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church 1900-1944. Sheptyts’kyi’s story has been little known in the Western world until the last twenty years … Continue reading