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Prase Be Jesus Chrs!

When a child is to be born, family and friends throw a baby shower. The

shower helps the new mother with baby clothes and other necessary

items. I wonder if Marys relatives were able to provide her with some

of the necessary baby items as she and Joseph began their journey to Bethlehem.

Distinguished persons in the East were

greeted with gifts. Three wise men travel to

Bethlehem bearing gifts. They are highly

respected men, educated, students of philos-

ophy, nature, astrology. Some even call them

kings. They had heard of Israel's expectation

of a Messiah. They studied the stars and the

prophesies. The expectation was well-known

by surrounding neighbors: Persia, Chaldea,

Mesopotamia and Arabia. An unusual and

bright star appears in the heavens. The three

wise men travel west to Judea. No obstacles

impede their journey. They hurry to

Bethlehem, and lo, in a poor stable, they find

the infant Jesus. They prostrated themselves

and did Him homage. Then they opened theirtreasures and offered him gifts of gold, frank-

incense and myrrh (Mt. 2:11). Gold for the

King. Incense for God. Myrrh for the Man.

Our journey to Christmasthe birth of our

Lord Jesus Christbegan with St. Phillip's

Fast November 15th. This is a time of peni-

tence and lasts until the Eve of Christmas.

Voluntary abstinence (meatless meals) and

acts of penance (prayer, fasting, charitable

works) are encouraged. Absti-nence from

meat, and one full meal and a snack (milk

products allowed according to local custom)

is permitted on Christmas Eve.

And as we prepare to celebrate Christmas

again, we think of gifts. But what gifts will

we offer Jesus? Already the psalmist KingDavid (Ps. 71 [72]:10) and the Prophet Isaiah

(6:16) had foretold the gifts of the wise men.

The pagan world pays homage to the Lord.

What about us? What will we give Jesus? Can

we do no less? You know what gift God wants

most? God wants you and me.

Believe it or not, we also can bring gold. Who? How? Gold is brought by those

who offer for the glory of God and in the service of their neighbor their resources

and goods. Helping the needy is gold. Do many people offer gold to the Lord?

Unfortunately more is squandered on worthless and fleeting things. Such is our atti-

tude to the One who became poor although He was rich, so that by His poverty

you might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9).

And who offers the Lord frankincense? Frankincense is offered by those who use

their talents and abilities to praise God and for the benefit of their neighbor. Talents

and abilities are not bought. They are more precious than silver and gold. They are

God-given gifts. Using them properly pleases the Lord like fragrant incense. All of

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The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immacu-

late Conception in Palatine, Illinois, is looking

forward to its 50th anniversary. There is consid-

erable growth of parishioners yearly, and that is how

the idea of construction of a new church came to life.The first important step forward

was taken in September of

2011, when Patriarch Sviato-

slav visited the Parish and

blessed the cornerstone which

will become a part of the new

church.

The Parish opened its door to

the 50th jubilee with a Fall

Festival on October 28, 2012.

Many parishioners took an

active part in preparation for the

Festival and even more came to visit.

It was a great honor to have His Grace, Bishop

Richard celebrate the Divine Liturgy, in which he had

special greetings for our priests, Archpriest Mykhailo

Kuzma, Father Andrew Plishka and our parishioners.

Afterwards, all guests came to enjoy great ethnic food,

live music and dance. All income from the Fall Fest

will go towards the construction of the new church.

us have received certain talents. Therefore we all have

the responsibility to use these talents, to bring incense

to the Lord.

The third gift which the wise men brought to Jesus in

Bethlehem was myrrh, possibly the best gift. Who

offers this gift today? Myrrh, like incense, is fragrant.

But myrrh is also bitter. It may well represent our

afflictions, our sorrows, our anxieties. Preoccupations

that laden our day. It is clear who offers myrrh to the

Lord. The one who has had a bad day or suffers a

tragedy, the one who is unjustly accused, the lonely

and the sick, and who do not despair but place all their

hope in the Lord, in His healing grace, Myrrh can be

bitter, but it is sweetened by the Lord. Not all under-stand this. Blessed are they who understand and accept

it for they offer a precious gift to Jesus. They offer Him

fragrant myrrh.

We, your bishops, hope and pray that you may be

able to renew yourself during this season of prepara-

tion for the birth of our Lord. Before we celebrate

Christmas, prepare yourself and become precious gifts

of gold, frankincense and myrrh for the Lord.

+Sefa Srka

Metropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia

+Rchard Semack

Eparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago

+Paul Chmycky, oSBM

Eparch of Stamford

+Jh Bura

Apostolic Administrator

Eparchy of St Josaphat in Parma

November, 2012

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During a meeting between the leader of the

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch

Sviatoslav and top officials of the United

States Embassy on November 10, the hierarch greet-

ed Americans on the oc-

casion of the re-election

of Barack Obama as

President and wished him

success in his work.

The meeting was at-

tended by US Ambas-

sador for special issues,

Melanne Verveer; Am-

bassador Extraordinary

and Plenipotentiary of

the United States to

Ukraine, John Teft; representative of the United

States State Department, Justin Sosne; political

counselor of the Embassy of the United States in

Ukraine, Elizabeth Zentos; and other officials.

The patriarch expressed his solidarity with the cit-

izens of the USA who were affected by Hurricane

Sandy.

The American officials

inquired of the primate about

freedom, particularly, religious

freedom in Ukraine. The hier-

arch told them about the unique

experience of the activity of the

All-Ukrainian Council of

Churches and Religious Organ-

izations. He also expressed his

concern over the passed alter-

ations to the Law on the

Freedom of Worship envisaged

by Bill 10221.

Information Department of the UGCC.

Pararch greeed USA afer Presdeal Elecs

Pararch Csles Amercas Affeced By Hurrcae Sady

In condolence letters to the Metropolitan of Phil-

adelphia, Stefan (Soroka); Roman Catholic

Arcbish-op of New York, Cardinal Timothy

Dolan; and Am-bassador to Ukraine John Tefft, the

leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church,

Sviatoslav (Shev-chuk) offered his deep condolences

to the people of the United States, including Greek

Catholics, who were affected by Hurricane Sandy, the

UGCC website reports.

Patriarch Sviatoslav says he personally prays for

the American victims.

We pray for the merciful Lord to protect you from

all the distress associated with natural disasters, and

to give you the strength needed to recover from the

devastation, reads the letter.

Addressing Ambassador John Tefft, Patriarch

Sviatoslav said: We unite our prayers with those

around the world, which ask the Lord to comfort

those affected by the devastation and destruction of

their homes, businesses, towns and villages as a

result of Hurricane Sandy.

The Patriarch asked God for His blessing and pro-

tection for all who provide support to victims and

help the recovery.

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ICON AND RELICS OF BLESSED BISHOP MARTYR

THEODORE ROMZHA DISPLAYED FOR PUBLICVENERATION: In Evpatoria, Rev. Bohdan, pastor, to-gether with Rev. Mykhailo Valiyon from the town ofPidvolochysk of the UGCC Ternopil-Zboriv Archeparchycelebrated Vespers glorifying St. Theodore. After Rev.Mykhailo Valiyon summarized the life and martyrdom ofSt. Theodore, the parishioners, venerated the icon and therelics.

UGCC Department of Information

THE SPECIAL ACADEMIC PROGRAM OF PAS-

TORAL CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARING

IMPAIRMENTS DISCUSSED IN THE UGCC: Thosemeetings will take the form of seminar-presentation withthe report about the current challenges for the Church toprovide the service to those who cannot hear. Among the

main topics for the discussion there will be such issues as:who deaf person is; what the deafness is when in theologi-cal terms; provision of the service for deaf of the UniversalChurch; the experience of the UGCC Center of Pastoral

Care for People with Hearing ImpairmentsNadiya, estab-lishment of the religious community of deaf people and thecare of the deaf person.

In order to assist to the participants of the seminar, somespecial materials on this topic will be offered. Those arethe two books: Service, where no Birds Sing and To See--Means to Pray. They contain the documents of the Church,conference proceedings, the testimony of the deaf regar-ding modern approaches to the ministry in the Church.

Those meetings will become an opportunity to presentand to make popular this special type of pastoral careamong a wide range of people who are interested, as wellas to seek volunteers, resources for such an interaction andservice in the Church.

Fr. Oleh Lazurkevych, Program Manager

MEMORIAL OF BLESSED JOHN PAUL II ADDED

TO U.S. LITURGICAL CALENDAR: WASHING-TON, D.C., (Zenit.org).- The Vatican Congregation for

Divine Worship has approved insertion of the optional

memorial of Blessed John Paul II in the proper calen-

dar of the [Latin Rite] dioceses of the United States. It

also has provided the proper liturgical texts for obser-

vance of the Memorial in the Mass and Divine Office.

The U.S. bishops last November voted overwhelm-

ingly to request the addition of the popular pope, who

reigned for 27 years, into the U.S. liturgical calendar

[of the Latin Rite].

The Office of Readings includes an excerpt from

Pope John Paul's homily at his inauguration as pope in

1978, when he stressed "Do not be afraid, Open, I say

open wide the doors for Christ." The message became

one of the signature statements of his papacy.The biographical piece in the Divine Office high-

lights the pope's pastoral visits around the world, his

participation in the Second Vatican Council, and his

zeal for families, young people and the sick. It also

noted his promotion of the Catechism of the Catholic

Church and the new Code of Canon Law.

UGCC APPEALS GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

TO RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE ROLE OF UKRAIN-

IAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (UCU) IN UK-

RAINES EDUCATION SPHERE: The document alsoemphasizes that the Church would not stand aside if

there were to be injustices committed towards UCU.

The Synod expresses its solidarity with the UCU

community in realizing its mission as a university and

urges all UGCC faithful and people of good will to sup-

port it in different ways.

The hierarchs note that UCU

is undergoing rapid growth.

Through the support of peoplefrom Ukraine and the whole

world, a unique student Col-

legium was built, which is the

second building, following the

present Church of Martyrs,

around which the university campus will be construct-

ed. There are new departments and professional

schools planned; new scholarly and publication proj-

ects have begun. The University has a long-term influ-

ence on complicated social issues. The Synod is grate-

ful to all the contributors and appeals to them to contin-

ue supporting UCU.

UGCC underlines that today the University is lay-

ing the foundations for the renewal and development of

the theological selfhood of the whole Kyiv Christi-

anity.

UGCC Bishops support UCU plan to have a full

cycle of theological education which should culminate

in doctoral programs in theology, church history and

church law. Also UCU is approaching the final

approval of the development of a study research pro-

gram on Kyiv Christianity and the Uniate Tradition.

This program should strengthen the prophetic voice

of the Kyiv Church and contribute towards the unifica-

tion of Ukrainian Churches of Volodymyrs Baptism,

emphasized the Bishops.

Note that that it has been twenty years since the

beginning of the process of restoring the Lviv The-

ological Academy (LTA) and ten years since the inau-

guration of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.


WOODEN CHURCH BURNT IN VINNYTSIA RE-

GION: In the village of Torchyn of Vinnytsia Region,unknown persons stole the iconostasis from an old

Orthodox Church and then burnt the building. Accord-

ing to SN this is the preliminary version of the fire.

The wooden church was set on flames approximately

at 2 a.m. but the fire was discovered only after two

hours. The church burnt down

Fire fighters from three neighboring districts came to

extinguish the fire. According to them, the wooden

church was under their close supervision. The version

of wiring short circuit is discarded by them. The priests

state that there were several antique icons.

RISU

ECUMENICAL MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HOLO-

DOMOR VICTIMS IN TOKYO: The St. Jude Missionof the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate

hosted an Ecumenical Memorial Service in commemo-

ration of those who perished in the Holodomor, the arti-

ficial famine-genocide which the Soviet government

conducted to kill millions in Ukraine in 1932-33.

People of all faiths were welcome.

A panakhida for the repose of the souls of all victims

of the genocide was served at the request of His Excel-

lency Mykola Kulinich, Ambassador Plenipotentiary of

Ukraine to Japan, who was in official attendance.

The service was held at St. Alban's Anglican Church

Kamiyacho (near Tokyo Tower) on Friday, November23, 2012.

POPE ANNOUNCES SPECIAL MISSION TO ASSIST

SYRIAN REFUGEES: VATICAN CITY, (Zenit.org).-Pope Benedict XVI announced he has entrusted

Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical

Council Cor Unum to a special mission in Lebanon to

meet with pastors, faithful and refugees from Syria.

During his weekly General Audience, the Holy

Father expressed his great concern for "the violent con-

flict in Syria, where the fighting has not ceased and

each day the toll of victims rises." The Pope also

lamented the suffering of so many civilians who have

been forced to abandon their homes and flee the coun-

try.

The Holy Father had originally planned for a delega-

tion comprised of Synod Fathers to visit Syria as a sign

of solidarity to the Christians communities present, but

"due to a variety of circumstances and developments"

it was not possible for the visit.Pope Benedict went on to announce his appointment

of Cardinal Sarah to meet with Syrian refugees in

Lebanon.

Junno Arocho

BENEDICT XVI EXPRESSES SADNESS UPON

DEATH OF BULGARIAN PATRIARCH MAXIM:VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org).- Pope Benedict XVI sent

a telegram of condolence upon hearing of the death of

Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim, Metropolitan of Sofia.

In his message, sent to His Emmince, Grigorij Di

Veliko Trnovo, Interim President of the Holy Synod of

the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Father

expressed deep sadness for the passing of this "beloved

brother in Christ", who during the time of his life hadcultivated good relations with the Catholic church.

The Pope assured the Orthodox Church and its faith-

ful, and assured his

prayers in this time of

great sorrow.

"On behalf of the

Catholic Church, I

want to assure you, as

to all the bishops,

priests and faithful of

the Orthodox Church

of Bulgaria, I join you

in your pain through

prayer" the Pope said.

The 85-year old

Pontiff concluded thetelegram saying: In

renewing my condolences and assureing you of my

remembrance and my prayers, please accept, Your

Eminence, the expression of my sincere greetings in

Christ.

Pietro Gennarini

PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO REMEMBER VICTIMS OF

HOLODOMOR LAUNCHED IN UKRAINE: At a meet-ing of November 6, the members of the Public

Committee for Remembrance of the Victims of the

Holodomor of 1932-1933 passed a plan of events held

on November 24, on the Day of Remembrance of the

Victims of the Great Famine.

Radio Freedom learnt from the CommitteesCoordinator, a historian, Volodymyr Viatrovych that

the goal of this years campaign is to tell about people

who saved their fellow-countrymen from death of

hunger. According to the historian, the national mem-

ory of Holodomor will be incomplete without the

knowledge of the names of at least some of such right-

eous people.

The Public Committee addressed workers of the edu-

cational field with a proposal to conduct during the

remembrance week on November 19-23 lessons of

remembrance and to engage schoolchildren and stu-

dents in public events on the Day of Remembrance of

the Victims of Holodomor.

The Committee addressed the Ukrainian authorities

and representatives of various states to recognize

Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainianpeople at the international level and to hold appropriate

events to remember its victims.

CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION NEAR ST SO-

PHIA OF KYIV PROHIBITED: The Kyiv EconomicCourt of Appeal cancelled the decision of the Kyiv City

Council on the contract of the sale of the land plot in

the buffer zone of the St. Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv VI

reported with reference to Svidomo.

In May 2011, the Committee of the Kyiv City

Council on legitimacy of the construction of buildings

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in the center of the city decided that it is

necessary to stop immediately the con-struction of the more than 300-foot tall

elite building near the St. Sophia

Cathedral.

However, on February 18, 2012, the

construction was resumed. In April

2012, Oleksandr Popov promised to stop

the construction. According to the

lawyer Soloviova, who defends the

interests of local residents, no work has

been carried out for the last two months.

RISU

DAYS OF SPIRITUAL RENEWAL FOR

UGCC PRIESTS HELD IN MADRID:

The main themes of the spiritual retreatis the new evangelization, life by the

Holy Sacraments and role of lay people

in the work of evangelization.

The new evangelization is oriented

especially to people who distanced

themselves from the Church and do not

practice the Christian life even though

they were baptized in order to help them

meet with the Lord again. Today, it is

very important to remember that,

according to the teaching of the 2nd

Vatican Council, the Lord wishes to

extend his kingdom through lay people,

the Kingdom of truth and life, holiness

and grace, justice, love and peace, saidthe hierarch.

ROMAN AND GREEK CATHOLIC

BISHOPS GATHER IN LVIV-BRIUKH-

OVYCHI FOR JOINT RETREAT: OnNovember 12 at the Major Seminary of the

Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic

Church in Lviv-Briukhovychi began a joint

retreat of Roman and Greek Catholic bish-

ops. According to the Catholic Media

Center, a majority of bishops from both

Churches came to the retreat. The subject

of the event is Give Us Faith.

The retreat is led by Bishop Krzysztof

Nitkiewicz, Ordinary of the Diocese ofSandomierz in Poland, who has long-

worked in the Congregation for Eastern

Churches. This is the second joint retreat

of bishops from Eastern and Western

Churches in Ukraine. The event ended on

November 14, with a joint meeting of the

bishops of the Roman Catholic and Greek

Catholic Churches in Ukraine.

On November 15, the 40th Plenary

Meeting of the Conference of Bishops of

the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine

was held in Lviv-Briukhovychi


By the time this is printed, all of uswhether we

follow the Gregorian or the Julian calendar

will have entered the pre-Christmas St. Philips

Fast. While merchants are focused on trying to sell us

things so that they can make money and end the year

in the black, we prayerfully contemplate a birth

which took place in Bethlehem two millennia ago.We Byzantines focus on the mystery revealed in the

Nativity icon, of a God Who becomes manifest thanks

to the cooperation of a virgin-mother; awestruck, we

find this mystery reflected in a poem by Robert Cra-

shaw:

Welcome, all Wonders in one sight!

Eternity shut in a span.

Summer in winter, day in night,

Heaven in earth, and God in man.

Great little One! Whose all-embracing birth

Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth.

The Western tradition, on the other hand, has been

strongly influenced by St. Francis of Assisi, who focuses

rather on the humanity of the Baby Jesusalong with

all the sights and smells associated with the NativityScene which he popularized, and which has made its

way even into our Byzantine churches. The Western

vision comes out clearly in two traditional French carols.

In one, its sensory overload as the stage is set:

Shepherds, what is this pleasant aroma

That fills all our senses?

What a brilliant light,

Striking our eyes this night

Great God! What do I hear in the sky?

What voices! My ears have never heard

Such a glorious concert

In the other, the focus is on the cute little baby :

How beautiful, how charming He is

How sweet, the Divine Child!

Obviously, the Eastern and the Western traditions

present two very different interpretations of the same

picture. In this season when we focus on the coming of

a Child, my mind turns to two other very different

images of what is means to be a child.

The first image comes to me from my summer work

with Mother Teresas brothers. I went with them as

they took some of the homeless people to whom they

minister out into the country in order to offer them a

respite from the squalor and chaos of their lives. It

should come as no surprise that the brokenness of the

peoples lives comes out in their behavior. This was

most apparent with two of the people, who were

referred to as our two babies: when something dis-

pleased them, they would scream or pout or straight out

misbehave until they got their way from worn-down

people who just threw up their hands and gave them

whatever they wanted. Have you ever witnessed a child

throwing such a tantrum in a supermarket or in a

restaurant? Well, our two babies did much the same

thing. Father Tom Glynn (of happy memory, alas!)used to refer to this as the King Baby Syndrome:

babies are basically very egotistical, expecting that

everything and everyone around them exists only for

their pleasure, and so the babies call their servants to

attention with their screams. We mature adults have

learned not to shriek in public, but that doesnt mean

weve outgrown the King Baby stage; au contraire:

we find other, subtler ways to manipulate people into

giving us what we want. Babies of the world unite!

My other image grows out of my experience at the

episcopal ordination of +Borys Gudziak in Lviv. Since

+Borys has been serving as rector of the Ukrainian

Catholic University, the university community was

involved in every aspect of the celebration. An important

ministry associated with the university is its connection

with lArchean organization whereby people with

mental handicaps receive help within a life-giving com-

munity. In Lviv, I was bowled over by the openness and

warmth and joy of those simple, child-like souls at

whom our society often looks askance. In the handi-capped, I was able to understand what Jesus meant when

He said unless you become like little children, you can-

not enter the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18: 3).

Voil two very different versions of what it means to

be babythe first showing us selfish people who are

only interested in themselves, the other showing us

people whose simplicity makes them open not only to

receiving love, but also to sharing it; which example

we choose to follow depends upon our free will. Script-

ure provides us with one more image to help us make

a choice which will benefit not only us, but also all

those around us:

The wolf will live with the lamb,

and the leopard will lie down

with the young goat;

the calf and the young lion willfeed together, and a little child

will lead them.

(Isaiah 11:6)

On the first Christmas, choirs of

angels in the heavens sang Peace

on earth, good will to all. May we

choose to live in a way consistent

with that heavenly vision!Joyeux

Nol!

Hey, Baby!

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Do not be so quick to blame the priest

for raising the price for the candles.

Poor Father! He does not manufacture

the candlesbut buys them from suppli-

ers, who charge your parish for them.

Perhaps it would be good to know that

there are specifications for the candles

used, and the suppliers struggle to pro-

vide a quality candle at as reasonable a

cost as possible. As with everything else,

the expense for the material (wax/con-tainers/shipping) for the candles has

escalated. He's probably noted that over

time, costs have exceeded what people

were offering for them. Rather than

deplete the parish treasury, a decision

had to be made to either eliminate can-

dles altogether, or find a way to be a

watchful steward of the (cash) resources

of the parish, and make adjustments to

insure that overlooking the shortfall does

not result in a drain on the parish's fi-

nances, a far greater calamity!

Remember, too, he cannot buy just any

old candle that might be available at a

low-cost bargain store. While seemingly

cost-effective in allowing a favorable re-

turn on dollars spent, the use of cheap,

petroleum-based paraffin candles is not a

satisfactory solution. The low-quality

material produces sooty residue that man-

ages to settle on the surface of the build-

ingwalls, ceiling, floors, windows and

the furnishingsthe iconostas, icons,

even the Holy Table and the pews. Bottlesblackened by burnt wax are a signal

that a temporary saving money tactic

has damaging results in the long run.

Besides, the candles are burned as a

symbol of the sacrifice you make to have

your prayer petition put before the

Throne of God. Realize, too, that as a sac-

rifice, the sum offered is not a price

charge for a material commodity (wax),

but for a spiritual request of a benevolent

and loving God. Think, too, that the time-

less God does not calculate how manyhours that a candle burns when respond-

ing to your pleabut to the element of

faith you have placed in the act of putting

flame to wick in order to make a burnt-

offering. A votive candle may burn for

two, four, six, eight or ten hoursslender

tapers for an hour or so. The prayer they

carry is not for a limited time, but become

part of eternity. So if your new candle

burns for three days or six is immateri-

alif your sacrifice is truly that. If, in

your circumstance you must forgo a lux-

ury or unnecessary indulgence to be able

to come up with an extra dollar for a can-

dlethen sacrifice is that much more a

real experience for you.Consider, too, God gives you every-

thingever so lavishlyand to quibble

about how much it costs to support His

Church really misses the point. Can you

really choose to be cheap or stingy with

God? Why would you want to? Perhaps

because somehow priorities may have

somehow been skewed by a commercial-

ized profit-based outlook.

Look at the Christmas Gift you receive

this monthEternal God, Who has come

to Earth to sanctify and save us from allcares of life. Then see if your concern

over such a materialistic attitude is in har-

mony with that!

Our churches in America were built

with dollars from faith-filled, grateful

people who settled for nickels and dimes

to live on, repaying God first. Maybe too

much of a good thing is

not a good thing in itself.

And that added dollar

suggested offering for a

candle is just that, a sug-

gestion. You could even

give more!

Wy?/Wy: By Fr Denny Molitvy

continued from page 12

Send your questions to:Fr Denny Molitvy

2245 W Rice St

Chicago, IL 60622,

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Acommon question asked of reli-

gious scholars is, What would

Jesus do, or say if He were here

now? This is a strange question be-

cause Jesus is Here. There is not justone way that Jesus is present here to us

but He comes to us in a myriad

of ways. As the community cel-

ebrates the Liturgy, we are

reminded of His presence

among us.

As we begin, the celebrant

makes the sign of the Cross

with the Gospel Book over the

altar. The Gospel Book con-

tains only the four gospels and

as such is considered a presence

of Christ in the Church. The

sign of the Cross is the common way in

which one begins a prayer. The Liturgy

is our prayer. It is not just the prayer ofthe priest but of the entire community.

All prayer is the action of a community

and not a lone individual. Even in our

private prayers we pray as a member of

the Church and the Holy Spirit moves us

inwardly toward the Father. Since the

Spirit is infinite, the Spirit is in constant

continuous movement. As St. Isaac the

Syrian reminds us, When the Spirit

takes is dwelling place in a person, they

do not cease to pray, because the Spirit

will constantly pray in them. Then nei-

ther when they sleep, nor when they are

awake, will prayer be cut off from their

soul; but when they eat and when theydrink, when they lie down, or when they

do any work, even when they are

immersed in sleep, the perfumes of

prayer will breathe in their heart sponta-neously. Since the time we were

immersed in the waters of Baptism, the

Spirit has taken up residence within us.

During those times, when we find it dif-

ficult to pray because of the weight of

the world, the Spirit intercedes for us

with groans that words cannot express.

(Romans 8:26) Prayer is just one of the

times our minds are focused directly on

the presence of Christ.

During the Liturgy, we are reminded

of our prayers upward ascent through

the use of incense. In the Book of

Revelation we read that the angels hold

bowls filled with incense, which are theprayers of the holy ones.. (Rev. 5:8) As

with many other scents, our minds

are brought to another place or to a

memory of something long ago. A

smell of roses can awaken in the

heart a feeling of romantic love or

ones mother. The smell of incense

can awaken in our hearts the sense

of being in the presence of God. As

Ukrainian Catholics, we remember

from our history the representa-

tives of Volodymyr the Great who

went to Constantinople. When they

entered the Church of Holy Wisdom,

they wrote that they did not know if they

were in heaven or on the earth. One ofthe things that gave them a sense of the

heavenly was incense.

Based upon this experience, it became

part of our tradition that the as one enters

the Church, they leave behind all earth-

ly cares for they mystically represent

the cherubim, the angels around the

throne of God. As the faithful enter

Church, one leaves the world and enters

heaven. Heaven by definition is wher-

ever God dwells. Our Church, both the

building and the people, is where God

dwells on the earth. It is for this reason

that the internal colors are bright and

usually have a goldish tint as a reminder

of the reflection of the divine light. Our

senses, smell and sight, tell us that we

are in the presence of the divine.We are also reminded of the presence

of Christ in the Gospel reading. We

stand to hear Christ Himself share His

Good News. Moses and Aaron fell face

down when they saw the glory of God,

as did Joshua and other holy ones of

Israel. Even Peter fell to the ground at

the Transfiguration when he beheld the

glory of God. After the Resurrection,

God shared His nature with us allowing

us to participate in the divine life.

Because God dwells within us, we stand

in the presence of God during the read-

ing of the Gospel and in the reception of

the Eucharist. Our standing does not

show a lack of respect but is done as anaffirmation that as Jesus raised up Adam

and Eve, as we see in the Resurrection

icon, Jesus has raised us up. We no

longer take the position of slaves and

sinners. We stand to say with our bodies

that we are no longer slaves to sin and

death. We stand in the presence of God.

Rev. Jonathan K. Morse, PhD


God the Father begets His Son in an eternal

relationship of love. The Son gives Himself

totally in thanksgiving-love to the Father.

All creation is made subject to the Son and is trans-

formed by the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory

of God. We are called to participate in this very life

of God. We were made a little less than the angels

for a little while. But now God has subjected all

things under our feet. We are created to be free-

willed loving beings and to participate in God's cre-

ation of life. We extend life to one another by our

Christ-like life.

The co-creative work of billions of followers of

Christ in union with the Holy Spirit is

turning the sins in the world into the true

plan of God for his glory. We are chal-

lenged to do work that changes life for

the good.

There are many injustices and viola-

tions of human rights throughout the

world. We might read about them in the

comfort of our parishes. Some of these

conditions are severe. Millions of girls

in the developing world are forced into

childhood marriages, sexual slavery, violence and

abuse. Could we imagine our children deprived of

school, aborted because of their sex, and not be

moved by these tragedies? This is just one instance

of the problems in our world. As disciples of Christ

we can become aware of some of these travesties.

Our co-creativity together with God's grace must be

active in attacking such horrible violations of rights

among our neighbors.

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Office of Faith Formation

Co-Creativity

Quite some time ago, while visit-

ing the (OCA) Monastery of St

John Maximovich, I was bless-

ed with the obedience to travel to Trail,

Oregon, (about an hour out of Medford)

to help organize and repair the physical

plant of the All Saints of Russia Skete,

the home and lifework repository of Fr

Andrei Urusov, SJ, ostensibly a monk of

the ROC (MP). He was a charactera

physically imposing old guy, well over

six-feet tall, which effect was enhanced

by his use of the crown (brimless) of

what seemed to be a black ten-gallon

Stetson hat as a skoufa. He would dothese great acrobatic leaps into the air,

shouting Barishnikov! He gave out

business cards identifying himself as

chaplain to the KGB, a not-so-subtle

reference to the fact that the Moscow

Patriarchate was part of the Office of

Scientific Athiesm, part of the Soviet

Government. His checks each month

came from the KGB. In my sinful and

ignorant opinion he was a great saint. He

was also a devoted scholar of very broad

interests, and so in a pre-digital era, he

was a great lover and collector of books.

Monastic poverty is pretty extreme

you don't really own or collect or amass

anything. The two basic exceptions/

loopholes allowed monks traditionally

are:

(1) Icons;

(2) Books.

Fr Andrei embraced both these excep-

tions with great enthusiasm. If some

benefactor noticed him shivering in the

winter cold and gave him some money

for a down jacket, he'd just go buy books

and live with the low temperatures. No

problem!Obviously he is one of my all-time

favorite monks, along with Antony of

Egypt, Moses the Ethiopian, John Cli-

macus, Nil Sokorsky, Seraphim of

Sarov, Benedict, Francis of Assisi, John

Cassian, and all the other heavyweights

enshrined in the Mount Athos Hall of

Fame.

When Fr Andrei reposed in the Lord

he left instructions that the physical

assets of his Skete should pass to St

John's Monastery.

We had to pack up the floor-to-ceil-

ing rows of books and convert the

rooms into a more family-friendly

environment. I made some walls, did

some drywall stuff and painting: things

like that. Fr Abbot Jonah (later OCA

Metropolitan) told me .I could loot the

library and iconography of several

boxes of books and icons and so I was

able to score a chapels worth of icons

and an amazingly helpful few book-

cases full of essential Patristics, The-

ology, Hagiography and ecclesiastic

standard texts.

This came in very handy when Ibecame a seriously isolated hermit-

monk out in the woods, the only

Eastern Catholic on an island. I'm in no

danger of running out of spiritual read-

ing material or reference sources any

time soon.

Along with all these books and icons,

I have obviously inherited Fr Andreis

mania for collecting more books, more

icons. Believe me, there are worse fates

one could embrace.

Before being kidnapped by the Holy

Spirit and becoming a monk, I experi-

mented with several addictions and

compulsions that invariably turned out

to be very poor choices.

So I thank Fr Andrei for illuminating

the way for me as I wait only a little

patiently for the next big Fiends of the

Library book sale. Be there or be

square.

O Lord, Save Your People and Bless Your Inheritance

The divie Liturgy as Goo news

As the faithful enter [the] church,

one leaves the orld and

enters heaven.

Heaven by definition is

herever God dells.

Our Church, both the

building and the people,

is here God dells on the earth.


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ncounter of the Eastern Catholic Churches contin-

ued during the week of October 11-14 at St. Mary

Byzantine Catholic Church in Hillsborough, New

Jersey. It welcomed 80 priests and deacons, spouses, ven-

dors and support staff who were in attendance for the

Clergy Conference on October 11-12, with an additional

185 faithful present for the Main Conference, October.

12-14.

Following the opening prayer service, Melkite Bishop

Nicholas Samra, chairperson, welcomed the participants

to the Encounter. Bishop Nicholas outlined the evolution

of the previous Encounters from the initial invitation, in

1999, from Cardinal Silvestrini for Eastern Catholic hier-

archs to get together, to subsequent meetings with hier-

archs and designated clergy and laity, to the present for-

mat of an encounter, open to all faithful focusing on the

leadership of the laity. He then went on to acknowledge

the Encounter 2012 National Committee members:

Father Gregory Noga and Dr. Barbara Yastishock Lutz,both of the Eparchy of Passaic, and Father John Lucas of

the Ukrainian Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago. Bishop

Samra then commended the organizational efforts of the

Regional Committee members which included: Father

Edward Cimbala, of the Eparchy of Passaic, coordinator

and host pastor; Father Vasile Colopenic of the Eparchy

of Stamford; Father George David of the Eparchy of St.

George in Canton; Dr. Barbara Lutz of the Eparchy of

Passaic; Father Gregory Noga of the Eparchy of Passaic;

Archimandrite Kenneth Sherman of the Eparchy of New-

ton; and Msgr. Peter Waslo of the Archeparchy of Phila-

delphia.

The first session began with a presentation by Father

Damon Geiger on Who is Church? A convert from

Lutheranism to Eastern Catholicism, Father Geiger

reflected on the sacramental nature of Christs Church. Is

the Church a sacrament that takes on institutional forms,

or an institution that has sacraments? he posited, citing

Bishop Kallistos Ware. Because the Church is a sacra-

ment, we must not allow ourselves to become distracted

by the solely human element of the Church so as to over-

look the divine, he said. He went on to say that the source

of our unity as Church is the Eucharist. Yet, in American

culture today, the sense of the sacramental nature of the

Church is becoming more obscured. There is less and less

a concept of acts of the Church, while more and more

faith and spirituality are seen as personal expressions. In

this regard, we are experiencing a privatization of

sacraments and religion, he noted, yet the whole purpose

of the Church is communion with God, the Church and

one another.

The second session was delivered by Dr.

Maureen Daddona, professor emeritus of HumanGenetics with a doctorate in Neuroendocrinolo-

gy, who spoke on the topic of the Activity of the

Royal Priesthood. Dr. Daddona noted that

through the mysteries of initiation (Baptism,

Chrismation and Eucharist), laity and clergy

alike are anointed and given the mandate to go

forth and make the will of God resound in the

communities of the world. Baptism, the recep-

tion of Eucharist, and Chrismation unite all

members of the church into the royal priesthood

by our sharing of the Divine Nature and our call

to be sent out as apostles of the sacred truth. In

this regard, she shared her professional and personal

experiences of the transforming power of the Eucharist.

She also stressed the importance of sharing this reality of

faith with an increasing number of young people who

have no affiliation with religion, but consider themselves

to be spiritual. If we are the Church, she said, and if we

are the royal priesthood, then our responsibility is to bring

the light to young people because we are as vital to their

salvation as they are to ours.

The third session was delivered by Sister Marla Marie

Lucas, a Maronite Sister of Christ the Light, who spoke

on the Blueprint for Church Growth. Sister Marla

observed that in America today, we are in a crisis of

faith, and used the model of Christian community found

in Acts 2: 42-47 as the basis for her reflections. Sister

Marla reminded her listeners that in every encounter with

the Risen Christ, our faith can be renewed in wholeness

and splendor. She also noted that, during the forthcom-

ing Year of Faith proclaimed by the Holy Father, we canall respond to our call to be credible, joy-filled witness-

es, and re-learn how to share and profess our faith. As

missionaries of the New Evangelization, we are all called

to reach out to lapsed Catholics, recalling that the church

exists to evangelize. This, she stressed, is not the work of

the clergy alone; rather, it is the urgent and awesome

responsibility of the laity who are co-responsible for the

church along with the clergy. Change begins from with-

in, she said, and by deepening our intimacy with Christ,

we change the Church.

The main session was delivered by Bishop Peter

Libasci, Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire. His

main address was very well-received and some even com-

mented that it was reminiscent of the preaching of Bishop

Fulton J. Sheen. Bishop Libasci, who is bi-ritual and cel-

ebrates the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Catholic

Ruthenian Church, spoke on The How and the What

of Lay Leadership. He touched his audience with his

recitation of the prayers of vesting for Byzantine clergy.

He then stated that being clothed in Christ is the vest-

ment common to us all. He said that the faithful should

wear their faith on their sleeve, for if its in the heart, its

going to show and lay ministry is about sharing a mes-

sage of hope. He reminded people to pray publicly. Say

your prayers at McDonalds, he said, and be willing to

share your faith with your neighbors because you dont

have to be a theologian to do such things. He said lay

ministry is about reminding people that beyond civil law,

there is Gods law: of charity, forgiveness and mercy and

about sharing a faith that reminds there is a tomorrow

and brings a message of hope. Bishop Peter displayed a

passionate love for his role as shepherd, but he closed

with the reminder that even the shepherd-bishop begins as

one who is baptized. All you who have been baptized

into Christ have been clothed in Christ.

The final session was delivered by Bishop Nicholas

Samra, bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of

Newton, who addressed the participants just prior to their

departure. His presentation was appropriately entitled,

Servant LeadershipBe All You Can Be; we are not fin-

ished yet. Bishop Nicholas began his presentation with

an outline of the development of the three structural

offices of the churchbishop, priest, deaconand noted

their connection to the purpose of service to Gods people.

Bishop Nicholas also challenged his listeners to reflect on

what are Gods desires for the Church. Then, drawing

from 1 Peter, Chapter 2, the bishop reflected on the

Church as a spiritual house built with living stones. He

then offered the reflection: What kind of stone are we?Are we living stones or inactive stones when it comes to

servant leadership in the Church? In this regard, he also

stressed the importance of

stewardship, as the heart of

being human, and the bot-

tom line principal of being

Christian. As Christian stew-

ards we will care for the

Church, strategically plan for

the future of the parish, not just

live week by week, and contin-

ually ask what does God

want? In this regard, Bishop

Nicholas said, we are not yet

finished, rather, the work of

servant leadership is contin-ued when you go home.

The hospitality of the volunteers of the host parish, St.

Mary Byzantine, was appreciated by all in attendance.

The modern and ample facilities allowed for vendor dis-

plays, dining facilities, liturgical celebrations and session

presentations all in one convenient and centrally-located

place. Moreover, the location of a Ukrainian Catholic

church next door, allowed for liturgical diversity within

walking distance. The homilists for the services and

Divine Liturgies echoed the themes of the session speak-

ers. During morning prayers, Maronite Bishop Gregory

Mansour noted that the Church exists to evangelize,

including to those already baptized through the New

Evangelization. Metropolitan Stefan Soroka of the

Ukrainian Catholic Church likewise challenged all to

reach out to the lost and lapsed of the faith; and Father

Edward Cimbala, administrator of the Eparchy of Passaic,

urged everyone to share their faith by passing it on from

one generation to the next. This message was visually

enhanced by the passing on of scrolls of faith which

Father Cimbala distributed and asked to be passed from

one person to the next.

That, indeed, is the message of the Encounterto

encounter Our Lord in a new and dramatic way and pass

on the treasure of faith to all around us.

The third and final session of Encounter 2012 was held

in El Segundo, Calif., November 2-4.

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On November 12, Bishop Michael Hryn-

chyshyn, Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians inFrance, Benelux and Switzerland, died at age

84.

Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn was born on February

18, 1929, in Buchanan, Canada. On July 28, 1946, he

took his monastic vows in the Redemptorist Order in

Yorkton. Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk consecrated him

as bishop on May 25, 1952 in Toronto. He ministered

in New York, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. In 1955 he

defended his doctoral work at the Pontifical Oriental

Institute in Rome. For a time he taught in seminaries in

Canada. Since 1970 has been a postulator in the beati-

fication process of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.

Between 1972 and 1981 he was the proto-hegumen for

Redemptorist Fathers in Canada and the United States.

On November 27, 1982, he was appointed Exarch for

Ukrainians in France.

May his memory be eternal!

New Star reported earlier that His Beatitude

Sviatoslav participated in the recent Synod of

Catholic Bishops in Romee. Concluding the

Synod of Bishops in Rome a number of proposals were

made and submitted to the Holy Father. These may resultin future statements, encyclical letters or documents.

Among these proposals are several of importance to

us, presented for your information. An unofficial English

translation is provided:

PROPOSITION3:

ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES

The Oriental Catholic Churches sui juris, which are

enlightened by Tradition that has been handed down from

the Apostles through the Fathers, are the patrimony of the

whole Church of Christ (cf. Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 2,

Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium, 39). These

Churches are part of the Apostolic heritage through which

the Good News was brought to far-off lands (cf.Ecclesia

in Medio Oriente, 88).

They are thankful for the possibility offered to them to

carry out their pastoral duties towards their migrant faith-

ful in countries with Latin Church traditions. They also

hope that their tradition might be more fully known and

respected among the faithful and clergy of particular

Churches around the world.

PROPOSITION4:

THE HOLY TRINITY

SOURCE OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

The Church and her evangelizing mission have their

origin and source in the Most Holy Trinity according tothe plan of the Father, the work of the Son, which culmi-

nated in his death and glorious Resurrection, and the

mission of the Holy Spirit. The Church continues this

mission of Gods love in our world.

Evangelization has to be understood in a broad and

profound theological-doctrinal framework as an activity

of word and sacrament which, especially through the

Eucharist, admits us to participation in the life of the

Trinity, and this then arouses through the grace of the

Holy Spirit the power to evangelize and to give witness

to the Word of God with enthusiasm and courage.

The New Evangelization recognizes the primacy of

Gods grace and how in baptism one comes to live in

Christ. This emphasis on divine filiation should bring the

baptized to a life of faith that clearly manifests their

Christian identity in all aspects of their personal activity.

PROPOSITION5:

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

AND INCULTURATION

Jesus offers the gift of the Holy Spirit and reveals to us

the love of the Father.

The New Evangelization is a time of awakening, of

new encouragement and new witness that Jesus Christ is

the center of our faith and daily life. It calls on everymember of the Church to a renewal of faith and an actual

effort to share it.

It also requires discerning the signs of the times in the

world that impacts the ministry of the Church and in the

different particular Churches in their proper territories.

Among these signs one needs to recognize certainly a

growing awareness of people to the changing circum-

stances of life today.

Furthermore it calls the Church to reach out to those

who are far from God and the Christian community to

invite them to once again hear the Word of God in order

to encounter the Lord Jesus in a new and profound way.

The New Evangelization calls for particular attention

to the inculturation of the faith that can transmit the

Gospel in its capacity to value what is positive in every

culture, at the same time, purifying it from elements that

are contrary to the full realization of the person accord-

ing to the design of God revealed in Christ. Inculturation

involves the effort to have the Gospel take flesh in each

peoples culture (CCC, 854).

On November 12, 2012, when the New Calendar

commemorates the memory of St. Josaphat,

Archbishop of Polotsk and a martyr for

Christian unity, the Ukrainian community gathered for a

Eucharistic prayer by his relics that rest in the worlds

main Catholic Basilica. The Pontifical Liturgy was led

by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, UGCC press service

informs.

Con-celebrants were: Father Superior of the Basilian

Order of St. Josaphat, Rev. Geneziy Viomar; Co-ordina-

tor of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic clergy in Italy, Rev.

Marko Yaroslav Semehen; rectors of the Papal Ukrainian

Colleges and more than fifty priests who serve or studyin Italy as well as representatives of various orders of

other Catholic Churches. The joint prayer led by the

seminary choir of the Papal Colleges in Rome was joined

by seminarians, religious and numerous laity.

The commemoration and veneration of the memory of

this Saint Bishop Martyr, according to the words of His

Beatitude, is a celebration of a particular truth, which

belongs to one of the significant truths of the Christian

faith. It means, he explained, the truth about Christs

Church, and especially, the Churchs teaching about the

communion of the saints. The preacher explained that

Christs Church, as the Body of Christ, encompasses not

only the traveling Church that through historical events

is heading towards the heavenly fatherland, but it also

includes the brothers and sisters who have gone into

eternity but are also heading towards eternal bliss.

However, especially today, we relive the truth that

together with you as an integral part of Christs Church,

there is also the Church glorified, the one with the end-

less number of saints in heaven, that today is right now

together with us in this holy cathedral, during this Divine

Liturgy, said His Beatitude Sviatoslav, adding that the

saints are not just a reminder of the past, about long past

famous and tragic events, since saints are the eternal

Gods now in the Body of Christs Church.

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On November 4, in the Patriarchal Cathedral of

Christs Resurrection, Patriarch Sviatoslav,

ordained six deacons, including one, Ihor

Lepskyi, for serving in Moldova.

The ceremony was attended by the Roman Catholic

Bishop Antoni Kosza who provides pastoral care forall the Catholics in Moldova, there to receive another

minister for Greek Catholics in Moldova during the

liturgy, commented His Beatitude.

According to the Primate, the fact that new deacons

were ordained is a joy first of all for the Kyiv

Archeparchy. Thank you for leaving the well-kept

Galician parishes and coming to serve here, in the cen-

tral and eastern Ukraine. Thank your wives who fol-

lowed you, the Primate addressed the newly-ordained

deacons and their relatives.

Bishop Antoni addressed Patriarch Sviatoslav to

thank him: Our faithful Greek Catholics are truly

grateful to you and we invite you to visit our flock as

soon as possible and ordain Deacon Ihor Presbyter. In

the future we wish to support and develop the Catholic

faith in the Moldovian land. We want as many priests

there as possible and so your patronage is very neces-

sary. Therefore, we ask you to stay with us and help us

in our needs.


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The press service of the Ukrainian

Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patri-

archate (UOC-KP) published aresponse of the Head of the Ukrainian

Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch

Sviatoslav to the Head of UOC-KP,

Patriarch Filaret regarding the position of

UGCC on the effectiveness of the

Sacrament of baptism in UOC-KP.

This official letter was sent by Patriarch

Sviatoslav in response to a letter of

Patriarch Filaret of October 20 where he

addressed the Greek Catholic leader on

behalf of the Holy Synod of UOC-KP

with a request to express the official posi-

tion of UGCC on the Sacrament of

Baptism administered by UOC-KP.

The response of the Greek Catholicleader says: As regards the sacrament of

Baptism, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Church as a successor of the Kyivan

Church observes the Tradition of the

undivided Church of the First Millennium

in agreement with the Roman Catholic

Church and the Orthodox Churches in

this regard. According to the practices

established in the first centuries of Chris-

tianity, in accordance with the Apostles

Creed, Dogmas of the Church and Canon

Law of the Eastern Catholic Churches

(see Canon 672 of CCEC), we recognize

that it is not appropriate to administer the

Sacrament of Baptism again if it was onceadministered effectively. It was repeated-

ly confirmed in the Catechism of our

Church Christ is our Pascha (see items

415 and 423 for example).

As regards the conditions of the effec-

tiveness (validity) of the Sacrament of

Baptism, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Church also observes the rules of the

undivided Church of the First Millen-

nium, which were confirmed in the

Manual on Application of Principles and

Norms of Ecumenism (1995) of the

Roman Apostolic Church. According to

this document of the Catholic Church, the

Sacrament of Baptism is consideredeffective in the Church communities

which administer it by water and with the

use of a formula clearly defining it as an

act of Baptism in the name of the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit (see Item 93-

95). As we know that according to the

liturgical books of UOC-KP, the Holy

sacrament of Baptism is to be adminis-

tered exactly in that way, we have no

doubts as to its effectiveness in that

Church community.

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Bshp vldymyr (Kybych) Cduced vsa BrazlThe first priest in the community was Father

Christopher Myskiw. In 1947, the school was built in

the parish (there were 29 families living in the village

at the time). Over the period from 1964 to 1972, when

Father Myron Baraniuk ministered at the parish, the

first wooden church was established.

The foundation stone for the construction of a new

church was laid on the 10th of May, 2010, and one

year later, in May, the new church was consecrated.

Over the period of its existence, twelve priests minis-

tered in the parish, all of whom belonged to the

Basilian Order. The current priest Valdomyr Pastukh

was nominated for service on the 1st of April, 2012.

According to Fr. Valdomyr, a number of faithful

people coming to the church confess often. Liturgy iscelebrated on the second Sunday and on the second

Saturday of each month:says Bishop Volodymyr.

Aiding the priest, the Parish Council consists of six

people. The parishioners want, as soon as possible, to

build a fence around the church, to buy and to fix up

a bell-tower and to build a catechetical house".

The parish catechists often confer with the cate-

chists of Prudentpolis for advice. Local coordinator

of the catechists, Sr. Cirlena Belo, stresses the impor-

tance to catechize not only children, whose number is

25, but also parents. "They need to understand that

catechesis is something immensely important and it

should be treated seriously" says Sister. Moreover, in

the parish there is functioning a branch of Eucharistic

Youth Movement, named "Apostleship of Prayer",

which includes 107 parishioners and the Center for

Youth.

Currently, in the territory of the parish there are 76

families. The majority are busy growing tobacco. Dueto the poor road links, the youth leave the village. In

the village, there are almost no mobile phones func-

tioning, and the faithful people use neither computers

nor the Internet.

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople ap-

proved the election of Anthony (Shcherba) asnew Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox

Church of USA (in the jurisdiction of the Constantin-

ople Patriarchate), reported Sedmitsa.

The Extraordinary Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox

Church of the U.S.A. had elected, on Saturday October

6, 2012, His Eminence, Archbishop Anthony as Primate

(Metropolitan) of the UOC of USA. His Grace, Bishop

Daniel was also elected to fill the vacant office of

President of the Diocesan Consistory.

His Eminence, Metropolitan-Elect succeeds the late

Metropolitan Constantine who reposed in the Lord on

May 21, 2012.

John Scherba was born on January 30, 1947, to John

and Dorothy Scharba in Sharon, Pennsylvania, the eld-

est of five siblings and baptized on March 23, 1947. He

entered the St. Andrew College-Seminary as well as the

co-located University of Manitoba in Winnipeg,

Manitoba, Canada. In 1970, he graduated from the

University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in

Sociology degree,

On November 26, 1972, Deacon John was ordained

a priest, at his home parish, St. John the Baptist in

Sharon. Father John's first parish assignment, in

December 1972, was St. Vladimir Church in Ambridge,

Pennsylvania. He was later transferred to St. Michael

Parish in Hammond, Indiana.

Fr. John was tonsured a monk with the name Anthony,

after St. Anthony the Great. After his election Archi-

mandrite Anthony was consecrated a bishop on October

6, 1985 at St. Andrew Church in South Bound Brook,

New Jersey.

In 1989, Bishop. Anthony was assigned the additional

duties of overseeing the Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of

Australia and New Zealand in addition to his responsi-

bilities in the United States

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On October 24, a group of unknown persons

attempted to burn a car and a house in

Uzhhorod using several explosive devices.

This could have led to numerous casualties and the

destruction of historic buildings in the center of the

town, Religion.in.ua reported.

The attacked car and house are owned by a human

rights campaigner, lawyer Oleksandr Marusenko. He is

currently successfully defending in court and Public

Prosecutors offices the interests of educational part-

ners, Korona company and Spiritual-Educational and

Scholarly Complex of the Ukrainian Orthodox

Church-Moscow Patriarchate and the Ministry of

Education and science, youth and sports of Ukraine,

Uzhhorod Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Theo-

logical Academy, the Carpathian University ofAugustin Voloshyn as to legal rent and purchase of the

buildings of the Korona Complex.

If successful the criminal attempt could have led to

fires in residential homes, a new pizza place, a nearby

commercial technical school and a Greek Catholic

Cathedral.

At the same time, court sessions are held with regard

to an illegal attempt of raider seizure of the buildings

of Korona in Uzhhorod with the use of an illegal auc-

tion. The Uzhhorod St. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian

Theological Academy of UOC-MP is located in one of

the buildings.

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His Beatitude Sviatoslav stated that

today in Ukraine, close to 40% of the

inhabitants are not evangelized. They

feel some craving for God but have yet

reached a full understanding of a

Christian life, noted the UGCC Primate.

This mainly refers to non-baptized peo-

ple. Sometimes it is difficult to discern

whether this mission towards these peo-

ple is a new evangelization or whether it

is the primary evangelization, the origi-

nal proclamation of faith. He empha-

sized that the Church today feels its obli-

gation to preach the Word of God every-

where where their faithful exist, and to

all people who today need the Word ofGod.

In reporting on his impressions from

the XIII General Assembly of the Synod

of Bishops, the Primate stated that this

Synod is a beneficial event for the whole

Catholic Church because it gathered

bishops from the whole world to share

their enthusiasm and experience in how

to preach the Word of God in different

countries and among different cultures.

Such an exchange of experience is a

mutual enrichment for all, claimed he.

His Beatitude Sviatoslav also reported

that at present the UGCC is experiencing

its rebirth, that is, its resurrection after a

lasting period of persecution on the terri-

tory of the former Soviet Union. The

presence of our faithful throughout the

world gives us new impetus to revive

parishes and eparchies. The Lord reveals

to us every day new needs, related to the

presence of our faithful throughout the

world, he emphasized.

In addition, he stated that there are

many Ukrainian Greek Catholics in

Russia, who have ended up there due to

historical circumstances. So in Siberiaas a result of deportation of Ukrainians

during the Stalin repressions, there are

many UGCC faithful, and their number is

no less in the European parts of Russia,

where many work there. They are spiritu-

ally tied with our Church and we under-

stand our obligation to provide them with

pastoral care, noted His Beatitude

Sviatoslav.



Patriarch Sviatoslav of theUkrainian Greek Catholic

Church (UGCC) stated that the

priority objective and main mission

for his Church is the ecumenical dia-

logue and that cooperation with the

Orthodox Church is a necessity. The

leader of the UGCC expressed this

opinion during a plenary session of

the Pontifical Council for Promotion

of Unity Between Christians in Rome,

reported Radio Vatican.

The main difficulty in building a

fruitful dialogue with the Orthodox

world in Ukraine is the fact of the

painful division within the Ukrainian

Orthodoxy itself. In fact, there arethree Orthodox communities in our

country today.

The Patriarch remarked that there

are still unreconciled contradictions

on the ecclesiological basis as each of

the Churches denies the right of exis-

tence of the other two. Only the UOC-

Moscow Patriarchate is viewed by the

Orthod

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