{"id":11095,"date":"2015-06-21T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/?p=11095"},"modified":"2015-06-21T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T12:51:22","slug":"restitution-repentance-and-john-huss-an-open-letter-to-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/restitution-repentance-and-john-huss-an-open-letter-to-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Restitution, repentance and John Huss \/An open letter to the Vatican\/"},"content":{"rendered":"
19 June 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n

Vatican Secretariat of State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

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The feast of Sts\u00a0Cyril and Methodius and the feast of Master John Huss (5 and 6 July\u00a02015) will be the culmination of national repentance.<\/p>\n

The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate hereby presents a proposal to the <\/strong>Vatican<\/strong> for three historic gestures of repentance to be made in Velehrad:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) The Church in the Czech Republic shall waive the right to restitution.<\/p>\n

2) A gesture of repentance shall be made in the form of renunciation of heresies, syncretism and immorality.<\/p>\n

3) The Czech martyr John Huss shall be declared a saint.<\/p>\n

Ad 1) Waive restitution<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Huss was not burnt at the stake for heresies, which were wrongly attributed to him, but because he took a stand against the Church\u2019s business \u2013 the sale of indulgences, i.e. simony.<\/span> The Apostle declares: \u201cThe love of money is a root of all kinds of evil\u201d<\/em> (1Tim 6:10), and our Saviour says: \u201cNo one can serve two masters \u2013 God and mammon\u201d<\/em> (Mt 6:24).<\/p>\n

A specific case of antirestitution in the Church:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr K.\u00a0\u0160., a widow, in accordance with the last will of her deceased husband, donated her property to the monks of the Order of St Basil on condition that she would use it until her death and in case of illness the monks should provide care for her until death. Bishop Hu\u010dko arranged for the dissolution of the Order and stole the donated flat and a small house in Sm\u00edchov (Prague) from the widow. He even immediately occupied the stolen house. The widow protested against it. Bishop Hu\u010dko used a special method \u2013 he sent a canon lawyer with two priests to her. They manipulated her into signing a document prepared by them. When the delegation left, the deceived widow called a notary and cancelled the fraudulent document. However, Hu\u010dko has not returned her the stolen property up to this day, although she appealed to the Vatican too.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A Church thief abuses the police and the courts:<\/span> Three years ago, the condition of the widow suddenly worsened. The widow was transferred from her flat to a hospital for a short time, and thereafter her nephew took her to his flat. Her flat with her personal belongings remained empty. The widow asked Fr\u00a0Cig\u00e1nek, a member of the religious order which had been robbed by Hu\u010dko, to use her flat for temporary residence. Hu\u010dko exerted great pressure; he even deceived the police<\/span> who subsequently raided the flat where Fr Cig\u00e1nek was staying. This Hu\u010dko\u2019s fraud was exposed, but Fr Cig\u00e1nek preferred to leave the flat, and it has been vacant for more than one year since then. Now there has been an absurd situation these days: Hu\u010dko \u2013 the thief \u2013 brought an action against the victim robbed \u2013 Fr Cig\u00e1nek!<\/span> This grotesque trial is to take place on 24 June 2015. The aim of Hu\u010dko\u2019s action is to finally force Fr\u00a0Cig\u00e1nek to move all the widow\u2019s property out of the flat. In fact, Hu\u010dko who has waited anxiously for the widow\u2019s death, has lost patience and wants to occupy her flat as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Hu<\/span>\u010dko<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s method of intimidation:<\/span> Hu\u010dko threatens the widow\u2019s nephew that if he allows the widow to return to her flat or allows the Basilian monks to visit her, he will see to it that the tax office keeps an eye on his private business and ruins him. So the widow was not even allowed to go to confession and receive Holy Communion at Easter.<\/p>\n

Hu\u010dko<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s method of abuse of public authorities:<\/span> In order to achieve his goal \u2013 i.e. not to allow the registration of the orthodox Catholic Church and thus to eliminate his competitors \u2013 Hu\u010dko asked the Minister of Culture D.\u00a0Herman to pull strings. \u201cIn the interests of the Church\u201d the Minister committed with impunity a crime of discrimination against a religious minority and violated the laws of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Hu\u010dko\u2019s church kleptomania:<\/span> Hu\u010dko also stole a monastery in S\u00e1zava which we, monks, re-built out of a desolate barn with the financial help of our parents and friends. Hu\u010dko sold the stolen monastery to a person engaged in business. Would that he could have made it into a museum of St Procopius at least!<\/p>\n

We, monks of the Eastern rite, were expelled from S\u00e1zava to the East in 2003. We followed the fate of the Eastern monks of St Procopius, who were expelled from S\u00e1zava in 1096. Thus, the Cyrillo-Methodian tradition and Eastern liturgy were discontinued there.<\/p>\n

Although all our property was stolen from us and we came to Ukraine empty-handed, we now publicly give up the return of our property, i.e. restitution! We hereby appeal to the Czech Catholic Church to follow our example! Let them also give up restitution!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We forgive Bishop Hu\u010dko as well as the Czech Bishops\u2019 Conference for injustice, defamation, thefts and exile. God turned this evil into good. The Ukrainian orthodox Greek Catholic Church (UO GCC) and the Byzantine Catholic (Universal) Patriarchate were born in Ukraine. So we have to thank Bishop Hu\u010dko as well as the Czech Bishops\u2019 Conference for their good service, for it has been of benefit to the Church.<\/p>\n

Ad 2) Gesture of renunciation of heresies, syncretism and immorality<\/strong><\/p>\n

These days the Czech nation repents and renounces heresies, neopaganism and sexual perversion by burning at least symbolically three harmful books. We believe that the Pope will make the same gesture in Velehrad on his behalf and on behalf of the whole Church, and that the Czech bishops, priests, religious and believers will follow his example. In such case the evil of the past in connection with the burning at the stake of John Huss will bring a great blessing thanks to repentance. Then it will be true indeed: \u201cFelix culpa!\u201d<\/em> This will give an opportunity for spiritual resurrection of the spiritually dead Church.<\/p>\n

Ad 3) Declare the Czech martyr John Huss a saint<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Church burned Joan of Arc at the stake but she was rehabilitated and canonized thereafter, notwithstanding the fact that she fought with a sword against the English. Huss had no sword except the sword of the Word of God which he used to preach the divine truth, and that was the reason why he was burnt at the stake. The fact that he was not canonized thereafter (santo subito) and that the Church boycotted repentance aroused strong opposition and provoked wars, which was a consequence of the rejection of truth and repentance on the part of the Church hierarchy and temporal authorities.<\/p>\n

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May 5-6 July 2015 be a historic day for the <\/strong>Czech<\/strong> <\/strong>Republic<\/strong> and for the whole Catholic Church!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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+ Methodius OSBMr<\/p>\n

Secretary of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate<\/p>\n

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Copies to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Czech Bishops\u2019 Conference<\/p>\n

President and ex-President of the Czech Republic<\/p>\n

MPs of the Czech Republic<\/p>\n

Academia of the Charles University<\/p>\n

Mass media<\/p>\n

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