In coonection with the first session
of the permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church,
the Society for the Promotion of the Patriarchal System
in the Ukrainian Catholic Church sent the following telegram
to the Chairman of the Permanent Synod,
His Beatitude Cardianl Josyf Slipyi.
HIS BEATITUDE JOSYF VII
CHAIRMAN OF THE PERMANENT SYNOD OF U.C.C. YOUR BEATITUDE:
THE NEWS ABOUT THE CONVOCATION OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE PERMANENT SYNOD FILLS THE HEARTS OF ALL UKRAINIAN CATHOLICS WITH JOY AND EXPECTATIONS «THE DELAY IN ITS CONVOCATION AROUSED FEARS, THAT YOUR BEATITUDE ENCOUNTERED OBSTACLES BEYOND YOUR CONTROL» NOW THE CONVOCATION RESTORES OUR CONFIDENCE, REAWAKENS IN US HOPES AND INSPIRES US IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL AND A BETTER TOMORROW FOR OTJR SUFFERING CHURCH AND NATION — WE WISH TO PERSEVERE IN OUR ENDEAVORS UNINFLUENCED AND UNHAMPERED BY ANY POLITICAL FACTORS – AND WE ARE CONFIDENT, THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR HIERARCHS IN THIS MATTER. IN THE NAME OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM IN THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE COUNCIL OF LAYMEN, WE EXPRESS OUR FILIAL DEVOTION TO YOUR BEATITUDE AND THE SYNOD AND PRAY FOR GODS BLESSINGS AND ENLIGHTMENT IN YOUR PROCEEDINGS.
Dr. Myroslaw Nawrockyj (President of the Society)
Dr. Leonid Rudnyckyj (Secretary)
Prof. Myroslaw Labunka (President of Laymen’s Council)
