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Official Publication of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia VOL. 80 - No. 11 JUNE 2, 2019 ENGLISH VERSION NEW METROPOLITAN-ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA BORYS GUDZIAK TO BE ENTHRONED TUESDAY, JUNE 4 DURING HIERARCHIAL DIVINE LITURGY AT THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN PHILADELPHIA OVER 50 BISHOPS, WILL PARTICIPATE IN CEREMONIES INSTALLING THE NEW SPIRITUAL LEADER OF UKRAINIAN CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH OVER 2200 LAITY IN ATTENDANCE PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— 16, 2018. Since that Tuesday, June 4, will be time Bishop Andriy Rabiy a truly historic day in has been serving as the life of the Ukrainian Apostolic Administrator Catholic Church in the of the Philadelphia United States as the Archeparchy. Most Reverend Borys Gudziak, 58, a native of After the Synod of Syracuse, New York is Bishops of the Ukrainian enthroned as the seventh Catholic Church met in Metropolitan Archbishop Ukraine in September, of the Ukrainian 2018, the Synod made Catholic Archeparchy its recommendation to (Archdiocese) of the Holy See for the Philadelphia. The new appointment of the new spiritual leader of the Metropolitan-Archbishop Ukrainian Catholic of Philadelphia. Pope Church in the United Francis announced the States succeeds appointment of Bishop Metropolitan-Archbishop Gudziak on February 18, Stefan Soroka, whose 2019. resignation for health reasons was accepted (continued on next page) by Pope Francis on April Archeparchy News pg. 2-44 Advertisements pg. 48-51 Catechism pg. 45-46 Holidays/Feast Day pg. 52 Children’s Corner pg. 47 Church News pg. 53-56 Archeparchy News NEW METROPOLITAN-ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA BORYS GUDZIAK TO BE ENTHRONED TUESDAY, JUNE 4... (continued from previous page) The enthronement Rev. Robert Hitchens, promise of obedience to by Pope Benedict XVI ceremony and Washington Deanery; the new Metropolitan as to serve the faithful in hierarchical Divine Liturgy, Very Rev. Mykola Ivanov, they kiss his omophorion France, Belgium, the when Metropolitan South Anthracite Deanery; on his right shoulder, his Netherlands, Luxemburg Borys officially takes Very Rev. Nestor Iwasiw, hand and his epigonation. and Switzerland on canonical possession of North Anthracite July 21, 2012 and the Archeparchy, will Deanery; Very Rev. Taras The responses to the was ordained to the begin at 11:00 a.m. The Lonchyna, New Jersey Divine Liturgy will be episcopacy on December liturgical procession will Deanery; Very Rev. John sung in both the English 2, 2012. On January 19, include 50 bishops from Seniw, Lehigh-Schuylkill and Ukrainian languages 2013, Pope Benedict XVI the Ukrainian Catholic, Deanery and Very Rev. by the combined elevated the Apostolic Eastern Catholic, Latin Msgr. Peter Waslo, choirs of the parishes Exarchate of France, Catholic and Ukrainian Philadelphia Deanery will of the Philadelphia Benelux and Switzerland Orthodox churches, be the concelebrating Archeparchy, under the for the Ukrainians to the 125 priests, 11 deacons priests at the altar. direction of Mr. Stepan status of a full apostolic and 70 members of the Szyszka choir director eparchy (the equivalent religious orders. Deacons will be from the Ukrainian of a diocese), with the Father Protodeacon National Shrine of the name of Eparchy of Saint His Beatitude, Sviatoslav Nazar Yaruniv; Father Holy Family, Washington, Vladimir in Paris. Shevchuk, Head and Deacon Paul Makar, DC. Spiritual Father of the Father Deacon Paul Borys Gudziak was born Ukrainian Catholic Spotts, Father Deacon The Pennsylvania East on November 24, 1960 Church and His Volodymyr Radko and District of the Fourth in Syracuse, New York, Excellency Christophe Father Deacon Daniel Degree Knights of the son of immigrants Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio Galadza. Columbus, Calvert from Ukraine. He earned to the United States will Province, will provide the a bachelor’s degree in preside at the Divine His Excellency Christophe Color Corps. philosophy and biology Liturgy. Pierre will extend from Syracuse University greetings on behalf of the After the Divine Liturgy, in 1980 and then studied The concelebrating clergy Holy Father Pope Francis Metropolitan Gudziak in Rome, in the circle of will include: His Grace and present the Papal will greet guests during a Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. Metropolitan Borys Bull. reception on the grounds He received a STB Gudziak, His Eminence of the Ukrainian American degree in theology from Timothy Cardinal His Beatitude Sviatoslav Citizens Association to the Pontifical Urban Dolan (New York); His will address the which all the clergy, University in 1983 and Excellency Charles assembled faithful and religious and faithful are then returned to America Chaput (archbishop of Metropolitan Borys will invited. to pursue a doctorate Philadelphia); His Grace give the homily to his in Slavic and Byzantine Archbishop Emeritus flock as the new shepherd Archbishop Gudziak Cultural History at Stefan Soroka, and the of the Philadelphia was ordained to the Harvard University, which archbishops and bishops Archeparchy. priesthood on November he successfully defended in the sanctuary. 26, 1998. in 1992. In 1995 he During the services, all the earned a licentiate in The protopresbyters clergy of the Philadelphia He was appointed of the Philadelphia Archeparchy will come bishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy: Very forward to express their Greek Catholic Church (continued on next page) JUNE 2, 2019 2 Archeparchy News NEW METROPOLITAN-ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA BORYS GUDZIAK TO BE ENTHRONED TUESDAY, JUNE 4... (continued from previous page) Eastern Christian studies of the Lviv Theological through Sunday, June faithful in 62 parishes from the Pontifical Academy, then as Rector 9, 2019 of Prayer, and 2 missions located Oriental Institute. from 2000 to 2002. In that Celebration, Unity and in Delaware, eastern year, Gudziak became Mission Outreach: From Pennsylvania, the District In 1992, he moved to Rector of the Ukrainian Heart to Heart. of Columbia, Maryland, Lviv where he founded Catholic University New Jersey and Virginia. and directed (1992-2002) (founded on the basis The Ukrainian Catholic Other suffragan eparchial the Institute of Church of the Academy), and in Church is the largest sees of the Philadelphia History. In 1993, he was 2013 its President. of the Eastern Catholic Metropolitan Province are appointed Chairman Churches. In the United Stamford, Connecticut, of the Commission for The Enthronement and States, the Ukrainian St. Nicholas in Chicago, the Renewal of the Lviv Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Catholic Church consists Illinois and St. Josaphat Theological Academy. will be the highlight of a of the Philadelphia in Parma, Ohio. From 1995 until 2000, week of special events Archeparchy, with a he served as Vice Rector from Sunday June 2 population of 13,000 Tuesday, June 4 at 11 am edt, EWTN will broadcast live the Enthronement Ceremony and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of the Most Reverend Borys Gudziak as the 7th Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia On Tuesday, June 4 at 11 am edt, EWTN will broadcast live the Enthronement Ceremony and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of the Most Reverend Borys Gudziak as the 7th Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia from the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. The program will also be rebroadcast June 4 at midnight edt. Watch the broadcast on your EWTN TV Channel and please share this information with Link to watch EWTN on their website: your family and friends. http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player.asp?sat=dome JUNE 2, 2019 3 Archeparchy News Brief History of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia Catholics of the Byzantine but ordered the Apostolic Apostolic Exarchy of and Western Pennsylvania. ritual tradition in the Delegate to assign two Stamford, Connecticut, Bishop Robert M. Moskal Austro-Hungarian Empire priests as temporary assigning to it the was installed at the time of were known in church administrators, one for parishes situated in the canonical erection of the terminology as Ruthenians. the faithful who came State of New York and new Eparchy on February Large numbers of them from the ecclesiastical in all of New England, 29, 1984, as its first Bishop. began to immigrate to province of Lviv-Halych and appointed as its first the United States in the (Galicia and Bukovina), titular Bishop Ambrose As a result of these late 1870s. A priest of and another for those Senyshyn, previously separations, the their own arrived in 1884, whose origin was in some auxiliary in Philadelphia. Metropolitan Archeparchy Father John Wolansky and part of the kingdoms The same Roman Pontiff of Philadelphia now includes blessed their first church then called Hungary and erected on July 12, 1958 the District of Columbia, building in Shenandoah, Croatia. This division the Ecclesiastical Province the states of Virginia, Pennsylvania that same implied the permission for of Philadelphia, consisting Maryland, New Jersey and year. These Catholics either group of the faithful of the Archeparchy Eastern Pennsylvania to were placed under the to detach themselves from of Philadelphia of the the eastern boundaries of jurisdiction of the Latin an existing parish and Ukrainians, and the the following Pennsylvania ordinaries of the places found one of their own, Eparchy of Stamford, counties: Potter, Clinton, of residence by virtue of defined either according CT. Pope John XXIII Center, Mifflin, Huntington the Apostolic Letter of Leo