The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Today: Universal Values Versus Nationalist Doctrines
_ Carfax Publishing Religion, State & Society, Vo!. 30, No. 4, 2002 ."" Taylorl'..FrancisGrollp The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Today: Universal Values versus Nationalist Doctrines SOPHIA SENYK In the summer of 2000 the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) held its biennial meeting, upon the conclusion of which it issued the following statement of its decisions.! To the glory of the holy, consubstantial and lifegiving Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. To the most reverend bishops, reverend fathers, venerable men and women religious, and faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. By the grace of God and the blessing of the Roman Apostolic See + Liubomyr, Auxiliary Bishop of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, by the authority delegated to me I proclaim and make public the resolutions of the Synod of Bishops of the Particular [Pomisna - equiva lent to 'Local' used of Orthodox Churches] Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church which took place in Buchach, Temopil' oblast', in the monastery of the Holy Cross ofthe Basilian Fathers from 16 to 20 July 2000. The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church resolves: (1) To create a canonical commission to prepare a Directory of the UGCC, which will establish the norms of clerical garb and honorific insignia, composed of the following members: Bishop Roman Danylak, Fr Mikhailo Dymyd, and Fr Oleh Kaskiv. (2) To divide the territory of the Major Archbishopric into the following dioceses: the archdiocese of L'viv; and the dioceses of Stryi, Sambyr Drohobych, Sokil, Temopil' -Zboriv, Buchach, Ivano-Frankivs'k and Kolomyia-Chemivtsi.
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