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XLVIII No. 3

This Is the Year of

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uring the Synod of Bishops, held from February 89, 2012, in the retreat
center of the Lviv Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in
Bryukhovychi, the Year of Remembrance of Patriarch JoSePh (Slipyj) began
in honor of the 120th anniversary of his birth, which was on February 17. This is stated in the message of the Synod of Bishops to the faithful on the occasion of the 120th
anniversary of Patriarch JoSePh (Slipyj), which was sent to UNIAN news agency.
In the message the bishops recall Patriarch Slipyj is a live embodiment of the fate
of the Ukrainian Church and our people in
the twentieth century--he, like many others,
were unlawfully deprived of liberty (18
years imprisonment). he, like millions of
Ukrainians, was doomed to torture in the
dungeons of the NKVD/KGB and martyrdom in the Gulag. even if in prison he was
a silent witness of the Church, later, in the
settlements (outside Ukraine), he became
the voice of the silent Church and its spiritual support, never forgetting his countrymen, who were still being punished in captivity.
The bishops of the UGCC believe that
these words are also spoken to us today.
To those who have to live in conditions of
selective justice, increasingly more restrictions on the right to assembly and demonstration, to receive and disseminate accurate information, in a time when the national language and culture is being forced out
from public life. In Ukraine, unfortunately,
there is no stop to the troublesome tradition
of abuse of power and disregard for human
dignity, violation of national, cultural and
religious rights, neglect by ones own,
accompanied by pursuit of honors and thirst
for power, states the document of the
Synod.
According to the Synod, Patriarch
Slipyjs views on national unity today are
a guiding light, since now there is still a
lack of unity and it becomes our national
disaster when people are artificially divided
by regional, historical, linguistic and cultural characteristics.
In their message, the bishops stress that
thanks to Patriarch Slipyj the Church in the
diaspora not only survived but has become
a world Church, without which today it is
difficult to imagine the landscape of the
Catholic Church in the world.
Today normative for us are the two fundamental principles with which Patriarch
Slipyj described the UGCCs church identity: the first, communion with the Bishop
of Rome, and the second, allegiance to the eastern Byzantine tradition.
Therefore, the bishops encourage the faithful of the Church to pray for the glory
of Patriarch Slipyj and participate in festivities planned by the UGCC and the state
in this anniversary year, but they say the best way to honor him is to make Patriarch
Slipyjs ideals ours.
UGCC Information Department

More about the openning commemoration--and

a brief biography of His Beatitude on page 16.
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new sTAR 11

March, 2012

graduate and Doctoral study Courses to

Be offered at Ukrainian Catholic University

atriarch SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk), celebrated a liturgy at

the Ukrainian Catholic University on February 2, the
press service of UCU reported.
The primate addressed the theologians:UCU has the best
school of theology in the entire former Soviet Union. But there
is temptation to evaluate the work of our theologians by what
other people say about them. I want to thank those people who
were courageous enough to devote their lives to theological
studies. I also want to emphasize the importance of the existence of this university and of the theological school for our
church. I encourage you with all the power of Gods Word to
build our church and our society in the dimension, to which

new York Archbishop gives Cardinals

7-Point evangelization Plan
VATICAN CITY, Zenit.org).- hours before
receiving the red hat, Cardinal-designate
Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York,
offered his soon-to-be brothers in the College
of Cardinals a seven-point reflection on evangelization.
Cardinal-designate Dolan was chosen by
the Pope to address the group for the Day of
Reflection and Prayer on the vigil of the consistory.
The New York archbishop recommended
the following seven pointers:
1) Remembering that even those who boast
of their secularism have an innate longing for
the divine; the first step of evangelization
must be to keep the quest for God alive
2) "Be not afraid"--confident, without being

triumphalist, since it is the power of God who

sends his people to evangelize
3) Knowing that the new evangelization is
not about presenting a doctrine or belief-system, but a Person, whose name is Jesus
4) Nevertheless, this Jesus is the Truth.
hence, evangelization is linked to catechesis
5) An evangelist must be a person of joy-someone who smiles
6) The new evangelization is about love-the love of God made concrete in service
7) Finally, martyrdom. A reminder that the
Church is now peopled by those who are suffering persecution for their faith, and that
these martyrs give impetus to the new evangelization

the Lord is calling us.

The patriarch greeted guests from southern, central and eastern Ukraine, who are now enrolled in the program at the
Institute of Leadership and Management of UCU. he also
thanked the students, who entrusted their lives and future in
this university.
According to Senior Vice Rector of UCU Taras Dobko, the
Ukrainian Catholic University is to fulfill many tasks this
year: to open a student collegium, complete the full cycle of
theological education by opening a postgraduate course and
institution of doctoral candidacy, to introduce new master's
degree programs.

A Way to Pray
The Father + is my hope;
the Son + is my refuge;
and the holy Spirit + is my protection.
o, holy Trinity, glory be to You, o, God!
This very simple prayer may be said upon rising in the morning.
It may be said upon retiring at night. It may be said at any time
during the dayaccompanied or not by the Sign of the Cross.

California Mission Welcomed Singer

BACk, L-R:
Adriana Olesnicky,
Jackie Evancho,
Juliana Olesnicky

n Saturday, January 29, children

of the Ukrainian community welcomed the young singer, Jackie
evancho to St. Michael's Mission in Palm
Springs, California.
Jackie, who performed in nearby Indio,
is of partial Ukrainian heritage, was excited to meet the children, some dressed in
embroidered blouses, who presented her

FRonT, L-R:
Christina Olesnicky,
John Olesnicky,
Andrew Hayduke

with bouquets of flowers and a special

gift of a Pysanka, a hand-decorated easter
egg, as a traditional gift of life
Fr. Myron Mykyta from the Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary in Los Angeles
travels to the Desert to celebrate Liturgy
on the fourth Sunday of each month at
our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.

Bishops Lament Court overturn of California vote on Marriage

Cardinal-designate Dolan Called Ruling a Grave Injustice
WAShINGToN, D.C., (Zenit.org).-The president of
the U.S. bishops' conference says his nation "deserves
better" than a court decision in California that has
deemed unconstitutional the citizens' vote to defend
marriage
Californians' approval of Proposition 8, which
declared marriage to be between a man and a woman,
has been declared unconstitutional by the 9th Circuit
Court of Appeals.
In the latest installment of the long-running battle
over same-sex marriage in California, the court ruled
2-1 that the overturning of the November, 2008 referendum by a 9th Circuit Court in 2010 was correct.
There was controversy over the 2010 decision due to
the fact that the judge, Vaughn Walker, was himself a

homosexual, but the appeals court declared that there

was no evidence that he was biased.
The decision is now expected to be appealed to the
Supreme Court.
"Today's court ruling is a grave injustice, ignoring
the reality that marriage is the union of one man and
one woman," Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of
New York said in a press release issued by the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The
New York archbishop is the president of the episcopal
conference.
"The Constitution of the United States most assuredly does not forbid the protection of the perennial
meaning of marriage, one of the cornerstones of society. The people of California deserve better. our

nation deserves better. Marriage deserves better," he

declared.
Bishop Wilkerson, president of the California
Catholic Conference, said, "We are disappointed by
the ruling today by a panel of the 9th Circuit that
would invalidate the action taken by the people of
California."
"Marriage between one man and one woman has
been--and always will be--the most basic building
block of the family and of our society," he said.
"In the end, through sound legal reasoning, we
believe the court will see this as well and uphold the
will of the voters as expressed in Proposition 8,"
Bishop Wilkerson concluded. "We continue to pray for
that positive outcome."

12 new sTAR

ARMenIAns To BUILD LARgesT ARMenIAn

ChURCh In UkRAIne: The largest church in
Ukraine will be built in the Kharkov region. The
Armenian orthodox church, 120 feet tall, will have an
Armenian school and cultural center
built next to it, Ukrainian media reported, citing the press service of the
Union of Armenians of Ukraine,
says Armenian News Agency
Panorama.
Construction
will begin this
year and will
finish in 2015.
Spokesperson of the
Union of Armenians of Ukraine
Marat hakobyan said the construction plan is completed. The church will occupy an area of 1000 sq m. Local
Armenians fund the construction of the church, with
the municipal budget providing no funds for the project.

RoMAn CAThoLICs CeLeBRATe 600Th AnnIveRsARY oF LvIv MeTRoPoLITAnATe: A celebratory Mass on occasion of the 600th anniversary of the
transfer of the capital of the Archdiocese of the Roman
Catholic Church from halych to Lviv was held on
February 1, in the Latin Cathedral. The service was celebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Arch-bishop Thomas edward Gullickson who made his first official visit to the Roman Catholic community of Lviv. So
reported RISU correspondent, Iryna Kondratiuk.
The Mass was also celebrated jointly by the head of
the Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine, Archbishop
Mieczyslav Mokrzhytski and the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop SVIAToSLAV
(Shevchuk).
The service was attended by bishops and clergymen
of RCC from Ukraine and Poland; Auxiliary Bishop of
the Lviv Metropolitanate of UGCC, Bishop BeNeDICT;
representatives of the orthodox Church; the General
Consul of the Polish Republic in Lviv; and representatives of the authorities of the Lviv Region.
The service was celebrated in Latin, Polish and
Ukrainian. The Jubilee year of the Roman Catholic
Church in Ukraine began with it. Archbishop Mieczyslav Mokrzhytski stressed in his sermon that the
objective of the year is to bring Jesus to the world.

PAPAL TRIP To LeBAnon sTILL UnDeR ConsIDeRATIon: VATICAN CITY, The director of the
Vatican press office says that a possible papal trip to
Lebanon is still under consideration, but that nothing is
confirmed yet.
The SIR news agency reported that the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, announced
February 2 that the Pope would visit Lebanon to deliver the postsynodal apostolic exhortation from the synod
on the Middle east.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican
spokesman, clarified that "it is true that such a visit is
being considered, and the Pope wants to make the trip
in connection with the publication of the postsynodal
exhortation from the special synod on the Middle
east."
however, "there is not yet any official statement on
the matter," Father Lombardi added.
Benedict XVI was visited by the prime minister of
Lebanon last November, and a year ago, by the
Lebanese president.

ewTn TAkIng oBAMA ADMInIsTRATIon To

CoURT: Says Health Care Ruling Provides Only 2
Choices, Both Unacceptable-- IRoNDALe, Alabama,
(Zenit.org).- The eWTN Global Catholic Network

March, 2012
filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of health
and human Services and other government agencies,
seeking to stop the imposition of a mandate that will
force Catholic institutions to pay for contraception,
sterilization and abortifacient drugs in employee health
care plans.
eWTN is the first Catholic organization to file suit
since the final hhS rules were published by the obama
administration on January 20.
"We had no other option but to take this to the
courts," said eWTN President and Ceo Michael P.
Warsaw in a statement. "Under the hhS mandate,
eWTN is being forced by the government to make a
choice: either we provide employees coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs
and violate our conscience or offer our employees and
their families no health insurance coverage at all.
Neither of those choices is acceptable."
The lawsuit was filed on eWTN's behalf by Mark
Rienzi, Kyle Duncan and erik Kniffin from the Becket
Fund for Religious Liberty

PonTIFF: AFRICA Is ConTInenT oF The FUTURe AnD hoPe FoR The ChURCh; Encourages
Work of John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel--VATICAN CITY, Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is urging the
international community to support the population of
sub-Saharan Africa, and he says that Africa is "the continent of hope for the Church."
The Pope received in audience some 25 members of
the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel (the subSaharan region of Africa that includes countries on the
west coast and central part of the continent). The institution was established after Pope John Paul II's first trip
to Africa and was formally created in 1984. It is
involved in managing and protecting natural resources,
the struggle against drought and desertification, rural
development and the fight against poverty, through the
involvement of local people.
In his address Benedict XVI recalled how in recent
months the Sahel "has been seriously threatened by a
significant drop in food supplies and famine, caused by
low rainfall and the consequent inexorable advance of
the desert. I exhort the international community to concern itself with the extreme poverty of these peoples,
whose living conditions are deteriorating. And I
encourage and support the efforts made by the ecclesial
organizations that operate in this field."
In some of the countries in which the Foundation
operates Islam is also present. In this context the holy
Father expressed his satisfaction at the good relations
that exist with Muslims, and noted "the importance of
bearing witness to the fact that Christ lives, and that
his love goes beyond all religions, races and cultures."
The Pontiff concluded by referring to Africa as "the
continent of hope for the Church ... the continent of the
future."

APosToLIC nUnCIo To UkRAIne vIsITs

UkRAInIAn CAThoLIC UnIveRsITY: on February
7, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop
Thomas edward Gullickson, visited the Ukrainian
Catholic University as part of his
trip to Lviv.
he was acquainted with the history and activities of the institution,
visited the site of the construction
of the new university campus, met
with the administration of the university and teachers of the Philosophy and Theology Faculty.
Before coming here, I read a lot
about the activity of UCU on its
website, but my personal acquaintance exceeded my
expectations. In my opinion, UCU faces a lot of challenges because it is the only Catholic university in the
post-Communist area, and students at this school must
be courageous and purposefully follow a path that perhaps no one has taken before, noted the Apostolic
Nuncio after the visit.
The Nuncio is an active blogger and has a blog Deo
Volente Ex Animo, takes interest in modern communi-

cations and is one of the registered users of RISU.

I have recently given a lecture for the students of the
Kyiv Mohyla Academy and mentioned RISU. In my
opinion, it is one of the best portals writing about religion in Ukraine. I am also fascinated by the activity of
the Catholic Media Center in Kyiv, said Archbishop
Gullickson in a brief conversation with RISU Director
Taras Antoshevskyi and Deputy Director on Development, Mariana Karapinka.

CongoLese CARDInAL To PReACh PoPe's

LenT ReTReAT: VATICAN CITY, (Zenit.org).Benedict XVI has chosen the Congolese cardinal-archbishop of Kinshasa to preach his Lenten spiritual exercises in the Vatican this year.
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya will preach on
the theme "The Christian's communion with God,"
taken from the First Letter of John (1:3): "for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus
Christ."
The 72-year-old native of Mongobele, Democratic
Republic of Congo, has been a key player in promoting
peace in Africa.
he has served in the episcopate since being named an
auxiliary bishop at the age of 40, in 1980. he was made
a cardinal in the November 2010 consistory.
In 2009, another African cardinal, Francis Arinze, the
retired prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Sacraments, preached Benedict XVI's retreat.

Logo FoR wYD: World Youth Day Rio celebrated

its first big moment; the announcement of the logo.
During a ceremony with 100 Brazilian bishops, the
National Committee unveiled the Logo for the
Brazilian WYD.
The main colors of the Logo are green, blue and yellow the same as the Brazilian flag and the elements
have a meaning, the heart is the heart of the disciple
the, green on the top is the Po de Aucar the mount
where the Christ the Redeemer stands. The white cross
is the WYD
Cross, in yellow
we can see the
iconic Christ the
Redeemer and
the blue means
the sea coast of
Rio de Janeiro.
The Logo was designed by Gustavo huguenin a 25year-old from Brazil.
seAL

UoC-MP ConFIsCATeD FRoM MeTRoPoLITAn AgAFAngeL on February 10 a special

oF

representative of the Kyivan Metropolitanate of the

Ukrainian orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate
(UoC-MP) confiscated from Metropolitan AGAFANGeL
(Savvin) of odesa a round seal of the UoC-MP which
was in his possession, Religion in Ukraine reports.
The seal was confiscated on the basis of a decree
signed by the head of the UoC-MP, Metropolitan
Volodymyr. The seal was then transported to Kyiv.
According to the publication, Metropolitan Agafangel did not object to the confiscation.
According to the report, Metropolitan Agafangel proclaimed himself the senior member of the holy Synod
despite the fact that the new title is not in conformity
with the Statutes of UoC-MP. In addition, Metropolitan Ahafanhel earlier confiscated the seal of the Kyivan
Metropolitanate without explaining on what grounds
he did it.

new eThIoPIAn ePARChY eReCTeD: In Africa,

the new eparchy of Segheneity has been established. It
has a population of 35,557 with fifty-two priests anf
seventy religious. It is a territory taken from the
eparchy of Asmara. Fr. Fikremariam hagos Tsalim,
vicar general of Asmara, is named as first bishop of the
new diocese. The bishop-elect was born in Addis
Abeba, ethiopia in 1970 and ordained a priest in 1996.
he studied in Rome and has been active in pastoral
work in and around Asmara.
VIS

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Why?/Why:
By Fr Denny Molitvy
Can you be a tie-breaker in a discussion several of
us are having? Is sorokousty a Lenten service or
devotion or not? some in our group say they think
of it as such, because it is done in Lent as part of the
weekly schedule. others of us say it is not a Lenten
devotion or service at all.
Whether or not this will be a tie-breaker depends
upon how you decide to accept or not the answer that
follows.
First, the statement must be made: Sorokousty is not
a Lenten Service. That being said, allow this also to be
said: Some parishes have 'Sorokousty' as either a
Wednesday or Friday service in Lent. Both of the
above statements are factualhowever both do not
reflect the actual intention of or reason for sorokousty or Lent.
The practice of praying for forty days (which is
where the term sorokousty originates) is traceable to
our roots. The Fortieth Day service dates back to the
old Testament. Joseph mourned his father Jacob for
forty days, as did the Israelites for Moses. Jesus
remained on earth for forty days after his resurrection
before ascending to heaven. The number forty may also
foster the long-held opinion that it takes a soul forty
days to reach the throne of God by some association
with the Bibles mention that Christs Ascension into
heaven was forty days after his Resurrection.
The term is interesting. Many contend that sorokousty derives from the Slavic words sorok which
means "forty," and usta, "mouth," others observe that
it derives from the Middle Greek sarakoste, "forty"
(ancient Greek thessarakoste). either way, there is reference to forty days commemoration of the deceased.
Forty liturgies are part of the standard eastern ritual
for the dead, particularly among the orthodox. old
Slavic sources that mention the sorokousty exist from
the twelfth-century. A more limited version of the
sorokoust, a simple commemoration in the regular
liturgy for forty days, is still practiced in the early
twenty-first century in some churches. It is laudable
and to be encouraged to commit our loved ones to the
eternal memory of God.

Two main forms of Byzantine liturgical tradition

exist: Greek and Slavic. Present practice in Greek (and
Melkite) usage commemorates the deceased on two
occasions: the (Satur)day before Meat Fare Sunday
(which is before lent begins) and on the Saturday
before Pentecost (which is well after the Resurrection,
and thus, not in Lent).
The rationale for choosing these times relates to the
Liturgical calendar. The first commemoration occurs
on the day before the Church recalls the Great and
Fearful Judgment in the Sunday Gospel reading.
Thus, ahead of this day prayers for the deceased are
said to ask God to be merciful if the deceased had been
found lacking any of the enumerated Christian obligations towards others. As for the day before Pentecost
prayers are sung on the eve of the fullness of the institution of the Churchand the deceased are recalled,
that they might be found worthy of the great gift that
the Church isa source of eternal life for believers.
however, the custom of commemorating the departed every Saturday of the year in the Byzantine calendar
also exists. Among the Slavs three additional Saturdays of the Souls were placed on the calendar but not
as a special concern for Lent so muchbut as a natural
extension of our prayer for others. The second Saturday of Great Lent; third Saturday of Great Lent and
the fourth Saturday of Great Lent were added as sorokousty days. This is not every Saturday of Lent. There
are no liturgically citable provisions for the dead to be
remembered any other day during Lent.
As well, the general prayer remembrance of the dead
is known to be celebrated on different days, by the different individual Churchesall outside Lent. These are
usually celebrated in cemeteries rather than in the
Church as the Souls Saturdays are. For some, Thomas Sunday is one such day (or the Monday or Tuesday
following) in which the Resurrection is joyfully observed. other places have a special commemoration for
the deceased military. St Demetrius Day in october is
found, as well as different saints days for Serbians or
Bulgarians. St Michael in November is an example. In
the United States, the May observance of Memorial
Day is often chosen for thisalthough some extend the
prayers to those other than military personnel. (This
frequently coincides with Pentecost or the Sunday of
All Saints.)
So, except for the coincidence of three Saturdays in
Lent, it seems clear that sorokousty is not really a

Prostrations

e Dominicans take one vow: obedience.

(Don't worry: the other two vows are, of
course, included in the Constitutions
according to which we vow ourselves to live.) Given
what you have learned about me in these articles, you
can probably imagine how well I do with obedience,
but I digress...
When I came to Paris and was assigned to a new priory--in this case, to the Couvent St-Jacques--the superior of the community had to read publicly the official
document setting forth the terms of my assignment.
While he was reading this, I was expected to make a
prostration as an outward sign of my interior submission to my vow of obedience, as a recognition of the
legitimacy of his resulting authority over me. At the
end of the reading, he clapped once, which was the signal that I was to stand up. I invite you to take a moment
to enjoy the image of this ancient body making this
prostration--that is, not only getting down on the floor
and sliding into second base, but also trying to get up
again, all while wrapped in three bolts of white cloth.
Now it's my turn: I'm going to enjoy the image of
you doing prostrations during the Great Fast which we
have begun. Certainly you will be doing prostrations,
which are an important part of our lenten practice. (I
remember talking about this with Sister Michele, SSMI
at the motherhouse of the Sisters Servants of Mary
Immaculate in Sloatsburg, New York. She basically

said: the prostrations are so important to me that I

intend to keep doing them as long as I can--so keep a
crane handy, just in case!) Since we have cranes in
very few of our churches, I encourage you to be prudent
in doing prostrations--especially those of you who, like
me, have started to receive literature from AARP.
Why the emphasis on a practice which, in addition to
being strange, is such a challenge for so many of us? As
with the prostration I made in front of the aghast friars
in Paris, the externals of our lenten prostrations are
merely an outward expression of what should be going
on inside--namely, our inner conversion. In a sense, the
prostrations are a teaching device: by forcing our bodies to take this awkward position of extreme humility,
we teach our stubborn wills to submit to the Lord Who,
despite what our arrogant self-satisfaction may tell us,
knows what is good for us. So, those of you who can
hit the dirt without risking life or limb, please be
encouraged to do so, for this lesson needs to be reinforced again and again. Those of us who are at risk, as
we watch and are edified by the efforts of our fellowparishioners, we should reflect upon the lessons our
bodies taught us throughout our years of prostrations.
In the chapel at St-Jacques, I was not allowed to
linger on the floor long enough to get comfortable;
rather, I was summoned to stand and to take my place
within the community, sharing life with the friars,
working and playing and praying with them. So it is

Lenten service. There may have been some slight

rationale to put sorokousty into the Lenten schedule in
an effort to not disrupt the forty continuous days
recitation of a particular name even though the Divine
Liturgy is not to be celebrated. But this is not the same
as the general commemoration of the deceased.
I found no official instruction in the directives for the
Ukrainian Metropolitan Church in the United States to
consider anything differently. Sorokousty is not specified to be combined with the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, nor with any private devotion. Where this
happens it seems to be not in conformity with the norm.
Lent, according to our ritual tradition, is not a time to
focus on prayers for the deceasedbut to be spent in
introspection based upon the well-developed process of
inner-conversion, found in the biblical lessons from the
Sunday of Zacchaeus through the Publican and Pharisee,
and the Prodigal Sonand the recounting of the Last
Judgment and the call for forgiveness. During the Lenten
Sunday cycle our attention is to post-biblical examples of
faith from the Sunday of orthodoxy through the commemoration of St Gregory of Palamas, the Veneration of
the Cross, and the remembrance of St John Climacus and
Mary of egypt as focal points for our conversion. Adherence to their lessons dispose us to live (and die) well.
Neither is Lent a time to contemplate Jesus passion.
For that the entire series of services during holy Week is
geared to see Christ as the Bridegroom of his People
(the Church); the Priest Who offers; the Victim of the
august Sacrifice; and the Redeemer through Whom
freeing of those bound by sin in hades is accomplished.
Why?/Why: by Fr Denny Molitvy is intended to
be a forum where it is possible to ask Why something is the way it is in the Church. As much as possible, the answer will try to explain Why it is the
way it is. Some things may be viewed as obvious
to many, but not so obvious to others--maybe you.
So, ask.
Send your questions to:
Fr Denny Molitvy
2245 W Rice St
Chicago, IL 60622, or:
WhyWhyNewStar@cs.com
Give your name, parish and city
(which will not be published)
for verification, if necessary.

with our lenten prostrations: we must not grovel as if

wallowing in our unworthiness; rather, we must let ourselves be raised by the Christ Whose Resurrection and
new life we are preparing to claim for ourselves with
the upcoming celebration of easter.
In a sense, by our prostrations--that is, by the act of
going down and coming back up--we are imitating
Christ in order to become more like him. In the letter
to the Philippians, we read that
Though He was in the Form of God,
Jesus did not count equality with God a thing to be
grasped at.
Rather, He emptied Himself and took the form of a
servant,
being born in human likeness.
And, being found in human form,
He humbled Himself and became obedient unto
death,
even death upon a cross.
Therefore, God has highly exalted Him,
and bestowed upon Him the Name
that is above every other name.
(Phil. 2:6-8)
As Jesus humbled himself in view
of future glorynot only for himself,
but for us as well--we show by our
prostrations and subsequent rising
that we intend during this Great Fast
to follow him through the Cross to
his Resurrection.
Fr Jim Karepin, OP

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March, 2012

Celebrating Different Liturgies

are the five Lenten Sundays on which St Basils

n the short time between Christmas eve and
Liturgy is celebrated, and the weekdays of Lent, when,
through the first few days of Lent, an eastern
because of its celebratory manner, it is forbidden--supChristian has the opportunity to experience a numplanted by the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
ber of Liturgies. on Christmas eve, there is usually the
Chrysostoms Liturgy is, however celebrated on the
Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great with Vespers. on
Saturdays of the Great Fast of Lent.
the Sunday after Christmas, in some parishes, the
The Lenten Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts allows
Liturgy of St James is celebrated. It bears the name of
the faithful to receive the eucharist twice a week
the first Bishop of Jerusalem, James, also called the
(Wednesday and Friday) as a means of spiritual nourbrother of God through the notion that James was the
ishment.
son of Joseph, born to a wife who had died. It is an
The prayers of this service are directed toward spiriancient ritual, celebrated in part still today by Churches
tual growth and overcoming weaknesses of the human
that follow the Syriac tradition--but reserved for only
being, aggravated by the presence of sin.
two occasions in the Byzantine calendar--october 23,
There are also other liturgical services at which the
and the Sunday after Christmas.
eucharist is not offered.
on January 1, the Feast of St Basil is marked by the
Vespers and Matins are the most familiar to the norliturgy ascribed to him--and on the first five Sundays of
mally-observant Christian.
the Great Fast, St Basils Liturgy is sung.
This drawing depicts St Basil the Great and
The Canonical hours are widely celebrated by
Most familiar to us is the Liturgy of St John ChrysSt John Chrysostom standing beside the Holy Table.
monastics--men and women alike--at intervals several
ostom, which he did not write but perhaps used. It is
quite similar to the Liturgy of St Basil--as far as the prayers the people use, but con- times a day--and are the official public prayer of the whole Church--liturgy.
Whoever you know who thinks liturgy is too much repetition and always the same
tains different prayers of the anaphora, said by the priest. Some think this Liturgy is a
shortened form of St Basils Liturgy--based upon its outward appearance. But that is thing, does not have a full understanding of or appreciation for the variety of liturgy
and the wealth of spiritual treasures to be found in each one, according to the way
an over-simplification.
This Liturgy is taken most days--weekdays and Sundays of the year. The exceptions each one meets the need of the Christian--alone or in community--to pray.

The new Creation

n the first creation God endowed us with his

image. We are co-creators in the time-plan of
God and we are co-creators of every facet of
Gods creative plan whether united with his will of
whether we disrupt his plan by sinning. God in his
infinite love and wisdom together with our co-creativity is continuously at work reforming his plan to
arrive at a New Creation.
our life on earth is formed by our virtuous actions
when we act with love of our neighbors making a
world for the good of all. Acting contrary to Gods

grace we create disorder and suffering that needs to

be rectified. Disorder is rampant in the world and is
caused by our vices. The homeless, unemployed,
hungry, sick, enslaved, anxious, lonely, and lost are
suffering because of sin.
The Church calls us to begin our co-creativity with prayer for forgiveness placing
ourselves in union with the prime creator,
God, asking the holy Spirit to grant us a
new approach in our state of life that will
serve the good of others. We falsely create

when we engage in activity that leads to death.

God is constantly creating. We are to act like God
rectifying disorder that affects all of us to some
extent, since we are all interrelated. What is done by
each person reverberates throughout the whole world
as a new creation or as disorder that causes suffering
but occasions Gods grace giving us the opportunity
to engage in the new creation.

The Challenges of
Discipleship
Office of Faith Formation

Luddite Spirituality

o, what would St John Climacus think of a contemporary hesychast whose iPod was stuffed
with bootleg downloaded psalms, scriptures and
troparia prayed or chanted by top of the line monks' or
nuns' choirs from the quaint monasteries located in picturesque corners of France or egypt or Tibet? Is it even
remotely possible to achieve mourning or repentance
or remembrance of death considering the inevitable
consequences of growing up in recent suburban or
downtown urban civilization? The Dead sang
...what a long strange trip it's been..., hence their
name.
The story of St Mary of egypt, written well over
1,000 years ago, decries that era's modern degeneration from back in the good old days when boys were
men and men were hesychasts and everybody really
knew how to suffer and offer it up. The Desert Fathers
of Scetis yearned to be one tenth as holy, as starving, as
insomniacs with rocks for pillows and cold ground
their beds as the previous generation; the real monks of
yore.
You're cruising along on twenty years of more or less
concentrated praktiki, physically absorbed in some
simple repetitive task (e g, writing down semi-appropriate groups of characters from the alphabet in such a
way as to possibly communicate some insight that the
holy Spirit has allowed you to glimpse briefly as
through a glass darkly). Your mind is rhythmically

rolling over the Jesus Prayer seeking eventual entry

into your heart. But, suddenly who can say?
Acid flashback? (a cop out)
Sudden Demonic Attack? (possible if somewhat
quaintly anticipated)
Cobweb neurons shaking loose and re-grouping in
the brain? (recent scholarly speculation)
None or All of the above? (most probably)
And without warning, all you can think of or hear is
Louie, Louie, the Beatles' All You Need Is Love or
Lady Gaga or James Brown or Led Zepplin's Stairway to heaven.
This was not a problem for Abba John's real-time
personal care back at St Catherine's Monastery on Mt
Sinai. Those brothers' problems had more to do with
livestock abuse and imagining that they actually had a
clue, unlike their brothers, who they regarded as jerks
(prelast).
Well-meaning people say Gee, you should be blogging for Jesus, you could do so much good! Conversely living without electricity or running water
seems about right, and definitely more in line with
what one can afford on a budget based upon the vow of
poverty.
Besides, that's all I needdeluded people from all
over the Internet depending upon me for their salvation. I'm not so convinced I'm doing so good with my
own self. Redeeming others is not my job. I'm

supremely under-qualified.
Today we live in a serious fast lane, even those
of us who live in rural
communities, or even
worse, are solitaries way
out in the desert, rainforest, whateverits all the
same. hardly anybody
sins with the livestock
any more (I hope!), But
speaking from my own
point of view, that is to
say looking at myself and based on my own experience
and the candid admissions of several other folks, Im
afraid the ancient Im cool, youre not attitude persists in our current epoch. Plus, theres that soundtrack
of a misspent youth (of which I wouldnt change one
minute, well maybe a few awkward nanoseconds here
or there, but nothing major).
Is it cool to embrace contemporary technology and
write a pious blog and spend your life putting spectacular icons on your facebook page or should you remain
unplugged and anachronistic shielding your thoughts
from the 21st century hitech temptations and distractions?
Perhaps life is just procrastination, hesitating to
attempt progress in case we might mess up and actually
add to our misdeeds, instead of marching on in theosis
toward Jesus and ending up further away from heaven
than when we started.

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March, 2012

Did You Know?

r Bernarda Arkatin, oSBM has been ministering to orphans in Ukraine for

many years. The Sisters of St. Basil are inviting young adults to accompany
Sister in her ministry to the needy and orphans in Ukraine.
Sister Bernarda goes to the following orphanages:
Also visited by Sister are orphanages
in Drohobych and Bureslav:

home Base: Lviv

Tubercular Center for Children,
Caritas for abandoned children,
orphanage for Infants,
Center for Down Syndrome Children,
orphanage for Psychiatric Children,
orphanage conducted by
the Sisters of St. Basil,
orphanage conducted by
the Sisters Servants,
orphanage conducted by
the Sisters of the holy Family,
orphanage for Children in Lviv,
orphanage in Ternopil,
Caritas in Ternopil.

home Base: Ivano-Frankivsk

homeless Children,
Psychiatric Center in Tysmenytsia,
Studite Center for orphans in Yaremcha,
orphans cared for by
the Vincentian Sisters--Dora,
Children in the Mountain
Resort Fr. Swyschuks,
Incurable crippled children in Sniatyn,
orphange for Psychiatric Boys,
Summer Resort in Mychulychyn,
orphanage in Dolyna.

Depending on your summer schedule you may choose any two weeks during the
months of July and August to help Sister in her work. Room and board will be supplied by the Sisters. We only ask that you pay for the airfare to Ukraine. For more
information about the details of the Ministry to Ukraine contact Sr Ann Laszok
oSBM at srannl@aol.com or 412-260-1607. We are investigating possible full scholarships--so inquire if you are interested.

Lazarus saturday: and Jesus Wept

esus wept, as the Gospel of St

John states, at the news of the
death of his friend Lazarus. here
the human nature of Jesus exhibits a
natural, emotional reaction to death.
The sentiment of sadness is elequently
echoed and expressed in a funeral
hymn of St John Damascene that
begins: I weep and lament when I
think of death, and behold our beauty
created in the image of God lying in
the tomb disfigured, bereft of glory
and form. o the marvel! What is this
mystery concerning us? ...
Christ, however, showing his divine nature, approached the tomb,
asked that the stone be rolled away,
raised his hand and cried out: Lazarus, come forth! Still bound in his
burial cloths, Lazarus emerged.
With his voice, Jesus both prepared
the disciples to believe in his resurrection and confirmed the universal
resurrection of all, as foretold by the
Prophet ezekiel (37:1-13).
This did not escape the notice of
those wishing for and plotting the

death of Jesus, seeking ever more

earnestly to put him to death, expecting that one man should die for the
people, and not that the whole nation
should perish (JN 11: 50b).
News of Lazarus resurrection did
not go unnoticed by the populace, who
gathered as Jesus approached Jerusalem, and greeted him with branches
of trees, shouting blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.
Jesus was not disuaded from fulfilling his mission as Messiah, as he
entered willingly into the week of his
Passion, to prepare for resurrection.
Lazarus Saturday is unique--it became a day of general baptism; Lent is
over; the usual Saturday mention of
the dead is omitted--and the day is as
a Sunday; hermits leave solitary dwellings and return to the monastery for
services of holy Week and Pascha;
vestments are green; branches are
readied for Flowery (Palm) Sunday!
Attend Liturgy that day, and see
that Christs death saved not a person
or a nation, but all people--even you!

God With Us Publications

MoRe TITLes onLIne!

Patriarch holds open Lecture ethics

of Virtue and eastern Christianity
at Thomas Aquinas Institute in Kyiv

ecently, his Beatitude SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk) held an open

lecture, ethics of Virtue and
eastern Christianity at
the Institute Thomas
Aquinas in Kyiv. At the
beginning a Latin Mass
was celebrated by Archbishop Thomas edward
Gullickson, Apostolic
Nuncio to Ukraine, in
concelebration with the
UGCC Primate and Roman and Greek Catholic
clergy, the website of
Kyiv Three Saints Theological Seminary reports.
At the beginning of
the lecture, his Beatitude expressed joy
that he could be at the institute, which is
a branch of the Angelicum Pontifical
University. his Beatitude Sviatoslav
studied in the above institution in Italy,
where he obtained a licentiate and later
his doctorate summa cum laude in
Theological Anthropology based on the

Byzantine moral and theological tradition. All that I will say, I learned among
the Dominicans. I will return the debt. In
our Church the Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity ends, so I am happy
that we can celebrate the
eucharist with our Western brothers, which is a
testament of unity, he
said.
Speaking of virtue,
we find a certain terminological barrier that
exists in the Ukrainian
language in the definition of the term virtue, said the patriarch.
The same difficulty exists in the interpretation of virtues in
moral theology. Translated from Greek,
virtue means to adapt someone to
something, to form. It is not an exalted
idea of a good deed.
UGCC Information Department

UgCC Catechism
Presented in Rome

n February 4, 2012 in Rome

the new Catechism of the
UGCC Christ Is Our Pascha
was presented to clergy, monastics, and
students and on February 5 to the Greek
Catholic laity living in and around
Rome.
The first part of the presentation
began in the parish of Saints Sergius
and Bacchus with a Liturgy celebrated
by Fr. Taras Barshevsky. After the service the faithful gathered in the Synod
hall of the Patriarchal Court, where the
Catechism was presented.
At the beginning the faithful had a
chance to listen to a passage from
Metropolitan ANDReY (Sheptytsky)s
pastoral message and the greeting of
his Beatitude Sviatoslav delivered at
the first official presentation of the
Catechism. Afterward, Fr. Taras and
Sister Luiza told the audience about the
preparation, sources and significance of
the new Catechism for the Church and
for each Christian.
In conclusion, Fr. Marko Yaroslav
Semehen, vice pastor of the parish,
thanked his Beatitude Sviatoslav, the

Synod of Bishops, and members of the

commission for the new Catechism,
and encouraged the faithful to actively
read it. I believe that the Catechism
will help each of us get closer to God,
to know our own traditions and rituals
and most importantly to keep our faith
and prevent foreign elements from
changing it, said Fr. Marko.
After the presentation, the faithful
had a chance to talk to each other at a
reception, which was hosted by the
Ukrainian Catholic association Saint
Sophia.
At lunch time the second part of the
presentation was held in the Church of
Christ the King. The guests were welcomed by Fr. Porphyry Pidruchny,
oSBM, responsible for pastoral care.
The presentation was attended by
many parishioners of the Church of
Christ the King, together with protoarchimandrite of the Basilian order
Vasyl Kovbych, Fr. Carlos Melnicki,
and members of the student community.
UGCC Press Service in Italy

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his Beatitude to seminarians in eichsttt:

I want you to be Good Shepherds

uring his visit to Germany, Patriarch SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk), on February 13-14, visited
the city of eichsttt. The purpose of his visit
was to get closer acquainted with the only Catholic university in Germany (KU eichsttt-Ingolstadt) and the
oriental College (Collegium orientale). The head of
the UGCC was accompanied by Apostolic exarch for
Ukrainians in Germany and Scandinavia Bishop PeTeR
(Kryk).
First of all, the UGCC Primate met with the Bishop

of eichsttt, Gregor Maria hanke. The hierarchs talked

about closer cooperation between the two churches.
Bishop hanke expressed his great joy in welcoming
his Beatitude Sviatoslav: eichsttt is always open to
you! Feel at home! In addition, he called the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church a foundation on which
they want to build bridges.
The Bishop of eichsttt stressed the importance of
the existence and meaning of the oriental College
orientale in his diocese, because many Greek Catholic

Students, faculty, clergy and guests met for a prayer service.

students study and obtain a theology education in it: I

am the only bishop in Germany who has two seminaries: a Latin one and an eastern one.
In gratitude for the hospitality, his Beatitude
Sviatoslav gave Bishop Gregor Maria hanke an icon of
Christ the Teacher. The meeting was also attended by
the President of Catholic University eichstttIngolstadt Prof. Fr. Richard Schenk and many other
professors and teachers of the institution. Therefore,
the head of the UGCC had the opportunity to learn
about the experience of the theologian students from
the UGCC.
Patriarch Sviatoslav paid particular attention to the
oriental College. The Primate of the UGCC on behalf
of all students greeted the rector Msgr. Paul Schmidt.
Msgr. Paul Schmidt expressed great joy and honor in
welcoming in the walls of the oriental College his
Beatitude Sviatoslav.
After the welcome speech and a short prayer in the
college Chapel of the holy Spirit, the Primate of the
church met with students of the college. It should be
noted that since the college is ecumenical in nature, it
has students from various eastern Churches. In addition students from the UGCC, who constitute the
majority in college, there are students from the
Mukachevo Greek Catholic eparchy and SyroMalankara, Slovak Greek Catholic, Georgian orthodox, Ukrainian orthodox (Moscow Patriarchate) and
Roman Catholic Churches.
Patriarch Sviatoslav spoke very warmly to the students, and on February 14, the Day of St. Cyril, equal
to the Apostles, teacher of the Slavs, he celebrated for
them a hierarchical Liturgy.
After the service, his Beatitude Sviatoslav had
breakfast with the colleges students and all the faithful
who atteded the service, and briefly engaged in conversation with them.
UGCC Information Department

Catholic Bishops of Ukraine Commemorate Patriarch JosePh (slipyj)

in the Cathedral of st. george in Lviv
This year, on February 17, we commemorated the
120th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch JoSePh
(Slipyj). Today with this common prayer at the Liturgy
we begin the year of remembrance of a great son of our
Church, Archbishop emeritus LUBoMYR (husar),of
the UGCC, said February 8, 2012, in the Cathedral of
St. George, in Lviv.
This service was celebrated by Patriarch SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk) and bishops of the Roman Catholic
Church (RCC) and the UGCC, who earlier held a traditional joint meeting.
According to the previous leader of the UGCC, honoring Patriarch Slipyj on February 8 is due to two reasons. First: on this day the Synod of Bishops of the
UGCC began and there was a meeting between the
bishops of the UGCC and the RCC. Second: 49 years
ago Metropolitan JoSePh (Slipyj), recently-released

His Beatitude along with other bishops and

priests surrount the Holy Table.

from prison, arrived by train in Rome from

Moscow.
Then we seminarians were very happy to learn
that the Patriarch was alive, for we had heard he
died. In those terrible years, among the terrible
darkness that was cast by the Soviet Union, a ray
of hope shone--news of the release of the Metropolitan, said the Patriarch.
In the end, Patriarch Sviatoslav thanked all bishops of the RCC and the Synod of Bishops of the
UGCC for the joint prayer; his Beatitude Lubomyr
for his fatherly word; the rectorate of the Lviv
Theological Seminary of the holy Spirit, which
honored the memory of former rector; and especially the Lviv community, which proclaimed
Patriarch LUBOMyR (Husar) spoke to those in attendance.
2012 the Year of the Servant of God, Metropolitan
JoSePh (Slipyj). After the Divine Liturgy all the
bishops held a memorial service in the crypt on November 1, 1944.
on April 11, 1945 Slipij was arrested by the Soviet
of St. George Cathedral, where Patriarch
authorities
and spent eighteen years in Stalinist prisons,
Slipyj is buried.
labor
camps
and Siberian exile, where he earned a repBiography of Joseph Slipyj, 1892-1984
he was born in Zazdrist in western Ukraine utation for being an iron-willed, intrepid witness to the
on February 17, 1892, he was a churchman of faith. Through the intervention of Pope John XXIII and
three careers: scholar, confessor of the faith President Kennedy he was released in 1963 to attend
and an international voice for persecuted the Second Vatican Council.
During the following twenty-one years Slipyj enerChristians. After studies in Lviv, Innsbruck
gized
the life of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
(Austria), Rome and Paris, he became a professor and then Rector (1928-44) of the Lviv in the West, establishing the Ukrainian Catholic UniSeminary and Theological Academy. A prolif- versity and building the Cathedral of St. Sophia in
ic writer, his collected works include some Rome. his death on September 7, 1984 was followed
twenty volumes. In 1939 he was ordained in 1992 by the translation of his remains to Lviv, where
archbishop by Metropolitan Sheptytsky and they were interred in St. George's Cathedral with the
succeeded him as leader of the Ukrainian participation of over a million faithful.
Greek Catholic Church upon the latter's death

To Your Cross we bow, O Master...and we praise Your glorious Resurrection...

UGCC Information Department

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Patriarch sviatoslav visits germany

n February 11, Patriarch SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk) of the

Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church (UGCC) began a visit to
Germany. During the week he met with
leading representatives of the Catholic
Church in Germany; heads of the charitable organizations Renovabis, Church
in Need, Caritas Germany; and celebrated hierarchical liturgies in the parishes
of the UGCC in Munich, Frankfurt and
Berlin.
During the first days of his stay in
Germany, the Patriarch visited Altotting,
the largest pilgrimage destination in
Germany associated with the Virgin
Mary.

his Beatitude got acquainted

Virgin Mary and St.
with the history and museum
Andrew the Apostle,
of the pilgrimage place. The
which was celebrated
Roman Catholic Bishop of
by Patriarch Sviatoslav,
Passau, Wilhelm Schraml,
was attended by repreinvited Patriarch Sviatoslav
sentatives of the UAoC,
to visit this place, which is
the Greek orthodox
rich in Gods grace, with the
Church, and public and
Ukrainian pilgrims again and
religious institutions of
to pray jointly with the GerMunich, as well as numan pilgrims for our two
merous Ukrainian and
nations.
German guests from all
During the visit, Patriarch
over Bavaria. Among
Shevchuk met with the Archthe honored guests was
His Beatitude blessess the four corners of the world with the
bishop of Cologne, Cardinal
also a delegation from
Light of theDivine and human Christ and the Holy Trinity
Meisner.
Renovabis, the head of
using double and triple candles
The cardinal thanked his
which, Father Stefan
Beatitude and Catholic Church with the blood of the Dartmann SJ, concelebrated the Divine
all of the U- martyrs. The archbishop spoke warmly Liturgy together with other priests.
krainian Cath- of Patriarch Shevchuks predecessors
After the Liturgy Bishop PeTeR
(Kryk) briefly recounted the history of
olic Church, whom he knew personally.
In his turn, Patriarch Shevchuk the UGCC in Germany and highlighted
which by its
suffering testi- expressed his gratitude to the cardinal the importance of Patriarch Sviatoslavs
visit to the Ukrainian community in
fied to the un- for his support of the UGCC.
According
to
the
Information
DeGermany.
divided whole
After the celebration, honored guests
of
Christs partment of the UGCC, on February 12,
Church and the primate celebrated a hierarchi-cal went to the Furstenried Palace where the
sealed its loy- Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Apostolic Apostolic exarchate in Germany and
Scandinavia organized a reception.
alty to its exarchate in Munich
The hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the
native orthodox faith and Cathedral of the Protection of Blessed
UGCC Information Department

Patriarch sviatoslav on the heroes of kruty

n January 29, 2012, the 94th anniversary of the

Battle of Kruty, near the Church of St.
Nicholas on Askolds grave in Kyiv, the heroes
of Kruty were commemorated. Patriarch SVIAToSLAV
(Shevchuk) consecrated a granite crossa symbol of
the memory of the heroes. The
commemoration was attended by
Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola
Azarov; members of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine; and representatives of different political parties.
Patriarch Sviatoslav, thanking
those who donated money for the
granite cross, said: Let the example of these heroes be a call for us
to love our homeland, to care for it,
cherish its independence, and be
prepared to defend it. Perhaps the
story of the construction of this
monument is also a kind of reminder and example of
this, because this monument was erected thanks to
donors and the good will not of government agencies
but of citizens of Ukraine, that is, those who truly

remember the heroism of these young men.

The spiritual leader of the UGCC, addressing all
those present, also recalled that this day a group of
young students in a patriotic impulse of their love for
their country gave their lives for it and

all, at a time when the idea Ukrainian patriotism is blurring, when national nihilism permeates all segments of
our society, we have an example of patriotism and love
for the Ukrainian land and struggle for its independ-

At a time when the idea of

Ukrainian patriotism is blurring
we have an example of patriotism
and love of the Ukrainian land and
struggle for its independence.
Patriarch Sviatoslav

thus imprinted themselves in the memory of their people as the heroes of Kruty.
I think that this event and this monument for us
today is particularly important and significant. After

ence, which is the feat of these young men, said

Patriarch Sviatoslav.
UGCC Information Department

Patriarch kirill: Meeting with Pope Is not Possible Yet

atriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia again

said there are no preconditions for his meeting
with the Pope, according to Interfax-Religion.
"I still believe conflicts need to be resolved more
energetically, if not fully, in order for this meeting to be
successful," the Patriarch said in an interview with the
Serbian newspaper Vecherniye Novosti.
Patriarch Kirill said the media reiterated "only the
sensational aspect of a possible meeting," saying he
"would not like its effect to be reduced to sensation."
"In order for such a meeting to be really useful for further development of relations between the Russian
orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, we
need to work together to radically improve the atmosphere of these relations by resolving the problems that
exist between us," the Patriarch said.

Speaking about the seizure of orthodox churches in

Ukraine by Greek Catholics, the Patriarch pointed out
that the Russian Church has recently suggested reviving
the four-party commission comprising the Vatican, the
Moscow Patriarchate, the Ukrainian orthodox Church,
and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
"however, the Catholic Church was not very enthusiastic about our offer," he said.
The issue of the situation with orthodox churches in
Western Ukraine has been regularly raised during meetings with representatives of the Catholic Church in the
Moscow Patriarchate, the Patriarch said.
"The Pope and the heads of the Vatican congregations
are expressing an understanding about our concerns, but
the problem remains unresolved," Patriarch Kirill said.
At the same time, the Patriarch said the relations

between the Russian orthodox Church and the Catholic

Church "have improved considerably" over the past 10
years.
"The issue of proselytism is no longer as acute as it
was in the 1990s, when Catholic missionaries came to
Russia to work actively here. The Mixed Group on
Issues between the Russian orthodox Church and the
Roman Catholic Church in Russia, which was created in
2004, played its positive role," he said.
The Patriarch has called for development of cooperation between orthodox and Catholic Christians, "who
keep Christian traditions and have close views on personal and social ethics, technological progress,
bioethics, and other issues of our time," including the
protection of the rights of Christians.
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german Bishops Promise support

to Ukrainian greek Catholic Church

s part of his visit to Germany, Patriarch SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk) met with the head of the
German Bishops Conference, Archbishop
Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg. So reported the Information Department of UGCC.
The meeting was attended by a representative of the
charitable organization Renovabis, Mr. Albert, Auxiliary
Bishop helmut Wizman and Fr. Ivan Machuzhak.
According to Fr. Ivan, the visit of Patriarch
Sviatoslav provoked a great interest in the German
Church circles.
The German clergy inquired about the situation of

the Church in Ukraine, its problems and achievements.

Patriarch Sviatoslav thanked Archbishop of Freiburg
for the big help to the victims of the frosts (the
Freiburg Archdiocese allocated a considerable amount
of money for those who suffered from the weather in
Ukraine), said the priest.
At the meeting, Patriarch Sviatoslav stressed the
importance of the role of the Church in the present
difficult social situation of the Ukrainian state and
noted that the church is the only guarantor of truth and
trust in the society, which is independent of ideologies
and party trends. The German bishops, in their turn,

assured the Primate of the UGCC of support along

this difficult but so important path.
In the end of the meeting, Patriarch Sviatoslav asked
the head of the Bishops Conference to pass his gratitude for the support of UGCC to all the bishops.
It is not only a material help, which is important,
but also political, social and, especially, spiritual support. In the process of the construction of the building
of europe, Ukrainians also must make a contribution,
despite the political problems in the country. Ukraine
expects a big support from its spiritual family, the
Catholic Church, said his Beatitude.

Institute of Church history As Part of International Project

Memory of the nations to Present Information on UgCC Underground

he Institute of Church history has joined the

international project Memory of the Nations
This Internet portal is creating archives of testimonies of survivors of the Communist and Nazi totalitarian regimes. The institute has posted four interviews on the portal to present various aspects of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the underground.
These are four interviews from the archives of the
Institute of Church history (ICh): with Father
Volodymyr Marhitych, Father Mykola Tsaryk, Sister
Markiya Bashynska, and Father Methodii Kostiuk,

says Lydia hubych of the ICh. We tried to find interviews and excerpts that would paint the widest and
more complete picture of the life and work in the
underground of the UGCC. on the one hand, each
interview is a unique historical source, and on the
other, behind each one is specific person who in various ways expressed his or her protest against the
repression of Soviet power and defended, often at a
very high price, freedom and faith.
The archive of the Institute of Church history contains materials, eyewitness testimonies from the period

of the underground of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Church (1946-1989).
Last year, the project Memory of the Nations was
joined by a number of Ukrainian organizations. A digital archive of the Internet portal was created in 2008
by Czech institutionsthe association Post Bellum,
Czech Radio, and Institute for the Study of Totalitarian
Regimes. The archive has video and audio materials,
biographical information, and photographs, as well as
diaries, memoirs and other archival documents.
UCU Press Service

Catholic Bishops of Two

Churches Gather in Lviv

n February 8, in the Major

Spiritual Seminary of the
Lviv Archdiocese of the
Roman Catholic Church in LvivBryukhovychi, a conference of
Catholic bishops of the two rites was
held. This year, bishops of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
and Roman Catholic Church conducted a meeting in this format for
the first time.
The delegation of Greek Catholic
hierarchs was led at the conference by
Patriarch SVIAToSLAV (Shevchuk) and
Roman Catholics were led by Metropolitan Mieczyslav Mokrzytski.
The meeting was also attended by
Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Archbishop Thomas edward Gullickson
and Msgr. Krzysztof Nykiel, an officer of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith from the
Vatican.
I am very glad that we have this
opportunity to gather together again
to settle our common problems. My
joy is even greater as this meeting is
held in the jubilee year, the 600th
anniversary of the transfer of the seat
of the Archdiocese of RCC from

halych to Lviv, said Metropolitan

Mieczyslav Mokrzhytski in an interview at the TV studio
our bishops are active in various
regions of Ukraine, and from time to
time have difficulties which we try to
settle at such brotherly meetings,
said Patriarch Sviatoslav,who added
that the bishops will prepare a joint
address on abortions during the conference activity.
We will prepare a communiqu
on this question. It is interesting that
a Roman Catholic Archbishop Petro
Malchuk from Kyiv who was in
charge of the preparation of the document has calculated that over 40
million people have been killed since
the legalization of abortions in
Ukraine. A country with the same
population as Ukraine has actually
disappeared since that time he said.
According to the Information
Department of the UGCC, on the
same evening, in the Greek Catholic
Cathedral of St. George, the Catholic
bishops of both rites concelebrated a
liturgy on occasion of the 120th
anniversary of birth of Patriarch
JoSePh (Slipyj).

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Cathedral Site of Celebration for

Bishop Richards Birthday
The seventieth birthday of Bishop RIChARD (Seminack)
was March 3, his Grace celebrated the hierarchical Liturgy
at the Cathedral along with priests from the neighboring area
and parishioners from various parishes on Sunday, March 4.

staying safe
How to stay safe in the world today:
1. Avoid riding in cars because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.
2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents happen in the home.
3. Avoid walking in the streets because 14% of all accidents happen to pedestrians.
4. Avoid traveling by air, rail or water because 16% of all accidents involve these forms
of transport.
5. of the remaining 33%, 32% of all deaths occur in hospitals. ABoVe ALL eLSe
avoid hospitals.
6. You will be glad to hear that only .001% of all deaths occur in worship services, and
these are usually related to previous physical disorders. Therefore, logic tells us that the
safest place for you to be at any given point in time is at church.
7. Bible study is safe too. The percentage of deaths during Bible study is even less.
For safety's sake---attend church and study your Bible--it could save your life!

School guidance counselors have a

responsibility to direct students to those
resources available to them to be able to best
access schools, programs or other opportunities to be able to follow their dreams for a
meaningful and productive life.
A question they always have to ask gives
them some idea as to where to direct the student's academic energybased upon their
interests.
Where do you expect to see yourself in
five or six years? is usually a good start.
one counselor was a bit taken aback when
a young student replied: In a mirror.
Another student confided: I always wanted to be a comedian.
What steps have you taken to pursue that
ambition? asked the counselor.
Well, I went to a party and was telling
jokes. But I didn't like itI couldnt stand it,
I just felt so embarrassedeverybody was
laughing at me.

Called by Name--Sr. Michele Yakymovitch, SSMI

n June 28, 2011, I completed my

term of office as Provincial Superior of the American Province of SSMI. It was a position I held for
15 years, so it seems quite odd when I
was asked to share about my vocation-my experience of religious life! The
years have gone by quickly, never a dull
moment that I can speak of. There was
never a dull moment when I was growing up at home either. Life was and continues to be grand!
I am the oldest of five children (one
boy and four girls) growing up in Rochester, New York. We grew up with
Sisters Servants as teachers at St. Josaphat School and then I had the School
Sisters of Notre Dame for high School
and the Jesuits in St. Louis for college.
See what Catholic education all your life
does to a person?
I never spoke of a religious vocation
to anyone at home. So it came as a surprise one day when I decided it was time
to pursue my dream. I had a car, a
well-paying government job and a family who was loved and supported by two
great parents. Yet, it seemed there should
be more a sense of fulfillment, a sense

of peace and contentment, a sense of

making a difference in the world.
When I left St. Josaphats (grade)
school, I became friendly with the
SSND sisters who taught at St. Josephs
Business high where I went.
If not for my mother, I would
have probably entered that
community! I remember my
mom saying to me in the midst
of tears, if you must go, cant
you go to your own? At the
time the SSMI (eastern
Catholic) or the SSND (Roman Catholic) were all the
same to me. There was that
joyful spirit, that smile that
captured your heart and told
you everything would be ok, that sense of
peace when in their presence, seeing them
change the world around you.
So, I listened to my mother once again
and I will be eternally grateful for her
wisdom and insight to follow my dream
with the SSMIs. off to the novitiate in
Philadelphia I went; the first time ever
on an airplane. I was petrified and chewed gum like a cow is what Sr. Stephanie, the novice mistress told me when

she met me at the airport. I look back at

that moment now and cannot recall the
amount of times I have been on an airplane around the U.S. let alone, across
the world. I guess that is one of the perks
of being in religious life.
You know not when or
where the Lord will lead
you to make a difference in your own life or
that of another. I never
dreamt that I would be a
teacher when I spent ten
years in teaching before
turning everything over
to Administration. They
were great years spent in
Ansonia, elizabeth, Minersville, Chicago and here at our
Academy in Sloatsburg. More wonderful is meeting up with my former students today, seeing them and their children, hearing of their life story and what
they remember of our past together. True
joy and much laughter!
But the goodness and the humor of our
gracious God does not end there. I could
have stayed in education which I enjoyed, but the vision of the community

was far greater and richer than I would

have ever imagined. A vowed committed life will do that to you, when you
believe and trust that your superiors act
in a prayerful manner depending on the
grace and enlightenment of God who directs our lives.
Administration continues to flow in my
veins as now I am at our home in SloatsburgSt. Josephs home. I always enjoyed a challenge whether it be heated,
political, religious or other. each day is a
challenge of not knowing what to expect.
The best of my plans are changed to accommodate a new adventure, a disaster in
the making or some kind soul just wanting someone to listen to them.
Whether it was teaching, administration or now in health care, I carry with
me the same scripture quote that I have
attached to my heart many years ago
from the old Testament Prophet Micah,
This alone the Lord asks of you to
love tenderly, act justly and walk
humbly with your God. I hope I have
done this in some measure with the past
years of my life and strive to continue
this with the present and future. All who
know me can only be the judge of that!

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a Living custom

he origin of Sorokousty services, All Souls' Saturdays, can be found dating back
to the 9th century. Traditionally the service was celebrated only on two
Saturdays during the calendar year, the day before Meat-Fare Sunday, and the
day before Pentecost. one of the most venerable traditions in our Church is reading the
names of those who have Fallen Asleep in the Lord during the service. Bear in mind
that every Saturday on our calendar, with the exception of those on which a holy Day
falls, is a day for commemorating the deceased in the Tropar and Kondak for the day.
This observes the day of rest God took after creation. The deceased are at rest now
with God.
The word Sorokousty comes from two Ukrainian words, sorok meaning forty and
ousta meaning mouth. During the 9th century, forty bishops,
priests, clerics and monks of the Studite order, gathered at a
cemetery on the day before Meat-Fare Sunday and again on the
day before Pentecost and sang the service for the deceased to
pray for those who were either lost at sea, during a war, or elsewhere so that they could have a Christian burial. To these two
particular Saturdays, later the Second, Third and Fourth Saturdays of Lent were added in the Slavic tradition.
one misgiving of Sorokousty because three of the days are
in the Great Fastis it is a Lenten service. The Gospel of MeatFare Sunday is that of the Fearful Judgment. So, on the
Saturday before, we pray for all the deceased that as they meet
the Just Judge, so that he may show them compassion and find
them blameless for their acts and that as they stand before him.
We ask that they may be at his right hand when he comes to
judge the living and the dead to enter into the Kingdom of God.
This service reminds us of our own death yet to come and
should help to make our penitential exercise during the Great
Fast more meaningful.
The Saturday before Pentecost, the Descent of the holy
Spirit, was chosen because Pentecost is the final act of
Redemption and our Church wishes that all [departed] souls
from all time--share in the grace of redemption.
St. John Chrysostom, in speaking to the faithful about those
who had departed from this life, reminds the living; Let us
assist them according to our power. Let us think of some advantage for them, small
though it may be, but let us assist them. how and in what way? By praying for them,
by asking others to pray for them, and by constantly giving alms. (Homily on Phill.
3, 4) What easier request can there be than to offer prayers on behalf of our dearly
departed? even today in our burial service the words put on the lips of the deceased as
we say our final farewell are: Come, all you that love me and bid me farewell, for I
shall no longer walk with you nor talk with you, since I am going to my Judge, who
shows no favor and rewards or punishes everyone according to his deeds. Therefore I
beg and implore you all, to pray for me continually to Christ our God, that on account
of my sins, I may not be doomed into the place of affliction, but rather be granted a
place where the light of life is shining!
RememberLent is a time for your re-commitment to living your life as a Christian.
You can increase your prayereven for the deceased, your fasting, and doing good for
others. In the prayer for the deceased we ask that their memory lasts forever in
God's eternal life. Take the time to pray for this for your departed loved ones.
Teach your children to offer the same prayer. one day it will be for you!
Phyllis Muryn Zaparaniuk

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eDIToRIAL BoARD AnD ConTRIBUToRs:

Fr John Lucas, Managing Editor
Petro Rudka, Ukrainian editor
Fr James Karepin, oP
Fr Leonard Korchinski
Fr Denny Molitvy
Fr Deacon Michael Cook
George Matwyshyn
Serge Michaluk
olenka Pryma
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