On 5 April 2011, the Synod of Bishops of the UO GCC met in Zhovkva, Ukraine, and established the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate. It became an independent religious structure which exercises prophetic ministry in matters of faith and morals for both the Western and Eastern Churches. Archbishop Elijah OSBMr was elected Patriarch and Bishops Methodius OSBMr and Timothy OSBMr were appointed Secretary Bishops.

Before the establishment of the Patriarchate, the Synod of Bishops of the UO GCC wrote nearly 20 appeals to Pope Benedict XVI, beseeching him not to beatify John Paul II because this gesture would de facto approve his apostate direction in the Church and open the door to syncretism with paganism. Especially his apostate gesture in Assisi became a programme of spreading the spiritual infection of neo-paganism within the Church. In addition, John Paul II is responsible for his tacit consent to the heresies of neo-Modernism which undermined the foundations not only of the Catholic Church but of Christianity in general.

The establishment of the Patriarchate was announced to Benedict XVI because the Bishops of the UO GCC had fought for orthodoxy in subordination to the Pope by that time. Benedict XVI, who had been Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for many years, likewise did not approve of contemporary heresies. It was evident that he was exposed to extremely strong psychological pressure which broke him and eventually forced him into beatification on 1 May 2011. On that day, the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate was obliged to declare God’s anathema on him as well as on the deceased John Paul II. The reason was the necessity of protecting the faithful against the further progress towards self-destruction of the Church through an abuse of supreme authority.

Over a period of five years, confronted with spiritual and psychological war, the Byzantine Patriarchate has fought for the defence of orthodoxy and moral values enshrined in the law of God. Its struggle is currently aimed at saving the Eastern – Orthodox Church from the process of self-destruction, in which treacherous hierarchs, who have betrayed and sold Christ like Judas, play a major role.

The Patriarchate has no subordinate dioceses; it is a prophetic and moral authority both for the Western and Eastern Church.

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