Ternopil region celebrated the 125th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj
Ternopil honours the memory of the outstanding compatriot of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of his birth. In the Museum-memorial complex "home" to them. Josyf Slipyj, located in the village of Envy at Terebovlyansky, celebrated a Hierarchal divine Liturgy with the participation of his Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk. "We want to be here, in the solemn Liturgy to thank God for the gift of such a great man, conductor, teacher for our Church and for our people. During the persecution he was the voice of not only the silent Church, but tacit, which was closed in the prison of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian people. we thank God for what he has carried our Church, our people through all the hard times and we have the opportunity here in this Cathedral to thank God," said Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the UGCC. After the Liturgy, the clergy has consecrated the restored Museum and memorial complex built in the area where the Patriarch resided and held a service. Solemn opening of the new Museum exhibition, and then to a preview screening of the documentary film "Operation "REEFS" Film 1 series "the Patriarch Joseph Blind." "The role of this individual is extraordinary. This is a man who 18 years of his life spent in concentration camps just for the fact that he had his beliefs and was a citizen of Ukraine. It was he, our distinguished countryman, laid the foundations of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic University, which has 60-ies became the basis for the restoration of the clergy of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church", — said the Chairman of the Ternopil regional state administration Stepan Barna. This year it is planned a number of events dedicated to the memory of Joseph the Blind, said the head of the field. Details in the plot of the TV channel INTV This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
