V. Yushchenko

                                                                                                                                             President of Ukraine

          Establishment of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church

                                                          (UOGCC)

   Dear Mr President,

we hereby announce to You joyful news that our orthodox Catholic Bishops’ Synod of the UGCC has established a new Church under the name of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church, abbreviated to UOGCC. The reason for the establishment was that Cardinal L. Husar publicly proclaims heresies and has thus officially led the UGCC into a danger of total apostasy. There are 5 Orthodox Churches; the Ukrainian laws guarantee the freedom of worship and do not support religious discrimination. We want to work towards unity; in the present time, however, it can also be unity in multiplicity. In this time of democracy it is not possible that in Ukraine there should be only one option of incorporation for all Christians, whether of Orthodox or Catholic faith. We hereby turn to You in an official way with a request for registration of our already existent Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church. Mr President, in case of procrastination of the registration the bishops, priests and believers are going to be exposed to persecution, which will not go without various disorders, and, as the final result, the responsibility therefor will unfortunately fall upon You. We believe that in conformity with the Ukrainian laws You will help us to be registered without problems, and our Ukrainian state will thus guarantee freedom of worship for orthodox Catholics the same as it guarantees it for Buddhists or Hindus.

   We pray for You and thank You in advance for complying with our request.

   Note: We would like to point out that we have sent the application for registration to the State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions several times already and asked them in different ways to grant it. Unfortunately, again and again it is being purposefully procrastinated, and therefore we waited no more and we officially declared the new Church structure of the UOGCC. Now we only ask in accordance with the Ukrainian laws for registration of the existent ecclesiastical structure before the state.

Head of the UOGCC + Mikhailo Osidach

Vicar + Eliáš OSBM

Secretary of the Synod + Markian OSBM

                                                                                                                      Lvov-Bryukhovychi, 11th August 2009