His Holiness Benedict XVI

Your Holiness,

we, bishops of the orthodox Catholic Synod of the UGCC, + Mikhailo, + Eliáš OSBM, + Josaphat OSBM, + Teodozij OSBM, + Metod?j OSBM, + Markian OSBM, + Samuel OSBM, + Bazil OSBM, + Timotej OSBM, send You our confession of faith. We hereby confirm before God and You that our confession of faith and renouncement of the spirit of heresy is sincere and true.

The formula of the confession:

1)      Do you believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is true God, born of true God, not made, of one Being with the Father?

Answer: YES, I DO.

2)      Do you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for us, that means even for you and for your sins, and the third day He rose again from the dead historically and really?

Answer: YES, I DO.

3)      Do you commit your whole life to Him and do you receive Him as your only Lord and Saviour?

Answer: YES, I DO.

4)      Do you receive the Mother of Jesus as it was done by the disciple under the cross (Gr. eis ta idia)?

Answer: YES, I DO.

5)      Do you receive the Holy Spirit as it was done by the apostles on the day of Pentecost?

Answer: YES, I DO.

Do you renounce:

1)      historical-critical theology (HCT) and the spirit which is behind it?

Answer: YES, I DO.

2)      the spirit of relativism, syncretism and false interpretation of Nostra aetate?

Answer: YES, I DO.

3)      satan and demons, especially those which nowadays work through different forms of magic and divination, and the spirit of New Age?

Answer: YES, I DO.

4)      the spirit working through Freemasons as well as, as the case may be, the membership in Masonic lodges or in the Rotary or the Lions Club?

Answer: YES, I DO.

On 11th August 2009, in Lvov – Bryukhovychi

P.S.: Our orthodox Catholic Synod hereby publicly confesses the faith in compliance with the formula of the confession and each bishop renounces the named heresies and additionally the spirit which works through Freemasons. 

Head of the UOGCC: + Mikhailo

Vicar: + Eliáš OSBM

Secretary: + Markian OSBM

Members of the Synod:

+ Josaphat OSBM

+ Teodozij OSBM

+ Metod?j OSBM

+ Samuel OSBM

+ Bazil OSBM

+ Timotej OSBM