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HOLY RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC MISSION
FATHER THOMAS O’CONNELL, PASTOR FATHER MICHAEL MAPLES, ASSISTANT PASTOR FATHER DEACON RON VOLEK, PASTORAL ASSISTANT HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH 307 BLACK OAK RIDGE ROAD SEYMOUR, TN 37865 PHONE: 865-609-1081 www.hrbcc.org
Slava Isusu Christu! Slava Na Niky!
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
Divine Liturgy begins at 4 p.m. Every Sunday
Ninth Hour Prayer precedes Liturgy at 3:30 p.m.
Potluck supper follows Liturgy on the third Sunday of the month
Also at this time non-perishable foods and items for those in need
June 22, 2008
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost The Holy Martyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Upcoming Feasts
Tuesday, June 24th is the Nativity of the Holy, Glorious, and Illustrious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist
John. Please do your part to sanctify this day.
Sunday, June 29th is the Feast of the Holy Pre-Eminent Apostles, Peter and Paul. There will be a
Reader’s Vigil at the church on Saturday beginning at 7:00 PM. Please try to attend.
Patriarch of Constantinople Proposes
Eastern Catholicism’s Return to Orthodoxy
In a recent interview with the German ecumenical journal Cyril and Methodius, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church
in Constantinople Bartholomew I invited Eastern Catholic Churches to return to Orthodoxy without breaking unity with
Rome. He noted that “the Constantinople Mother-Church keeps the door open for all its sons and daughters.”
According to the Orthodox hierarch, the form of coexistence of the Byzantine Church and the Roman Church in the
1st century of Christianity should be used as a model of unity. This story was posted by KATH.net on June 16,
2008.
At the same time, the patriarch made positive remarks about the idea of “dual unity” proposed by the head of
the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop Lubomyr (Husar). Patriarch Bartholomew I noted in particular that this
model would help to overcome the schism between the Churches.
Orthodox leader suggests “dual unity” for Eastern Catholics
The Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople has responded favorably to a suggestion by the head of the Ukrainian Catholic
Church for a system of “dual unity” in which Byzantine Catholic churches would be in full communion with both
Constantinople and Rome.
Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople welcomed the proposal in an interview with the magazine Cyril and
Methodius, the RISU news service reports. The acknowledged leader of the Orthodox world suggested that the “dual
unity” approach would produce something akin to the situation of the Christian world in the 1st
millennium, before the split between Rome and Constantinople.
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Kiev, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church—the largest of the Eastern
Catholic churches—had offered the possibility that Byzantine Catholics might seek communion with the Ecumenical
Patriarchate, without giving up their communion with the Holy See. Patriarch Bartholomew expressed distinct interest in the
idea, saying that “the mother Church in Constantinople holds the doors open for the return of all her former sons and
daughters.”
Patriarch Bartholomew acknowledged that a restoration of unity would require study, and important differences would have to
be overcome. However, he observed that major steps have already been taken to resolve disagreements—most importantly
the revocation of the mutual decrees of excommunication issued by Rome and Constantinople against each other in 1054.
While Catholic and Orthodox theologians continue their efforts to reach agreement on doctrinal questions, Patriarch
Bartholomew said, “the people at the grass roots have to come together again.” He pointed to the “dual
unity” idea as a possible step toward practical unity.
Cardinal Husar, the Ukrainian Catholic leader, has suggested in the past that the Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics of
Ukraine should unite under the leadership of a single patriarch. That provocative suggestion is particularly interesting
for two reasons.
First, Byzantine Catholics in Ukraine argued for years—particularly since emerging vigorously from the shadow of
Communist repression—that the Ukrainian Catholic Church should be accorded the status of a patriarchate. Both the
late Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have expressed some sympathy for that suggestion. The Byzantine-rite
Ukrainian Catholic Church is substantially larger than other Catholic churches that are recognized as patriarchates,
including the Maronite, Melkite, Chaldean, Syrian, Armenian and Coptic Catholic churches. However, Kiev is not a historical
patriarchal see like Antioch or Alexandria. And the recognition of a Ukrainian Catholic patriarchate would be sure to
provoke outrage from the Russian Orthodox Church, which has complained frequently and bitterly about the activities of
Byzantine Catholics in Ukraine.
Second, the Orthodox Church in Ukraine is badly split, with three different groups competing for recognition as leaders of
the Byzantine faithful. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate is led by Patriarch Filaret, who was once
acknowledged by Moscow but broke with the Russian Orthodox Church after Ukraine gained political independence. The
Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate retains ties to Russian Orthodoxy. The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of
Ukraine, smaller than the other two, has frequently sided with the Kiev patriarchate in efforts to form a single, unified
Orthodox Church in Ukraine, independent from Moscow.
For peace in the whole world, for the well-being of the holy churches of God, and for the union of all, let us pray to the
Lord.
Last updated: 30-Jun-2008 |
