To Presidents of 27 EU Member States and to Catholic Bishops in the EU

Dear Presidents, dear Bishops of the EU,

at the present time Europe is going through a crucial historic moment. Apostatical Christianity is no longer able to distinguish between good and evil, truth and lie, life and death, let alone fight for or witness to the Truth which gives eternal life. This Truth and this Life is the crucified and risen Jesus.

Even the fact that 27 states have adopted the Lisbon Treaty (LT) testifies to the critical state of Christianity in Europe. This treaty has anti-discrimination laws rooted in itself which are aimed at destroying the sound Christian values, family and youth by means of homosexual campaigns in the mass media, in schools and in the streets. Sound ethical and moral values as well as the view of the family as such are condemned. Now there starts an open persecution. An example is the EU Resolution (17th September 2009) which compels the Lithuanian Parliament to withdraw from the draft law on the protection of minors against detrimental public information agitating for homosexuality, bisexuality... Lithuania is systematically pressured into fully submitting to EU ideology. Where has the state sovereignty of Lithuania disappeared? Where is tolerance towards the cultural and religious heritage of Lithuania? EU’s tolerance is a mere phrase.

Likewise the European Court of “Human Rights” has resolved that all schools in Italy must remove the crosses, in spite of the fact that the cross has been part of public life in Italy for almost 1700 years.

The EU has legalized various anti-values, such as so-called inalienable rights, on the basis of which it forces the citizens of Member States to change the thinking, moral values and Christian roots of Europe. This is a new form of ideological persecution.

You, Presidents and Bishops of 27 Member States, are personally responsible for where You lead Your nations and what ideology You submit them to. EU ideology is antimoral and antichristian. However, the Irish bishop N. Treanor falsely maintains the contrary. The EU anti-discrimination laws are an instrument of removing the sound thinking based on conscience and on the moral principles of the Decalogue and of the Gospel. The “gender” ideology (i.e. putting heterosexual relations on an equal footing with homosexual, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual relations) leads to disintegration of the society and of its original cell – family. This ideology is the main line of the EU anti-discrimination policy. Do You perhaps want gay activists to deform defenceless children in schools and to force on them their “sexual orientation” – perversity? Do You perhaps want Christian parents to be tried judicially only because they protect their children against the pernicious influence of homosexuality? Even if You do not want it, You have already consented to it by Your approval of the LT.

Not only every EU bishop but also every politician and President of 27 EU Member States will answer for his personal decision.

The EU and LT are in unity with apostatical Christianity of Europe. The common spiritual root is liberal theology (HCT) and regard for pagan religions instead for one God. The fact is that our Synod appealed to the Bishops of Germany and the Czech Republic to confess the true faith and to renounce the heresy of Archbishop R. Zollitsch. Not a single bishop renounced unity with this spirit which says that Jesus did not die for our sins. In this year 2009 the Bishops of Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Ireland, all Cardinals, Superiors General of the major religious orders as well as representatives of the Vatican dicasteries were excommunicated from the Church by reason of unity with heresies. Before God and before the Church their betrayal is valid, even though outwardly the culprits boycott the penalty.

Owing to the Lisbon Treaty a spiritual curse impends over Europe the same as it did over Sodom and Gomorrah. These cities were destroyed by fire. There is yet another fire which in the hour of death is in store for those who abandoned God, His laws and conscience. And this fire is eternal. One has to know this. The only way to escape this fire is repentance – metanoia. Today Jesus’ word speaks especially to fallen-away Christians: “Change your thinking, and believe in the Gospel.” (Mk 1:15)

Change heresies for true faith, cowardice for bravery, lie for truth, the spirit of the world for the Spirit of God, reverence for demons for reverence for God, liberal theology for the Gospel, the following of sin for the following of Christ, obedience to false authority for obedience to God.

Change atheistic thinking for theistic thinking.

Change perverted thinking for pure thinking.

Change false love (egoism) for true love (agape).

Believe in the Gospel which brings paradise not only on earth but even after death. Do not believe in the antigospel which brings hell both on earth and after death.

Behind true Christianity is the Spirit of God who makes Christians into witnesses – ‘martyres’. Behind lukewarm Christianity is the spirit of the world which makes Christians into apostates. It is necessary today that the deceived Christians wake from euphoria! With the adoption of the LT there comes an era of bloodless and later on even of bloody martyrdom. This is reality.

What to do in this time? Do Your best so that in the hour of Your death You should not hear the voice of the Supreme Judge: “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practise lawlessness!” “Depart from Me into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” (Mt 7:23; Mt 25:41)

How to save oneself from hell? Christ’s word refers even to You today: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” (Mk 1:15) Concrete repentance for bishops is this: To confess the true faith publicly before their subordinates and to renounce all contemporary heresies as well as membership in Masonic associations or close cooperation with them. They also have to inform the Holy Father of this concrete repentance in writing, and that by Christmas, i.e. 25th December 2009. The bishop who will not do so makes it manifest that he maintains a heretical teaching and has denied Jesus Christ Himself as well as the true faith. According to God’s law (Gal 1:8-9) and the canon law (can. 1364 §1 CIC), such bishop has thus overtly accomplished his apostasy, that means, he is excommunicated from the Church. The faithful are no longer obliged in conscience to obey this apostate shepherd.

We hereby call upon Presidents of the EU states not to regard such apostate shepherds seriously as they cause harm to both the nation and Europe.

In Christ,

Bishops of the Synod of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church

+ Metod?j OSBM

+ Markian OSBM

+ Eliáš OSBM

+ Samuel OSBM

Lvov, 13th November 2009

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