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 Ukrainian  Greek Catholic Church in their churches constantly slander the orthodox Greek Catholic Church and incite religious hatred. As a result, it was not the first time that terrorists hired by them attacked the Monastery of the Sisters of St Elijah the Prophet in Bryukhovychi.

On Sunday, 6 July 2014, we will mark the first anniversary of the renewal of baptism in the Dnieper River in Kiev.

We vividly recall the canonization of John Milic of Kromeriz, Czech preacher of repentance and prophet, by Patriarch Elijah of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate during a solemn liturgy in front of the Church of St. Sophia in Kiev on the eve of the feast of nativity of St. John the Baptist. After the Divine Liturgy, we, the believers of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek Catholic Church (UO GCC), together with our bishops and Patriarch Elijah marched in procession with banners and placards, singing religious songs, from the Church of St. Sophia to the sculpture of St. Olga, St. Andrew and Slavonic apostles Sts. Cyril and Methodius. From there we went to the statue of St. Vladimir, where all of us – on behalf of ourselves and of the whole nation – renounced the devil and demonic forces. Then we confessed the faith and went down to the Dnieper.

On 5 April 2014, we celebrate the 3^rd anniversary of the establishment of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate.

The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate was established in order to unite all orthodox Christians under spiritual authority which fully represents the true Gospel and the teaching of Christ on earth. This authority categorically dissociates itself from all heresies and professes the saving faith which ensures a safe way to salvation for all who are subordinate to the spiritual authority of the Patriarchate. The mission and purpose of the Byzantine Patriarchate is to give patronage to all believers who desire to preserve the sacred deposit of the Catholic faith, regardless of nationality or belonging to any of the Catholic Churches or traditions.

Saint John Milic of Kromeriz

canonized 6 July 2013, Kiev

(Brief biography)

The beginning of the third millennium is the time when we need to think about the Scripture prophecy about the coming of the Antichrist. John Milic of Kromeriz, a preacher of repentance in Prague, warned of the presence of the spirit of evil in the world.

The brother of Pope Urban V, Cardinal of Albania, said about Milic: “Although my brother, the late Pope, shines with miracles, this Milic should be canonized before my brother.” Today, the time is ripe for the canonization of this prophet and servant of Christ.

This day, 6 July, is connected with the martyrdom of another Bohemian preacher of repentance, John of Husinec.

Czech history has its heroes. During the reign of Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Roman Emperor, there lived a servant of God and prophet John who served in the Kingdom of Bohemia. He was not afraid of telling the truth, even if it was not to people’s liking. He was not afraid of going against the stream! God’s words came alive in his mouth to confront the dismal state of society and the Church. What’s more, they convicted even the Emperor himself.

On the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, 12 July 2013 (according to the Julian calendar used in the Eastern Church), the Episcopal consecration will be held in the Monastery Church of the Nativity of Christ in Drohobych. The consecrator will be Archbishop Marcian OSBMr, Head of the UO GCC, and the co-consecrators will be the Bishops of the UO GCC.

The candidate for the episcopate is the monk-priest Demetrius Andrew Karpa OSBMr.

He joined the Basilian Order in 2000. He finished theological studies in Rome and underwent sound theological and spiritual formation in Lvov-Bryukhovychi. He was ordained a priest by the deceased Archbishop Michael in Lvov-Bryukhovychi.

On 21 February 2013, Bishop Michael Osidach died. His wish was to be buried by one of the orthodox Catholic bishops. He expressed that wish 14 days before his death.

When Bishop Marcian, religious sisters and orthodox Catholic believers came to the funeral in his native village, the UGCC clergy headed by the vicar Kotkyevych did not open the coffin at all and created a scandal during the funeral procession.

Kiev, 8 January 2013, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos

In this historic hour, on behalf of all the orthodox Catholic and Orthodox Christians of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, and on behalf of Presidents Viktor Fedorovych, Vladimir Vladimirovych and Olexandr Grygorovych, I, Elijah, Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate, consecrate these three Slavic nations to the Most Holy Mother of God.

Today, on 17 November 2012, at seven o’clock in the morning about 20 men in masks broke into the monastery of contemplative sisters in the village of Probizhna, Ternopol region, Ukraine. These were priests and seminarians of the UGCC (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church). They climbed a ladder to the second floor, broke the window in the chapel and invaded the monastery. The sisters just barely managed to take the Eucharist from the tabernacle. The attackers started to beat the sisters, kick and swear at them, and violently brought one by one out of the house under the supervision of the local priest, Zenobius Pasichnyk (UGCC) who was watching the brutal action from a distance. The assaulters stole a mobile phone and a computer from the sisters, took the computer into the church and removed its memory. They also stole a camera, so that the sisters could record nothing of these brutal acts of violence.

Lvov, 5 April 2012

The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate was established by seven bishops of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church on 5 April 2011.

Lviv, 15 December 2011

In 1037, Yaroslav the Wise consecrated Kievan Rus to the Holy Mother of God in “the Golden gates”.

In 1917, the Mother of God appeared to three children in Fatima. She called for repentance and showed hell to the children which awaited those who would stubbornly reject God’s call to mankind. The last apparition in Fatima was on 13 October 1917, on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. In her messages Our Lady of Fatima gave a prophetic word to the world with the request that all Russia should be consecrated to her Immaculate Heart.

21 July 2011

Religious sisters of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church have their chapel in Lvov on 6, Pluhova St., which is their private property. On Sunday 17 July 2011, another of a series of provocative actions organized by the Redemptorists and apostatical UGCC hierarchy took place in front of the chapel, during which they “sanctified” a cross. This all took place under the leadership of O. Fredyna, until recently chancellor of the Lvov archeparchy. He now holds the new office of a church political instructor of the Lvov City Council. This office is an anachronism since the Church in Ukraine is separated from the state. The main purpose of their action was to defame the orthodox Catholics, to incite the UGCC faithful against them, to arouse religious hatred and, finally, to steal the chapel, which is the private property of the sisters, or at least to prevent celebration of Divine Liturgies in that place. In other words – religious discrimination! The orthodox Catholics, though being publicly defamed during the provocative action, did not repay evil for evil.