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Bishop SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk), until now the apostolic administrator of the
Eparchy of the Protection of the Blessed Mary in Buenos Aires, has
become the new head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The
Election Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which was attended by
forty bishops from Ukraine and abroad (Western Europe, the United States,
Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Australia), elected him on March 24, the fourth day
of voting. He is one of the youngest bishops in the Catholic Church, a well-known
Ukrainian moral theologian.
The new Patriarch is also well-known to the clergy of
the Meropolitan See of Philadelphia, having delivered
the spiritual conferences earlier this year in Hershey,
Pennsylvania.
The Holy See approved the choice of the Synod of
Bishops.
The enthronement of His Beatitude was March 27 in
the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
in Kyiv.
You may read a pre-Synod interview with bishop
Richard, and his views on this historic election on page
11 of this issue ofNew Star.
Patrirch Sviatov was born on May 5, 1970, in Stryi,
Lviv region. His educational formation, was varied and
includes:
1991-1992 - Center for Philosophy and theologicalstudies "Don Bosco" in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992-1994 - Lviv Theological Seminary
1994-1995 - Pontifical University of Thomas
Aquinas (Rome, Italy). BA in Theology
1995-1997 - Pontifical University of Thomas
Aquinas. Theological Faculty, Section of moral theolo-
gy
1997-1999 - Pontifical University of Thomas
Aquinas. Doctorate with Summa cum laude in theolog-
ical anthropology and moral theology.
Upon his ordination his service to the Church in
Pastoral activity:
1999-2000 - Prefect of the Lviv Holy Spirit
Theological Seminary
2000-2007 - vice rector of Lviv Holy Spirit
Theological SeminarySince 2001 - vice dean of Theology Faculty of the
Lviv Theological Academy (today known as the
Ukrainian Catholic University)
2002-2005 - Head of Secretariat and personal secre-
tary to His Beatitude Lubomyr, in the Patriarchal Curia
in Lviv
From June 2007 - rector of the Lviv Holy Spirit
Theological Seminary.
January 14, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI blessed the decision of the Synod of
Bishops on the appointment of Father Sviatoslav Shevchuk as auxiliary bishop of
the Eparchy of the Holy Virgin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For this he was
ordained as bishop on April 7, 2009, in Lviv.
May God grant His Servant Sviatove peace, health and happiness for Many
Years!
Argentinian Bishop SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk)Elected Patriarch
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11April, 2011
New Stars production schedule allows us the
opportunity to get some first-hand information
on the process of selecting the new Patriarch
for our Church, following the retirement of His
Beatitude LUBOMYR (Husar) after ten years of leader-
ship.
It falls to the bishops of the Church to gather in a
timely fashion to follow the ancient protocol of our
Church, together with the guidance of the Holy Spirit
of God to elect the man they deem worth of the father-
ly position.
Once the decision has been made, and credentials
presented to the Pope and other Patriarchs in the
Communion of Catholic Churches, his task begins.Among those making this august decision is our
bishop, Bishop RICHARD (Seminack), who left for the
Synod convened on March 21. Before the journey, His
Grace took some time to answer a few questions posed
byNew StarManaging Editor, Fr John Lucas.
Are retired bishops also invited to attend? Do
they have a voice in the voting? Are only bishops eli-
gible for nomination to the post? What are the cri-
teria?
All bishops, both active and retired, have an alle-
giance to the Synod of Bishops. Only bishops in the
Synod of Bishops have a vote as to who the new patri-
arch will be. Therefore retired bishops have an active
vote in selecting a patriarch because they belong to the
Synod of Bishops.
It may come as a surprise to many people, but one
does not need to belong to the Synod of Bishops to be
elected patriarch. According to the Code of Canon Law
for Eastern Churches (canon #64), the rules and regu-
lations for appointment to the office of patriarch are the
same as those for the appointment to the episcopate.
The candidate must demonstrate solid faith, good
morals, piety, zeal for souls and prudence; enjoy a good
reputation; not be bound by a matrimonial bond; be at
least thirty-five years old; ordained a priest for at least
five years; possess some ecclesiastical degree or at
least an expert in some sacred science.
So, to answer your question more succinctly, the can-
didate must be at least ordained a priest for five years
and who has displayed a high degree of Christian for-mation.
It has been noted that both Patriarch LUBOMYR
and his predecessor (Patriarch MYROSLAV IVAN
(Lubachivsky) were American citizens. Do you
think this helped or hindered the Church? (Of
course situations were different when these men
were chosen) Could that happen again?
Realistically, both Patriarch Myroslav Ivan and
Patriarch Lubomyr were spiritual fathers of their day
and age. The Spirit chose them because they were able
to carry the tremendous burden of that office. The
selection of both men brought the Church along very
ambitiously through much turmoil and turbulence. The
growth of the Church in Ukraine is measured in the
love of God that is manifested by its citizens. The Spirit
of God's love was certainly engendered worldwide by
these two men.
Could the Patriarch be chosen from somewhere
other than Ukraine? Could there be advantage or
disadvantage to consider where he lives prior to his
election?
The possibility remains that the next patriarch can
arise from anywhere in the world where the Ukrainian
Catholic Church exists. The probability of that happen-
ing is lessened by the giftedness of so many bishops
who have been selected from the territory of Ukraine
itself. There are many new eparchies and exarchates
now thriving in Ukraine than there were twenty years
ago. This is a tribute to the many holy and gifted bish-
ops who reside in territorial sees in Ukraine.
In my opinion, there are many disadvantages for a
non-Ukrainian citizen to be elected to the Patriarchate
of Kyiv-Halych. But, let us wait and see what is in themind of the Uncreated One. It may come as a surprise
to many of us. Living in the Kingdom is always an
adventure.
Does the new Patriarch keep his name, or is it like
the Pope, who chooses a new one?
A newly-elected patriarch retains his baptismal name
like those who are selected for the episcopacy who
retain the name given at Baptism [unless he has a
monastic name].
This seems an exciting moment for the Church.
How does it feel, Your Grace, to face the actual fact
that you have a role to play in this occasion? It is
something really awesome, or, perhaps, because it
follows established norms, as something that is
In your charity please remember in prayer, Fr Peter Bogdanovich, who
died recently. He had served the Eparchy some years ago at Transfigur-
ation Parish in Denver, Colorado. May his memory be eternal!
Interview with Bishop Richard
continued from page13
On February 27, 2011, St. Michaels Parish in
Mishawaka, Indiana hosted the first of a series
of jubilee celebrations within the Chicago
Deanery. The afternoon began with the Divine Liturgy
for Meat-Fare Sunday, after which a
meat-filled lunch beckoned parish-
ioners and visitors. At 4 p.m., all
gathered in the church, where Fr.
Basil Salkovski, OSBM, the local
dean, led us in the celebration of the
Akathist to the Protection of the
Mother of God. Fr. John Lucas
preached in English, and Fr.
Yaroslav Mendyuk preached in
Ukrainian. During the reception
which followed, many parish-
ioners were happy to greet Fr.
Mykhailo Kuzma, their former
pastor. Six deanery parishes
were represent-
ed, as well as
the University
of Notre Dame
and others from
the neighborhood.
Gracing the tetrapod that day was a
new icon written for the church by
parish ioner Sharon Kolasinski. In-
spired by the eparchys jubilee icon,
the new icon of the Protection shows
the Mother of God holding her mantle of protection
over St. Michaels Church, whose doors are open in
welcome. The beautiful icon will eventually take its
place on the festal rank of the icon screen.
Chicago Deanery Jubilee
Celebration of the Akathist
in Mishawaka
Some readers ofNew Star may
have read local newspaper
accounts or watched television
news coverage of an incident that
involved one of our parishes. Recently
a priest from out of the country was vis-
iting St Sophia Mission in Honolulu
and was alleged to use force in an inap-
propriate manner upon an adult parish-
ioner. Fr Bohdan Borowec from the
Archeparchy of Winnipeg in Canadahad not sought approval from our
chancery, nor had he obtained any per-
mission to be at the parish. His actions
were certainly not in conformity with
the policies of the eparchy.
Fortunately the person who was vic-
timized immediately contacted the
office, and was instructed to report the
incident to local police, who took the
man into custody, charging him with
kidnapping and sexual assault.
To emphasize the concern St
Nicholas Eparchy has for all who have
contact with any of our parishes, it
should be noted that procedures are in
place, procedures that are expected to
be followed. Pastors of parishes in the
eparchy are aware of the steps to be
taken when a priest from outside the
eparchy seeks to be involved in any
way at a parish or any of its facilities. St
Sophia Mission has no building, but
uses a chapel of Holy Trinity Parish in
the Diocese of Honolulu. Some clericalvisitors do not seem to realize that they
cannot presume to just show up in a
parish without prior background checks
being conducted.
Our clergy is aware of the need to
provide a safe environment for all of
God's children, irrespective of their age
or gender. In complying with the regu-
lations in place in the eparchy, and with
the support of local law enforcement,
the incident was not allowed to esca-
late.
Providing a Safe Environment
As you all know the Jubilee
Icon of the Protection of
the Mother of God, for
the last couple of months has trav-
eled to parishes of the Ukrainian
Catholic Eparchy of St. Nicholas
in Chicago.
She visited the St. Andrew
Ukrainian Catholic Parish in
Sacramento, California, from
February 13 to 27, with servicesconducted by Fr Peter Kozar.
Each pf the two Sundays, there
was a Moleben; people venerated
the icon and asked for her compassion.
On Sunday February 27, Fr. Petro,
with altar server Maxim Monastyrskym,
conducted a farewell celebration of the
Jubilee Icon, which was sent to a
Ukrainian Catholic parish, Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hollywood,
California.
Alex Kachmar
Jubilee Icon in Sacramento
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ORTHODOX LEADER CALLS FOR ALLIANCE
WITH CATHOLICS: MOSCOW, (Zenit.org).- Russian
Orthodox Metropolitan HILARION (Alfeyev) is empha-sizing the need to ally with Catholics and Protestants to
support common Christian values.
The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's
Department of External Church Relations noted that
"today there is a need for a 'strategic alliance' between
Orthodox believers and Catholics, members of the
ancient Eastern Churches, traditional Protestants, that
is to say all those who defend true Christian values--
the family, children's upbringing, indissolubility of
marriage, the value of human life from inception until
death," Interfax reported
He noted that these values are being "totally
reviewed, and we must oppose this."
"Otherwise," the Orthodox leader said, "both Russia
and the Christian civilization in general will over [not
so much] time lose their 'salt,' lose their image and
remain just a subject of study for historians and arche-
ologists."
As a solution to these problems, he underlined an ini-
tiative by Patriarch Kirill that aims to fight abortion,
support families with many children, help orphans and
pass new legislation to protect families and youth.
METROPOLITAN HILARION MEETS PRESIDENT
OF PONTIFICAL COUN CI L FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN UNITY: On March 14, 2011, Metropol-itan HILARION of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow
Patriarchates Department for External Church
Relations (DECR), met with Kurt Cardinal Koch,
President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity.Discussed during the meeting, which took part at the
DECR premises, was a wide range of issues of cooper-
ation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the
Roman Catholic Church, including results and
prospects of the work of the Joint Internat ional
Commission for Theological Dialogue, as well as con-
crete measures for the settle-
ment of conflict between the
Orthodox and the Greek
Catholics in Ukraine, the neces-
sity of common witness in the
face of challenges of secular
society and opposition to xeno-
phobia in Europe and other
parts of the world.
Taking part in the meeting were Rev. Dimitry
Sizonenko, DECR acting secretary for Inter-Christian
Relations, and Rev. Milan Zust.
FIRST STEPS FORPASTORAL CARE OF UGCC IN
THE HOLY LAND: On behalf of His BeatitudeLUBOMYR and with the blessing of Bishop JOSYPH
(Milian), the head of the Pastoral and Missionary
Department (PMD) of the UGCC, Rev. Vasyl
Potochniak (the executive secretary of the PMD) was
on a working visit to Israel from February 12 to 21 .
The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with the
pastoral needs of the faithful of the UGCC who work
there as migrant workers or obtained permanent resi-
dence with their families. During the visitation, Rev.
Vasyl has celebrated the Divine Liturgy for our faithfulin the city of Haifa along with Rev. Rastislav Dvorovy,
a Slovak priest bi-ritualist (a great admirer of the
Byzantine liturgical spirituality and Ph.D. student of
the Pontifical Oriental Institute) who is fluent in
Ukrainian and gathers together our people. Ukrainian
church community of about 50 people every Sunday
for over a year and half has been praying in Melkite
Greek Catholic church in Haifa. During this period the
church community has created a website (www.haifa-
grcath.net) and tries to provide for pilgrims from
Ukraine with moral support and information Approxi-
mately once a month our church community is joined
by the faithful of other nationalities , namely
Moldovans, Russians, Romanians, to organize a pas-
time with a priest or to visit holy places. Rev. Vasyl
and Rev. Rastislav had a meeting with Melkite Greek
Catholic Archbishop of Akka, Haifa, Nazareth and all
Galilee, ELIAS (Shakur), who expressed his willingness
to accept and support a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest
for regular service to our faithful and to grant church
buildings to our communities.
ROMA CHRISTIAN CHURCH OPENS IN KYIV: Thehead of the Kyivan City State Administration,
Oleksandr Popov, signed a directive to register the
Statutes of the Religious Community of the Full
Gospel Nevo Traio (New Life) Roma Christian Church
in the Solomianskyi District of Kyiv, www.
religion.in.ua reports.
The directive praises the decision of the Kyivan
authorities to address the founders of the religious
community, who also submitted the minutes of the gen-
eral meeting of Nevo Traio.
Thus the Protestant community, which unites repre-
sentatives of the Roma community, was officially
legally recognized.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON ECUMENICAL
PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE PREVENTED:The Turkish police have prevented another assassina-
tion attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantin-
ople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian Catholic
news agency.
The Turkish police have arrested two suspects aged
17-18. The assassination attempt was planned in the
Fanar district, where the residence of the Patriarch is
located.
According to representative of the department for
foreign church relations at the Russian Orthodox
Church Igor Yakimchuk, Turkey is a huge country and
there are extremists.
Expert of Carnegie Moscow Center, professor
Alexey Malashenko
believes that, most
likely, Islamists are
engaged in the assas-
sination attempt, who
are much more radi-
cal compared to in-
cumbent Prime Min-
ister of Turkey Erdo-
gan.
With respect to the
assassination attempt, several Turkish papers referred
to a Catholic priest, Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
and three Protestants, including a German missioner,
who were killed by young people aged 16-20,Sedmitsa.ru reported.
ACTS CONCERNING THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES:VATICAN CITY, (VIS) - The Holy Father gave his
consent to the following canonical elections made by
the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Syrian-
Catholic Church:
- Fr. Bouros Moshe, protosincellus (vicar general) of
the archieparchy of Mossul of the Syrians, Iraq, as
archbishop of Mossul. The archbishop-elect was born
in Qaraqosh, Iraq in 1943 and ordained a priest in
1968. He succeeds Archbishop Basile Georges
(Casmoussa), who was transferred to the Syrian-
Catholic Patriarchal Curia in accordance with canon 85
paras. 3 and 4 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern
Churches.
- Fr. Yousif Abba, chancellor of the Syrian-Catholic
Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada,
as archbishop of Baghdad. The bishop-elect was born
in Qaraqosh, Iraq in 1951 and ordained a priest in
1978. He succeeds Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba
Matoka.*
-Fr. Jihad Battah, protosyncellus of the Arch-
ieparchy of Damascus as bishop of the Syrian-Catholic
Patriarchal Curia. The bishop-elect was born in
Damascus in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1991.
He also appointed Fr. Hikmat Beylouni, protosyncel-
lus of the apostolic exarchate for Syrian faithful in
Venezuela, as apostolic exarch of the same exarchate.
The bishop-elect was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1945
and ordained a priest in 1992. He succeeds Bishop
Iwannis Louis (Awad).*
* who resigned from the pastoral care in accordance
with canon 210 paras. 1 and 2 of the Code of Canons
of the Eastern Churches.
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OPENS
PROGRAM IN EASTERN STUDIES: On September 3,2011, in Lviv, the program in Eastern Studies will be
launched. Within the framework of the program, stu-
dents of the Historical Department of the Catholic
University will study at the Warsaw University for a
semester. Upon completing their studies, the students
of the Ukrainian Catholic University will be have a
chance to obtain diplomas frpm the Warsaw University.
According to the Information and External Relations
Department of UCU, the Polish University belongs to
the 400 leading universities of 2010.
The joint program will envisage obligatory stay of
UCU students in the Institute of Eastern-European
Studies in Warsaw for one semester. A compulsory
condition for the realization of the project will be coor-dinating the programs of the two universities. A sepa-
rate agreement will stipulate the rules and details of
completing the program, said vice rector for External
Relations of UCU, Fr. Bohdan Prakh.
BYZANTINE CATHOLIC SEMINARY ANNOUNCES
ONLINE COURSE Patristic Reading by Fr. GeorgeGallaro begins Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Byzantine
Onlines spring 2011 course, Introduction to Patristic
Reading, will serve both as an introduction to the writ-
ers of the ancient Church and as a stimulus to the par-
ticipants to become more familiar with them. Fr.
George Gallaro will take students through directed
readings of various early Church Fathers including
Ignatius of Antioch, Ambrose of Milan, JohnChrysostom and Isidore of Seville, among others.
Says Fr. Gallaro, The Fathers have always been
prominent in the life of the Church. They are famous
but not well-known. Like so many famous people, they
are cited and alluded to, but few go to the effort of
exploring their thought.
The Patristic Fathers provide invaluable insight into
historic, orthodox Christianity. Their understanding of
the overall message of Scripture provides exegetical
guideposts outside of which believers dare not venture.
They also supply some of the essential terminology for
theological thought and reflection.
Our study of the Christian past should therefore
energize us to ministry and exhort us to faithfulness,
says Fr. Gallaro. It should give us a sense that we are
part of something grand and magnificent, that we mustfight the good fight in our own generation as did those
who went before us.
For information on registering for Byzantine
Onlines Introduction to Patristic Reading course--or
for more information on any of our course offerings
including group registration and future courses--visit
online.byzcathsem.edu. Questions may also be directed
to Dr. Sandra Collins, Director of Online Learning, at
UCU SUMMER LITURGICAL SCHOOL TO BEGIN
IN ROME: The St. Clement Institute of the UkrainianCatholic University invites all who are interested to
participate in the UCU Summer School which will take
place June 30 to July 4 in Rome. The Liturgical and
ritual tradition of the Kyivan Church with regards to
the relations between the Byzantine East and Latin
West will be the theme of this years School.
The program will treat important issues related to the
history and modern liturgical life of the Christians of
the Byzantine-Slavic rite. Therefore, this includes the
ritual controversies between Byzantine East and Latin
West and the ritual issues regarding the Union of Brest.
Finally, it will include the ritual identity of the Greek-
Catholics of the Central and Eastern Europe in XX
Century etc.
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Arecent e-mail from a priest working on a
special project arrived last month. It con-
tained questions specifically concerned
with the topic of inter-Church relationsparticu-
larly dealing with the relationship between theLatin Church and the Eastern Churches. They
may be summed up into two main themes, repre-
sented by the pair of examples that follow:
It is commendable when local Latin Churches
and churches arrange to support the Eastern
Churches. It is done when the Eastern Churches
are accepted as (in the words of the Decree on
Catholic Eastern Churches of Vatican II): all of
equal dignity with each other. The first question
above sums up the gist of three of the five ques-
tionswhich looked upon the Latin Church as a
whole; as a diocesan structure; or on a local
parish level.
The second question sums up two queries as to
how the Eastern Churches express needs as: an
individual parish in an eparchy; or an entity of the
Catholic Church. As was pointed out in response
to the questioner, varied locations across the
county have different patterns of interaction
between the various Eastern Churches and the
Latins who inhabit the same area. Some are quite
cordial, others less so. Much depends upon the
personnel on both sides of the interaction. Toaddress the situation on this level is superficial
and nave.
As far as the focus of the second set of ques-
tions, it seems that the problem is not with the
Easterners not appreciating or fully understand-
ing their position or role in the Church, for few of
us appear to think of our Church as a mere tra-
dition based on some outwardly visible link to
quaint East European ways, or in the instance
of other Churchesin Middle Eastern ways, or
in ways of Africa, India, Armenia or wherever.
Unfortunately many of those who look to us, or
at us, see trappings of things that seem exotic, for-
eign or somewhat disconnected with American
society, as if it is the standard by which all is
measured. At the same time some of us seeAmerica a bit out of touch with the fundamental
principles of Apostolic Christianity that filter
through secular attachment to life and exude a
spirituality that pervades every action (or reac-
tion) encountered in living in todays milieu.
There is an underlying concept of Church that
finds expression in an Eastern outlook toward
lifeand the Churchand the relationship we
have with God (most obviously present in
Trinity) that somehow differs from an overly
Jesus-centered approach found amongst theWestern-influenced neighbors with whom we
share the material world of the 21st Century. Each
has a different perspective that the other just
doesnt seem to comprehend.
What we need to find, in order to embrace
[our] Church as something other than tradi-
tion, is not based upon one-on-one relationships
with non-Eastern neighbors; or in the relation-
ships shared by our clergy and Roman priests; or
the various shared activities that involve our hier-
archs on many levels; but in an unequivocally
honest interpretation of the voluminous writings
of popes spanning over two hundred years.
Instead, we find nice words on an official level,
followed by a perceived lack of inner conviction.
For often it is that the words of decrees, encycli-
cals and pronouncements that sound so good are
summarily dismissed when it comes to imple-
mentation. No one sees contradiction.
Several things brought this to mind. One, a
recent statement by Benedict XVI that the Church
is fortunate that the West did not disintegrate into
various particular Churches sui juris, coupled
with a statement by the Italian Episcopal Council
last September which expressly forbade the
Romanian Catholic Church in Italy to have pres-
ent any married priests in that country. A half-mil-
lion Romanians live on that long, thin peninsu-
laand are expected to forsake their valid and
valued tradition to follow the disciplines of their
own Church, in order to protect clerical celiba-cy and prevent confusion in Italy--as if cleri-
cal celibacy is a discipline of the Catholic
Church. It is not. It is for one Rite, the Roman; but
not for twenty-two Eastern Churches. Might the
mindset be as narrow as the land there?
When Eastern Churches are treaded with the
dignity they expect, deserve, and are due, then,
perhaps the questioner will find cause to believe
that the answer lies not with the East, but with the
West.
But, those are my ideas. There was one ques-
tion that might best be answered by youour
reader: What are the concerns of the local
Eastern Catholic parishioners?
All are invited to write to me, (Fr John Lucas,
Editor; New Star: 2245 W Rice St; Chicago, IL60622). Your responses will be sent to the priest
conducting the studyand most probably not
publishedunless you specifically indicate it is
for our Our Readers Write feature. By April 30,
please.
Fr John Lucas
How could the local Latin Church be a
support for the sui juris Churches in
maintaining their autonomy?
How can the Eastern Catholic parish-
ioners be helped to embrace their Church
as a unique Catholic Church, and not
simply a tradition?
So, What Do You Think?
Christ offers salvation to those who will accept it.
We are now preparing to commemorate the great
events by which Jesus showed the lengths to
which God was willing to go to bring about this salva-
tion--as the celebrant says during the Divine Liturgy,
the cross, the tomb, the resurrection on the third day,the ascension into heaven...
I offer for your reflection a 17th century hymn attrib-
uted to Samuel Crossman. In its words, you will recog-
nize the events related to Jesus betrayal, suffering,
death, and repose in the tomb. We must not forget, how-
ever, that there is more to the story. Let us add our voic-
es to the powerful words of Resurrection matins: Let
God arise! In so doing, we join Adam and Eve in the
Resurrection icon, letting ourselves be raised to life with
and t him.
My song is love unknown,
My Saviours love to me;
Love to the loveless shown,
That they might lovely be.
O who am I, that for my sake
My Lord should take frail flesh and die
He came from His blest throne
Salvation to bestow;
But men made strange, and none
The longed-for Christ would know:
But O! my Friend, my Friend indeed,Who at my need His life did spend.
Sometimes they strew His way,
And His sweet praises sing;
Resounding all the day
Hosannas to their King:
Then Crucify! is all their breath,
And for His death they thirst and cry.
Why, what hath my Lord done?
What makes this rage and spite?
He made the lame to run,
He gave the blind their sight,
Sweet injuries! Yet they at these
Themselves displease, and gainst Him rise.
They rise and needs will have
My dear Lord made away;
A murderer they save,
The Prince of life they slay,
Yet cheerful He to suffering goes,
That He His foes from thence might free.
In life, no house, no home
My Lord on earth might have;In death no friendly tomb
But what a stranger gave.
What may I say? Heavn was His home;
But mine the tomb wherein He lay.
Here might I stay and sing,
No story so divine;
Never was love, dear King!
Never was grief like Thine.
This is my Friend, in Whose sweet
praise
I all my days could gladly spend.
-Fr. Jim Karepin, op
Among the lecturers of the Summer School will be famous
scholars: Metropolitan LAWRENCE (Hutsulak), Bishop HLIB
(Lonchyna), Rev. Jurij Avvakumov, Rev. Peter Galadza, Rev.
Pshemyslav Novakovsky, Dr. Mykhailo Petrovych, Rev. Robert
Taft, Taras Shmanko, and others.
The Summer School events may be joined by young teachers, as
well as graduates of doctoral and license programmes. It may also
include university students and seminarians in junior and senior
years who are specialized in Liturgics and who have made a prop-
er scholarly contribution.
The working language of the School will be Ukrainian. Formore detailed information follow the link: ucu.edu.ua/news/4249/
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My song is love unknown...
actually business as usual?
The Church has established its norms for the election of a patri-
arch. It is very serious business and not "business as usual." I see
this seriousness from two sides: the subjective side and the objec-
tive side.
The subjective side says that to elect a man for this position is to
subject that person to rigors of true faith. When we subtract all theglory from this position, it becomes a very lonely place to be. To
put a person into that position of electing him to the patriarchate is
an extremely heavy burden.
Yet, objectively, that person must be the "man for the job." The
skill level for the position of patriarch is more than what Canon
Law dictates. His Beatitude Lubomyr exemplifies to the highest
degree the background necessary for the position. He is skilled in
languages, diplomacy, piety and prudence. He will be the first one
to admit that he could not take a challenge such as this alone. He
had to have the presence of the Lord in his heart to say what he
said, to do what he did, and to accept what he found hard to accept.
Patriarch Lubomyr is one awesome human being.
The next patriarch will also be a person that we will grow to love
for and for whom we will pray.
Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. We
look forward to reporting the news of the outcome of the
Synods sessions.
Youre welcome. Thank you.
Children from the Our
Lady of Zarvanycia parish
will gather in the hall to make
bouquets from pussywillows and
palm leaves. These will be offeredto the parishioners for a donation
on Palm Sunday. Proceeds will be
used for Childrens Programs at
the Parish.
Seattle Children
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hen serving as a chaplain, Ive noticed there
are patients who are listed on the religious
census as having No Religious Affiliation.
Perhaps they do not believe in God, or do not know ofthe existence of God. One patient indicated that he was
an atheist. It seems reasonable to assume that even if
some people believe in God, they do not practice that
belief by belonging to a church or religious denomina-
tion.
Perhaps we need to ask ourselves some very pointed
questions. Why does this phenomenon exist? Perhaps
people see so much evil in the world that they cannot
come to believe in God. Perhaps it is true that when
they see us we do not live our faith in a way they
expect. Maybe some simply have not thought about
God or the existence of God. As a response, perhaps we
may want to look at the effect that we might have on
people by what we say and do. Do we care for those
who are sick and suffering as Jesus did? Do we reach
out to the poor? Do we have a concern for the less for-
tunate?
The times in which we live mirror the same experi-
ence when Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (379-381) andSaint John Chrysostom (399-404). Many at that time
did not have any religious affiliation or they were
pagans. The Fathers of the Eastern Church took up the
challenge of explaining the faith which was passed
down in Sacred Scripture and instructed those who had
presented themselves for admission to the Order of
Catechumens. The homilies or the sermons of the great
archbishops serve as model for catechesis for us today.
St John Chrysostoms eloquent explanations of the
Holy Gospels of Saints John and Matthew, the Apostle
Readings as well as his Baptismal Instructions are his
catechetical works. The Festal Orations of Saint
Gregory of Nazianzus are beautiful homilies on the
major feast days of the Church Year, in which he
explains to the faithful and the Catechumens the mes-
sage of the feasts. His Oration or Homily On Baptism
encourages those under instruction not to put off bap-
tism from the Feast of the Nativity, to Theophany, to
Pascha or to Pentecost. (Para. 24) This indicates that
catechumens were admitted to Baptism on these great
feasts of the Church, or when we sing All you who
have been baptized into Christ...
During the celebrations of Lent and Great and Holy
Week we come to celebrate in a profound way, the
depth of our belief in the saving mystery of the Passion
and Death of the Lord. During Pascha followed by
Bright Week, our Liturgy celebrates the Divine
Mysteries of our Redemption. It is because of this that
share His Life and Light in the Mysteries of Baptism,
Chrismation and partaking in the Body and Blood of
the Lord. During these sacred times, our services cele-
brate our redemption. Lent causes us to pause and
reflect on our faith and be renewed by what we cele-
brate.
We sing during the Divine Liturgy, All of you, whohave been baptized into Christ, you have put on Christ!
Alleluia! Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen. You
have put on Christ! Alleluia. This verse from Scripture
was sung when people are received into the Church.
The restoration of the Catechumenate is the process of
preparing people to come to know the Mystery of the
Holy Trinity, and how we are the community of the
Living God.
In the early Church the bishops responsibility was to
catechize those who came for instruction in the faith.
The bishops were assisted in their work by priests, dea-
cons, catechists and the laity. The Church came alive
by fulfilling the command of Jesus, to go out and
preach the Gospel and proclaim Christ as our Lord and
God and the Holy Trinity.
In our own time are people coming to be instructed
in the faith? Do we live our faith in ways in which
reflect our search for holiness as the People of God? In
a particular way, everything we do and say and are, are
ways in which people may be drawn to the faith. The
Spirit of God lives in us. We give witness to this by the
celebration of the feasts of the Church, the feasts of the
great martyrs, the ascetics. We are the saints of our own
time.
Fr Deacon Michael Cook
14 April, 2011
Being the only Ukrainian Greek-Catholic andonly Christian monk on this island, I must
attend a locally convenient Roman Catholic
parish to partake of the Sacred Mysteries. One day at a
potluck that the pastor couldnt attend they asked me
all very monastic with my klobuk, rason, tunic and
beltto say Grace before the meal. Im sure they
were expecting the fastlane RC formula Bless us O
Lord, and these Thy gifts
These pious Christians, mostly Asian- and Pacific
Island-Americans were obviously astonished when I
explained that since I am a monk and not a priest, I
wouldnt begin with the Sign of the Cross, but instead
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, O Lord,
have mercy on us. Then we recited the Lords Prayer,
the Trisagion, and then I began May the poor eat and
be satisfied, may those who seek the Lord praise Him,
and may their hearts live forevera familiar prayer to
me but an entirely off-the-wall formula to the poor
folks (who are trying desperately to teach their kids to
eat as a family and remember their traditionalGrace.)
And, seizing the moment I continued Lord, bless
this food, all the people who grew and produced it, got
it here to us, and prepared it for us; that it may nourish
our bodies and give us physical strength and endurance
for our Spiritual Warfare and the service of our
brethren.
It took a few minutes, but eventually, some of the
parish heavies discretely came to me and said gee,
thanks! Id never really paid attention to Grace before
meals.
We have wonderful cultural differences and experi-
ence to share with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
(Thats code for everybody.)
What can I say? Share your faith with your brothers
and sisters. Dont just talk this stuffdo it, live it.
People will get the idea. It worked for Jesus.
The worst you can do is to have a great rap and then
live in the gutternobody will respect the otherwise
plausible ideals you
espouse (but obviously
dont practice yourself).You could dissuade them
from otherwise com-
mendable goals, essential-
ly good choices, tarnished
by your lack of resolve.
Sharing your faith
involves both disseminat-
ing the Lords message
and demonstrating it in
your daily life.
Hey, were all sinners
here, the perfect people
are in heaven.* Were
here trying to achieve that goal which can only be
reached by completing our lives and receiving the infu-
sion of the Holy Spirit given gratituously by Our Lord,the Just Judge when we meet Him in the sky.
* the patristic-monastic term for a human who thinks
he or she is perfect is prelest. You could look it up.
Can I Get a Witness?
Each one of us is called by name to be Christs
disciple. Jesus called His disciples by name tofollow Him. There are many challenges we
face as disciples in our world today. There are those
who identify themselves as Catholics but dont know
what the Church teaches. There are those who are
looking for answers to questions posed by social and
political issues. There are those who grapple with sin
in their unresolved situations. There are those who
are confused and are hunting for answers. All these
need the faith presented in a way ignite a desire for
truth in their thinking. Disciples are needed.
These are but some of the challenges of disciple-
ship. Others challenges may be about certain ques-tions of justice in our economy, such as: Does our
system look more for profit than human needs? Are
benefits distributed equally or only to a few? Are
resources extravagantly directed to the military?
Such questions must be explored by Christs follow-
ers who have shaped their minds with the gospel in
order to reach creative decisions.
Phone St. Nicholas Eparchy (773) 276-5080 for in-
formation on discipleship.
The
Challenges of
Discipleship
Just in case you had difficulty looking upprelest. Here
is a quote that may better explain the concept. The
more advanced a man is in holiness, the deeper is his
awareness of his own sinfulness. Conversely, the less re-
fined a man is, the weaker is his awareness of his own sin-
fulness. In the majority of people, such an awareness is alto-
gether absent. This is why they do not understand the asce-
tic labor of repentance and do not feel any need for it.
Because they do not understand this labor and feel no need
to repent, one may say that all such people are in prelest.
And inasmuch as we have but a limited awareness of our
sinfulness, one may say that we are all inprelest!
Save the Date!
September 24-25, 2011
Eparchial 50th Anniversary
celebration in Chicago!
Saint Theophane the Recluse
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S
ixty-five years ago, the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church (UGCC) was banned.
On March 8-9, 1946, at the Lvivsynod, also known as the pseudo-
synod, it was decided that the
Greek Catholics would be trans-
ferred to the Russian Orthodox
Church.
Those who refused were
repressed. Thousands of priests
found themselves in the Soviet
Gulag concentration camps,
including their leader, Josyf
Slipyj, who headed the under-
ground church for 18 years while
being in exile. The ban was lifted
in 1990.
BBC Ukrainian asked a teacherof the Lviv University and the
Orthodox Seminary, Andrii
Yurash, why the Lviv synod,
which 65 years ago proclaimed
the voluntary dissolution of the
Greek Catholic Church, is often
called a "pseudo-synod."
According to the religious studies
expert, as of the time of the council,
all the hierarchy of the UGCC were
repressed and imprisoned that is,
the church was already left without
its leadership, which, according to
the church traditions and canons,
was the only authority with the
right and power to convene coun-cils of its level. The second factor
was the interference of the state
authorities, the NKVD, the Council
on Matters of the Russian Church
under the Council of Peoples
Commissars of USSR, who,
undoubtedly, made efforts to legit-
imize this gathering of the clergy
and prove its legitimacy.
As early as April 1945, practi-
cally all of the bishops and several
leading superiors of the monaster-
ies were already in the torture
chambers of the NKVD. Therefore,
they could not possibly receiveinvitations to the council.
Invitations were sent to all the
priests, deans, that is, members of
the middle and lower level. They
could not accept or refuse the invi-
tation. When it became clear that
actually none of the bishops or
leaders of monastic communities of
the UGCC were ready or wiling to
cooperate with the Soviet authori-
ties regarding the transfer to
Orthodoxy, they were removed
from the process itself by force,
Andrii Yurash said.
In answer to the question of why
Stalin needed to liquidate the
UGCC, Andrii Yurash responded:
The question of the UGCC should
be considered in two dimensions.First, it was the general strategy of
the USSR at that time against the
Vatican, which was viewed as one
of the main enemies and ideologi-
cal opponents, and, consequently,
the UGCC, which was directly sub-
ordinated to the Vatican, whose
existence could not be tolerated on
the territory of the USSR. Second,
by then, a strategic cooperation was
established between the Soviet
atheistic state and the leadership of
the Orthodox Church, which after
the historic meeting of three metro-
politans, who were then leaders ofRussian Orthodoxy, with Stalin in
1943 received support at all levels
and became part of the ideological
machinery of the Soviet Union, and
which on its part showed maximal
readiness to master the religious
space of the Soviet Union after hav-
ing admitted Catholics who were
very close to it according to rite.
Of course, no one asked or cared
about the real consequences, real
priorities of the believers of that
community.
The expert stressed that it is not
an exaggeration to call the UGCCa catacomb church as that church
had no possibility to exist in its
full form as it did before the war.
There existed separate communi-
ties. There were only 300-400
centers with comparatively regular
life.
Andrii Yurash explained the fact
that part of the UGCC clergy did
agree to be annexed by the Russian
Church because they saw it as a
strategy to survive under any con-
ditions and to bring the spiritual
mission to the people while it was
impossible to foster that tradition,
which was historically establishedin the region, that is, in the
Orthodox form. It was also seen as
a way to preserve at least in any
form church structures in the
region, which traditionally had
been very religious and which car-
ried the spiritual and national con-
tent, without which it was absolute-
ly impossible to perceive the Greek
Catholic Church.
65 Years Ago Ukrainian GreekCatholic Church Was Banned
Communists in the eastern Ukrainian city of
Kharkiv say they will appeal in court a deci-
sion to allow the installation of a plaque
commemorating dissident [Patriarch} JOSYP
(Slipyy), the longtime patriarch of the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church, RFE/RL's Ukrainian
Service reports.
Alla Aleksandrovska, first secre-
tary of the Ukrainian Communist
Party's Kharkiv Oblast Committee,
said on February 22 that the
Communists and their lawyers were
collecting all the documents needed
to file a lawsuit against that day's
unveiling of the plaque for [the Patriarch].
Slipyy is a prominent dissident who led the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church during the Soviet
era and was viciously persecuted by authorities. Hespent many years in Soviet labor camps and jails.
Responding to pressure from the Vatican and U.S.
President John F. Kennedy, the Soviet leadership
allowed Patriarch Josyp to leave the USSR in 1963.
He died in Rome in 1984 at the age of 92.
Slipyy was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in
1965. He was also the major archbishop of Lviv as
head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in
1944-84. [His life also inspired the book by Morris
West, and subsequent movie Shoes of the Fisher-
man, with Anthony Quinn playing the role of an
imprisoned Eastern Catholic Slavic biishop who
was elected as Pope KIRIL I. ed]
The first plaque commemorating Patriarch YJsyp
was unveiled in Kharkiv in 2005. Pro-Russian
groups damaged the plaque in 2008 and the localCatholic congregation and the organization of
Ukrainian Youth tried to restore the plaque.
In 2010, pro-Russian organizations in Kharkiv
filed a lawsuit against plans for the plaque and won
their case. The leader of the Great Rus organization,
Yury Apukhtin and his supporters, then destroyed
the plaque.
About 8 percent of Ukraine's Christians belong to
the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Twenty-five years ago on April 26,
1986, the lives of millions of peo-
ple were forever changed by the
explosion that took place in reactor #4 at
the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The
radiation from this explosion carried all
across Europe with the most contaminat-ed areas being in Belarus, Russia and
Ukraine. Over 400,000 people were evac-
uated from their homes, many of them
never able to return.
Today there are still over 5.5 million
people who are living on land that is con-
taminated from this disaster. Countless
individuals have sacrificed their health
and even their lives to help clean up after
the devastation.25 years later they are
still battling how to contain the tons of
nuclear material that is still present at the
Chornobyl nuclear site. There are still
those who live in the town of Chornobyl.
The exhibit opens on Friday, April 8th
at 7 pm and continues through May 15,
2011 at the Ukrainian National Museum.
This exhibit makes sure we never for-
get what happened at Chornobyl in 1986and highlights the issues still facing those
living in contaminated areas.The
Ukrainian National Museum is located in
the heart of the Ukrainian Village, at
2249 West Superior Street in Chicago.
Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11:00
am to 4:00 pm Admission: Adults $5.00,
Children under 12 - Free.
Free Parking is available beside the
Museum. For driving instructions, visit
the Museum's website at www.ukrainian-
nationalmuseum.org.
Communists Protest Plaque
Honoring Ukrainian Greek
Catholic Patriarch
Chicago Museum to Exhibit
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The Carpatho-Rusyn Societys Oral History Research Committee seeks to
preserve the oral histories and artifacts of the Lemko people, and to
explore the post-World War II expulsion campaigns that resulted in the
destruction of their settlements in Southeast Poland.
In order to obtain and preserve firsthand perspectives of the events, C-RS is
conducting extensive fieldwork, including recorded interviews with eyewitness-
es in North America, Ukraine and Poland. The research team is seeking individ-
uals to participate in the study who meet one or more of the following criteria:
(1.) Lemkos who recall life in their villages before or during World War II;
(2.) Lemkos who experienced the post-World War II expulsions from their
homeland, and who were resettled in either Soviet Ukraine from 1945-1946, or
in Western Poland (former German territories) in 1947 (Operation Vistula/Akcja
Wisla.);
(3.) Lemkos who were displaced in Allied-occupied Germany during the time
of the expulsions in the Lemko region, and who became separated from their rel-
atives as a result;
(4.) Former members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) who witnessed
or had knowledge of the expulsion operations of Lemkos; (5.) Polish civilians
who lived in the Lemko region at the time of the expulsions and bore witness to
these events; and
(5.) Others with relevant, first-hand information about the events.
The oral history research project will be ongoing indefinitely; however, the
committee would like to receive as many leads as possible prior to July 31, 2011
to prepare for fieldwork in Ukraine and Poland this fall.
How To Help: The committee is seeking volunteers with various skill sets to
assist with interviews, transcription, and other duties. We are also accepting
monetary contributions, which will be used to procure and preserve oral histories
and artifacts. If you are interested in volunteering or in making a tax-deductible
donation to the project, please email us at [email protected].
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Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia will serve as
Moderator for the entire conference. For the Opening
Session on Monday evening, we hope to have video
recorded greetings and blessings from several Church
leaders, and a short presentation on the history of the
OL Conferences in honor of the Fifteenth Anniversary.
As a special event for the Closing Session, Father Ron
Roberson, CSP, who coordinates Catholic-Orthodox
dialogues in North America
for the US Conference of
Catholic Bishops, will give
a summary presentation of
the latest document from
the North American Dia-
logue entitled Steps To-ward a Reunited Church: A
Sketch of an Orthodox-
Catholic Vision for the
Future.
The other speakers will
then have a panel discus-
sion of the document,
copies of which will be dis-
tributed during the confer-
ence, and then questions
collected from all attendees
will be discussed by the
Moderator and Panel. More
details can be found on the
Future Conferences page at
the website:www.olconfer-
ence.com. Online registra-
tion is also available
through the website, or by
calling the conference
office at 703-691-8862.
Registration through
April 1 is $225 per person,
including meals, and then
will increase to $245 per
person until final registra-
tion is due by June 1.
April, 2011
To Most Rev. bishops, clergy,
religious people, and ourbeloved lay people in Christ
of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ!
As we have all been informed by the media, a ter-
rible disaster hit Japan: a devastating earthquake and
immediately following it, a gigantic tsunami, took
away the lives of thousands of people, dozens are
considered missing. The government of Japan called
the event the most devastating natural disaster in the
history of the country.
The warnings about the danger of a tsunami, fol-
lowing the earthquake in Japan, were announced in
many other countries around the world.
The challenges of the disaster require a joint effort
of all human beings and Christian compassion. We
hope that our government will give a proper
response, offering assistance and aid to the victimsof the disaster. Likewise, we sincerely encourage all
our faithful to support this noble cause.
The most important thing that each of the faithful
can do for the victims of the disaster is to lift up our
prayers to the Lord for the rescuing of human lives,
minimization of the disasters consequences, and
peace of mind of the suffering people. Likewise,
prayers for the souls of the deceased ones are need-
ed, regardless of their creed.
Let our prayerscommon and privatebecome a
support for our suffering neighbours, offering up a
sign of our closeness, as well as our solidarity with
them, in the severity of their trials.
May the Lord have mercy and save us!
+ Ihor,
Administrator of the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church
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The 2011 Ukrainian Catholic
Appeal SHARE, "Feeding the
flock: 50 years as Church" began
the weekend of March 13, 2011, the first
Sunday of Lent. Bishop Richards
Letter about the eparchial ministries and
current needs were sent to every house-
hold throughout St. Nicholas Ukrainian
Catholic Eparchy between March 13th
and March 20th. The Appeal will con-
clude on Appeal Weekend, June 30,
2011 with the In-Pew Appeal. The
Appeal Progress Reports will be updat-
ed every month, beginning in April, and
will be printed in the eparchial newspa-
per, New Star.
Appeal to Prayer for Victims
of Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Patriarch Lubomyr Speaks about
Objectives of His Successor
Ukrainian
Catholic
Appeal--
SHARE 2011
Orientale Lumen ConferenceSpeakers Confirmed
The plenary speakers are:
Metropolitan JONAH (Orthodox)
Primate of the Orthodox Church in America,
Washington, DC
Metropolitan KALLISTOS of Diokleia (Orthodox)
Professor Emeritus of Oxford University,
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ (Greek Catholic)
Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Oriental
Institute, The Vatican
Msgr. Michael Magee (Roman Catholic)
Chairman and Professor of Systematic Theology,
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA
Ron Roberson, CSP (Roman Catholic)
Associate Director for Ecumenical Affairs,
USCCB, Washington, DC
Sr. Dr. Vassa Larin (Orthodox)
Lecturer, University of Vienna, Austria, Russian
Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Adam DeVille (Greek Catholic)
Assistant Professor, University of Saint Francis,
Ft. Wayne, IN and Editor,LOGOS
The plenary speakers and the moderator for Orientale
Lumen XV scheduled for June 20-23, 2011 in
Washington, DC on the theme of Rome and the
Communion of Churches: Bishop, Patriarchate or
Pope? have been confirmed.
Patriarch LUBOMYR (Husar) spoke
about the tasks of his successor. "To
continue my efforts. Life brings new
problems. Everywhere, here, in
Ukraine, in Europe, in North and
South America, our Church has
things to do. And it is necessary to
work on them," said the hierrach.
"Another important objective is to
moralize the public life, preach
Godly life to people. Here is proba-
bly a trivial example. We must teach
our people to stop supporting corrup-
tion. I laugh at hearing about great
state programs of combating corrup-
tion, about legislative struggle
against corruption. It is ridiculous!
What is corruption? It is sin. And you
cannot overcome any sin by the law.
It is a matter of cultivation. And if all
the Churches worked and trained the
people, there would be a result.
The main task is to make efforts to
ensure that we should increasingly be
the Church, that people should feel
the apostleship of the Church and the
need of sanctification+" stressed the
hierarch.
HisBeatitude in aphotograph taken afterhis election ten years ago.
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ST LOUIS, MOMarch 17, 2011-
An intensive two-day meeting was
held this week within sight of the
citys iconic Gateway Arch and the for-
ward-looking Museum of Westward
Expansion.
For it was in this setting that delegates
from Eastern Catholic Churches from
across the country gathered to formulate
plans for a trend-setting event scheduled
for next year.
Groundwork for the gathering was
begun more than a year ago when mem-bers of ECED (Eastern Catholic Eparchial
Directors of Religious Education) formed
a sub-committee to explore ways to con-
vene catechists and other interested per-
sons for a program designed to share
experience and expertise in communicat-
ing the Gospel message to the perhaps
million-plus members of the countrys
varied Eastern Catholic Traditions.
Twice before similar Encounters
were convened. The first, organized by
Rome, was held in 1999 in Boston, open
primarily to
bishops of the
m u l t i - r i t u a l
Eastern Catholic
Churches with
parishes in the
United States of
traditions that
include the Ar-menian, Byzan-
tine and Syriac
liturgical fami-
lies.
In 2006 in Chicago, the Encounter
was broadened to present a program that
was open to a larger number of partici-
pantsprimarily those in eparchial (dio-
cesan) catechetical offices. Here, too was
commemorated the 35th year of collabo-
ration between Eastern Catholic Churches
whose combined resources produced
texts, audio and
visual products
and other items to
present authentic
Eastern theology.
The resultant en-
deavor supplies
educational mate-
rial distributed byGod With Us Pub-
lications, the pro-
duct of the work
of ECED, the
publishing arm of ECA (the Eastern
Catholic Bishops of America.)
ECA forms Region XV of the United
(States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
For the third Encounter on the theme
Together in Christ, the thrust is to
involve as many of those involved in edu-
cation and evangelization programs of
these Eastern Catholic Churches. Since
the material produced by God With Us
provides a PreK-8 series of texts and
teacher manuals, as well as a wide assort-
ment of material for high school, college
or other adult enrichment programs, this
planned Encounter is an outgrowth of
the Churches mission to teach all
nations.This weeks delegates were chosen by
the hierarchs of the Eastern Catholic
Churches to come together for the purpose
of providing a program that assists that
mission.
The sub-committee of ECED had met
four times already: in Orlando, Florida,
Sybertsville, Pennsylvania, Detroit, Mich-
igan and Houston, Texas, to form a frame-
work upon which the delegates can build.
The sub-committee includes Bishop
NICHOLAS (Samra) of the Melkite Greek-
Catholic Church, (Newton, Massachus-
etts); Very Rev, Gregory Noga and Dr
Barbara Y. Lutz of the Byzantine Catholic
Eparchy of Passaic (New Jersey); and FrJohn Lucas of the Byzantine Ukrainian
Eparchy of St Nicholas in Chicago, each
of whom explained aspects of the pro-
gram.
Upon the conclusion of the meeting in
St Louis, the delegates were assigned
tasks to provide a working plan with
details to be made available as soon as
there is specific information to report.
The original concept is to hold a week-
end (Friday-Sunday) Encounter in three
geographic areas of the country with size-
able populations of various Eastern
Catholics: for the East Coast, the New
York/New Jersey area; in Cleveland (to
serve Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh);
and a West Coast site in Southern Califor-
nia. The planning process has a target date
of late summer, early fall, 2012 for the
three Encounter sites. Since many Can-
adians expressed interest--the Encounter
sessions are open to them, as well.
Along with the co-chairs, delegates, two
were unable to be present: Rev Frank
Kalabat, Chaldean Diocese of St Thomas,
Bloomfield, Michigan, and Sr Ann
Laszok, OSBM, Byzantine Ukrainian Ep-
archy of St Josaphat, Parma, Ohio.
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The Maronite Church elected
Bishop BESHARA (al-Rai) on
Tuesday as its new Patriarch
and head of the countrys largest
Christian community, Reuters reports.Rai, 71, takes office as politicians
struggle to form a government after
Sunni politician Saad al-Hariris
administration was toppled by the Shia
Muslim Hezbollah movement and its
political allies.
Lebanons Christians are split politi-
cally. Some are allied with the Sunni
Muslim camp and others with Shia
factions.
Rai was elected by a conclave of
bishops after six days of consultations
to find a successor to 90-year-old
Patriarch NASRALLAH Sfeir, who re-
signed last month to allow a younger
bishop to take his place.
Sfeir served as Patriarch for 25 years
and became a strong critic of Syriasmilitary presence in Lebanon, calling
on Damascus to pull troops out in
2000, after Israel withdrew from
southern Lebanon. Syrian forces even-
tually withdrew in 2005. We pray for
Lebanon especially to get out of its
(political) crisis, Rai said after his
election at the Maronite center of
Bkirke, overlooking Lebanons port of
Jounieh.
We carry Lebanon in our prayers to
regain its role in these difficult days
that the east is living in, he added,
referring to turbulence in the Arab
world where popular uprisings have
overthrown two autocrats, triggered
fierce fighting in Libya and challenged
entrenched governments across theregion.
Maronite churches across Lebanon
rang bells to mark Rais election.
Maronites are an Eastern Catholic
church and number around 900,000 in
Lebanon. A much larger number live
outside the country.
Under Lebanons sectarian power-
sharing system, the president must be
a Maronite, the prime minister a Sunni
Muslim and the speaker of parliament
a Shia Muslim.
Maronite Church Elects New Patriarch
Eastern Catholic Bishops Plan Encounter 2012
The planners for the Together in Christ
Encounter of 2012 are:
Seated(L-R) Sr Marion Dobos, OSB;
[Pittsburgh] Bishop NICHOLAS(Samra); [Newton]
Dr Barbara Y. Lutz; [Passaic] Sr Jean Marie
Cihota, OSBM.[Protection, Phoenix]
Standing(L-R)Fr John Lucas; [St Nicholas] V
Rev George David; [Canton] Mitred Archpriest
John Kachuba; [Parma] Msgr Peter Waslo;
[Philadelphia] V Rev Gregory Noga; [Passaic] Mr
Nazar Sloboda; [St Nicholas] Archimandrite
Nicholas Zachariadis; [Canton] Rev Paul Voida;
[Canton] Rev Edward Cimbala [Passaic].
Retiring
Patriarch
Newly-elected Patriarch of
Maronite Church
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"It is said that a few years
ago Ukraine was a free
country. Now, according to
various organizations, free-
dom has diminished. Now
it's a crucial time. A time
when the Ukrainian societywill either believe in itself,
become more democratic
and live according to the
foundational ideals of liber-
ty, or it will lose its freedom
completely. That is the conclusion made by partici-
pants of the seminar Problems of Freedom in Ukraine
today, organized jointly by the Ukrainian Catholic
University and the UGCC Commission Justice and
Peace. The meeting was held February 25, 2011 at the
Ukrainian Catholic University.
The participants of the seminar were: David Kramer,
executive director of Freedom House, Damon Wilson,
executive vice president of the Atlantic Council, RobertNurick, ex-director of Carnegie Moscow Center and
Myroslav Marynovych, president of the Institute of
Religion and Society, vice-rector of the Ukrainian
Catholic University.
Before the seminar, the American experts visited
Kharkiv and Kyiv, where they met with students of
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. After returning to Washington,
the proponents of freedom promised to provide a com-
plete report which will enumerate the key areas of
cooperation.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Myroslav
Marynovych, a prominent Ukrainian human rights
activist said: "The problems with freedom in our coun-
try have an effect much wider than merely onUkrainian society. Was it not the defense of pragmatic
interests of the West that became an obstacle for sup-
porting freedom in Ukraine? Thus, the responsibility
must be must be one which is shared. We should take
into consideration the past mistakes in order to suc-
cessfully work together on the development of democ-
racy in Ukraine, and in the world. "
Problems of Freedom in Ukraine Today-Seminar at UCU
18 April, 2011
Orthodox Leaders ConsiderNature of Church
World Council of Churches StressesCommon Christian Witness
AYIA NAPA, Cyprus, (Zenit.org).-
Leaders of various Orthodox Churches
met in Ayia Napa to study a document on
"The Nature and Mission
of the Church."
The weeklong meeting
gathered 40 church lead-
ers, university professors,
theologians, men and
women as well as youth,
most of whom are mem-
bers of the World Council
of Churches Commission
on Faith and Order.
The meeting participants aimed to offer
a distinctly Orthodox contribution to the
current worldwide discussion on ecclesiol-
ogy.Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus
affirmed that "Orthodox theology is pri-
marily ecclesiological."
"Christianity cannot be understood
except as the church," the Orthodox
prelate stated.
He underlined the Orthodox interpreta-
tion of ecclesiology, which is not confes-
sional, but rather stresses
the existential experience
of the church.
Olav Fykse Tveit, the
general secretary of the
World Council of
Churches, acknowledged
the Orthodox contribu-
tion to this discussion.
He also mentioned a
forthcoming peace convocation that will
take place in Kingston, Jamaica, where
"our task will be to affirm that we aim at
being one, so that the world may believe
that a just peace is possible.""We know that in this island there is a
struggle for justice and peace," Tveit said.
"It is as part of our journey towards unity
and common witness that we participate in
this struggle."
DUNDALK, Ireland, Zenit.org).- It issaid that one of the Islamic fundamen-
talists who assassinated Father
Ragheed Ganni in 2007 screamed to
his victim before killing him, "I told
you to close the church. ... Why are you
still here?" This scene was brought to
mind today by Cardinal Sen Brady,
archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, at an
event to mark the launch of the 2011
edition of Aid to the Church in Needs
report on Christians oppressed for their
faith. This year's volume is titled
"Persecuted and Forgotten?" Cardinal
Brady's reflection responded to an
address from Archbishop BASHAR
(Warda) of Erbil, Iraq ArchbishopWarda's speech indirectly provided its
own answer to the assassin's haunting
question. "Iraqis," he said, "are a peo-
ple who have experienced immense
suffering but who are also strong,resilient and prepared to claim their
right to existence." Archbishop Warda
is only 41, the eighth youngest prelate
in the whole Church. The years of war
and oppression that span his entire life-
time have "strengthened our endurance
and our resolve to stand strong and to
claim our legal and historical right as a
Church and as a people in Iraq," he
said. "We have not come this far to
give up." The archbishop's reading of
the problems in Iraq points to a variety
of roots.
Spiritual Leader of the American Carpatho-Russian
Orthodox Diocese Reposes in the Lord
His Eminence, Metropolitan
NICHOLAS (Smisko), 75, spiritu-al leader of the American Car-
patho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the
U.S.A., died March 13, 2011, after wag-
ing a courageous battle with cancer.
In the obituary of American Carpatho-
Russian Orthodox Diocese of Johns-
town. reads that Metropolitan Nicholas
was born on February 23, 1936. He was
the son of the late Anna (Totin) and
Andrew Smisko. He is a priestly voca-
tion from Saint John the Baptist Church,
Perth Amboy, New Jersey. After gradu-
ating from Perth Amboy High School,
he entered the Christ the Saviour
Seminary in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to
study for the Holy Priesthood. Upon
graduation, he was ordained on January
11, 1959, by Bishop ORESTES (Chorn-
yak) in Perth Amboy.. His first pastorate
was at the Saints Peter and Paul Church
in Windber, Pennsylvania, where he
served until 1962.A new phase of his life began when he
embarked on a year's study at the
renowned Patriarchal Theological
Academy at Halki, Constantinople.
During his stay in the city, the young
priest was assigned by the late
Ecumenical Patriarch ATHENAGORAS to
serve the spiritual needs of the large
Slavic Orthodox community in the
Galata section of Istanbul. He also trav-
eled extensively throughout Europe and
the Middle East, visiting the sacred sites
of the Holy Land and living for a time on
Mount Athos, the ancient monastic cen-
ter of the Orthodox Church.
Upon his return to the United States,
he resumed his studies at the University
of Youngstown, (Ohio), and the
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
He was then assigned as Prefect of
Discipline at Christ the Saviour
Seminary, and served several parishes inthe Johnstown area, before relocating in
1971 to New York City, where he served
as pastor of St. Nicholas Church.
He was elevated to the rank of
Archimandrite in 1976, and was elected
by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate of Constantinople as auxil-
iary bishop for the Ukrainian Orthodox
Diocese of America and was consecrat-
ed as bishop on March 13, 1983.
Following the death of Bishop JOHN
(Martin) in September of 1984, Bishop
Nicholas was chosen as the third ruling
hierarch of the Carpatho-Russian Dio-
cese and was enthroned in the Christ the
Saviour Cathedral by His Eminence,
Archbishop IAKOVOS on April 19, 1985.
He was elevated to the rank of
Metropolitan, by His All-Holiness, Ecu-
menical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW I on
November 24, 1997.
The funeral for His Eminence, con-
ducted by Bishop DEMETRIOs of Am-
erica, was held first in Johnstown and at
his home parish in Perth Amboy, where
on March 21, he was buried. May his
memory be eternal!
Iraqi Bishop: Christians Ready
to Claim Right to ExistVisits Ireland for Release of 2011 Report
"Persecuted and Forgotten"
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Putting aside the penchant for a dine-in ordrive-through quick meal grab as a way to
get some fast food, it might do well to
consider that the term has
another meaning.
Consider the pretzelit
is perhaps one of the oldes
fast foods around. Not
because it can easily be
grabbed when you are in a
hurry, but because it meets
the requirements of the
fast that many Christians
endure(d) during Lent.
A simple recipe of
water, flour and salt has
been a popular staple of
the diets of many people
worldwide. Rolled into a
rope and simply flipped
and shaped into a familiar
form, the pretzel also developed a special mean-
ing: a reminder of prayer that might accompany
a person while eating it.
Shaped, as it is, as s depiction of crossed arms
upon the chest, it elevated the morsel of food to
a higher degree of fulfilling sustenance.Replicating the prayer position, it is a visible
reminder of the thanksgiving involved in our
daily bread too often
overlooked by hurried
and harried eater.
During the waning days
of Lent, it might be a
good idea just to look at a
pretzel, and utter a sincere
thank You to God for
the basic ingredient in our
diet: bread.