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Letter to Mr Yuriy Reshetnikov
Post date: 2009-07-26Autor:
Dear Mr Reshetnikov, we would like to ask You once more for detailed information concerning registration of the Church (e.g. the number of people necessary for registration etc.). We would like to ask You, too, to deal with our matter justly, in compliance with the Ukrainian laws. Your reply of 26th June 2009 N. 7/2-19-107 testifies that it is not us but You who commit a gross violation of the Ukrainian legislation and misinterpret even the canon laws (CCEO) concerning internal Church affairs. Your overall attitude is discriminatory and suppresses religious freedom which in Ukraine is denied neither to Muslims nor to Buddhists nor to Hindus. We have turned to the state authorities of Ukraine, in order that our Orthodox Catholic Bishops’ Synod (9 bishops) could be officially registered.Supposing You administratively enable such division, it will be no disruption, but rather an operation which will lead to the salvation of life.
A stop to the homosexual infection (3.7.2009) (a pastoral letter to the faithful of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomiya)
Post date: 2009-07-03Autor:
Dear faithful, the Ivano-Frankivsk region is considered the most Catholic territory, and even the most religious one in general, in all Ukraine. It is painful that the regional state administration representatives have given their permission to organize a break through homosexual campaign scheduled for October. Supposing there is a breakthrough in Ivano-Frankivsk, similar actions will continue in other towns as well. The aim of this campaign is to legalize homosexual marriages and thus to put them on an equal footing with natural marriage.Catholic believers, but also the Orthodox and other Christians, are obliged today to do their best with the purpose of preventing the action in Ivano-Frankivsk at any cost!There is only one way to salvation and that is repentance! Therefore we, the bishops of the orthodox Catholic Synod from Ukraine, call You in the name of God: Pray day and night and do not allow the homosexual epidemic to break out in any of the towns of the Ivano-Frankivsk region and to attack Ukraine.
Pastoral letter to all Christians of Europe
Post date: 2009-06-13Autor:
On behalf of God we call You all in this historic time to join the prayer for spiritual resurrection of fallen-away-from-Christianity Europe. Europe is a spiritual cemetery and the Lord shows the solution through the prophet (Ezek 37:1f): “Prophesy, son of man, to these dry bones.” This word of prophecy is now given in this call for repentance and continual prayer. The reaction to the word of prophecy was a rattling noise; and the bones scattered over the valley of death came together, bone to bone, and were made into skeletons – foundations of a new life in Christ. After further prophesying comes the next stage of spiritual resurrection. The bones were covered with muscles and finally, after still further prophesying, the Spirit of God came into them. God said: “These bones are the people of God – Israel.” Yes, these bones are the people of God – the Church of Europe! Resurrection will be accomplished by God. The condition is one – repentance.
A reply to the article from the newspaper Gazeta po ukrajinsky
Post date: 2009-05-26Autor:
We are no sect, but bishops and members of the Catholic Church. We have never committed any offence against the law of whatever state. We overtly fight against hypnosis and point out its negative spiritual consequences. The members of the orthodox Catholic Bishops’ Synod of the UGCC who are foreign citizens reside in Ukraine legally. Miracles of healing and conversions in Pidhirtsi are worked by the Lord Jesus in witness of the true preaching of His Gospel.
What does the spirit of lie pursue
Post date: 2009-05-25Autor:
Right Reverend father, You have provided a piece of defamatory and mendacious information against us for the secular newspaper Gazeta po ukrajinsky. You have written similar lies to the chairwoman of the Pidhirtsi village. We are not a sect, but those who publicly preach heresies destroying the foundation of Christ’s salvific teaching. We defend this true teaching and suffer persecution therefor by the real sectarians. Reverend father, what spirit is behind Your lie and what is its aim? It is not the Spirit of truth but the spirit of lie which deceives the faithful so as to prevent them from conversion and repentance, to keep them in darkness and to bring on them a curse instead of a blessing.
Pentecostal pastoral letter to the faithful of the UGCC 2009
Post date: 2009-05-23Autor:
In the present time a very hard spiritual battle is going on for total dechristianization of Europe. The European Union promotes perverted laws which, in fact, deny the essence of Christianity. The nations that passed laws of homosexual marriages seem to have gone blind and without any resistance submitted to the dictates of the European Union. They signed judgement of death over the true Christianity on their territory. The main blame lies with the apostatic Church which has the spirit of the world and conforms to this trend or often even challenges to it.
Antiapologetics
Post date: 2009-05-07Autor:
Dear Mr. Oleksiv and fellow brothers, whose names – as You write – are unknown,in the very introduction You quote St. Paul the Apostle: “Such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” (2Cor 11:13-14)
Easter pastoral letter 2009
Post date: 2009-04-15Autor:
Every Divine Liturgy, which You celebrate daily, is a miracle of the Holy Spirit. The centre of the Eastern liturgy is the so-called Epiclesis, or intensive invocation to the Holy Spirit. It begins when the priest prays silently: “Again we offer to You this spiritual and unbloody sacrifice, and we implore and pray and entreat You, send down Your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts here present.” It is very useful here for the priest to make at least a minute pause, that the Holy Spirit may descend not only on bread and wine but through faith on him too.
Pastoral letter for the Lenten period 2009
Post date: 2009-03-12Autor:
In Your life, especially in critical situations or temptations, look to Jesus. This is the key to true victory and change of our life.God desires a change of the hearts of our believers. So that this change may take place, first the hearts of the shepherds – priests – must be changed. Therefore we beseech You earnestly by the name of Jesus Christ that You stand against sin in Your personal life and resist it to bloodshed.
New year’s pastoral letter to the faithful 2009
Post date: 2009-01-14Autor:
We, orthodox Catholic bishops, have been called by God in this time to be the living conscience of the Church and to unflinchingly call a sin a sin, the truth the truth and a lie a lie. We are willing even to lay down our lives for the sake of Christ and His Gospel. But we cannot make in Your behalf the act of decision which like a small grain on the scales is to mediate Your salvation. Today God is seeking with hope ten righteous to put into their hands the destiny of the nation.