. . , . , .,, , , , , . () . , - , -, -, - . . , ' , ,, . . - , , -. , , , ,.,,-., .,,,., , . ,..-, , . ,,,,- ., - , -. , -,. , , . ,, , , , . . , , , , .Non-Profit Org.BuLK RAteu.S. PostagePAIDPermit No. 93Calumet City, IL 60409New Star-- 2245 w. Rice StreetChicago, IL 60622-4858AddReSS SeRvICe RequeStedCirculation Dept. New Star2245 W Rice StChicago IL 60622-4858__________________________________________ name_________________________________________address____________ _______________________________ city________________________________________state, ZipUse another sheet of paper if necessary--allow six weeks forchange. (Do not telephone or e-mail ANYaddress change information.)dated material~~deliver by September 10, 2011 SEPTEMBER, 2011 XLVII No. 9$1.75It is September again. For some the school year has already begun. For others,classes will soon begin. Whatever the case, Catechetical Sunday is observedin churches across the country.Tobringourscholasticstudiesintofocus,weputourattentiontoChrist,theHoly Wisdom of God, and see that we, as members of His Church are together inHim. Again, ECED, the Eastern Conference of Eparchial Directors of ReligiousEducation has supplied a poster to accompany this observance. As well there areprayers and bulletin or pulpit announcements available for catechetical coordina-tors to distribute to the parishes if a formal ceremony is planned to inaugurate theschool year. There are also certificates for students and teachers.The poster for this year reminds us that our con-nection with Christ also connects us to others whobelieve in Himno matter their method or mannerof approach we employ to worship Him.TheChurchin AmericaisgreatlyenhancedbythevariedwaysitexpressestheCatholicFaith.The presence of large numbers of Eastern CatholicChurches in the United States is a testimony to thecatholicnatureoftheBodyofChristthatisalsoone, holy and apostolic.Whatever our Tradition, whatever our ritual fam-ilybackground,welearnthatChrististhesame,yesterday,todayandtomorrow.WhetherweareArmenian,Byzantine,orSyriacofwhateverpar-ticular Church, we have the fullness of the Gospelto lead us.Close attention to the poster can help us see thatChrist is the main entity of the Church. He is alivein eacha fact accentuated by the use of the colorgreen, so often associated with abundant life. He isinthemidstofallofusshownbytheinclusionof the names of the Eastern family of Churches towhich we belong. Our importance is faint in rela-tionship to His fullness. He overshadows our everyactivityasHisimagehoversoverafewofthewayswecometobegatheredtogetherinHisName.It may be in a churchor in a procession on thewayat a concert of hymns of praise to Him.WecanshowourenlightenedstateinabrightsurroundingorexpressasenseofawaitingtheSecond Coming in a subdued atmosphere of a candle-lit sanctuary.He can be metand served at the Holy Table; stud-ied in a formal setting; experienced in a casual, socialatmosphere. We find him where we live, how we live.Catechetical Sunday is not just for formally-con-ducted classroom instructionbut a chance for us torealizethateverytimewecometogether,whetheratthe parish church for a Divine Liturgy, or even just sit-tingaroundenjoyingthecompanyofotherChrists(otherChristians)weareinHis presenceand He is in our midst. We keep Him alive for ourselves and forothers.The poster has no dateit may be left up indefinitely as a reminder that cate-chism is not for a limited time or place, but for every day of our life. MOVING?attach old address (at left) anduse form to send new address to us: Catechetical SundayIs Here, AgainThisposterforCat-echeticalSundayhasbeenmadeavailabletoeveryEasternCatholicbishopintheUnitedStatesandcatecheticaldirectors,todistributetotheparishesofeachjurisdiction. -- -.2 2011 :. ChurChatNewStar@cs.com : newstarua@esnucc.org : . , , . ,. , . , , -, , , , . :New Star2245 West Rice StreetChicago, IL 60622. (773) 276-5080: (773) 276-6799: : (773) 276-9500 , , - . - . . , - -. . . (), .-, , --- ! -.-,,- , .,XVI,242011.,,--, - . , - ()20,.-, , -,,. - ().,, , :..-,,-,,.,, , 20 -.,,,. , (..),-. ,..,,-,-, - .,,,,,,, , -,,-. -.,..,,,,,, .,,-, . ,, , ,--.-, - , -. , - , - . 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Having enjoyed the food andfriendship of the others, at oneoclock,allcongregatedagainin the church for a moleben, atime to bid farewell to the vis-iting icon.Asthescheduleallowedforadditional time in the area, theIconwenttoSacredHeartBasilica,NotreDame,Indiana.Heretheimagewas set out for venerationfrom July 25-27.Additionally,ThePro-tection Icon was taken totheRomanCatholicCathedral of St Matthew,inSouthBendJuly28-31.Here,accordingtothepastorandrector:"peopleflockedtoit." Atboththebasilicaandcathedral,aspe-cially-preparedposterwasalsoondis-play,notingthepurposeandparticulardetails of the Icon and its importance tothe Eparchy of St Nicholas.Fr Jim Karepin, OP, before returningtodutiesattheBishopsChancery,onSunday, July 31, retrieved the Icon andtransportedittoitsnextstop,St.Mi-chael's, West Pullman. Icon in MichianaThe Jubilee Icon at St Michaels Church,Mishawaka, Indiana.In Notre Dame, Indiana, the Icon was placed in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.The Jubilee Icon HasVisited EparchialParishesSince its sanctification in Detroit byBishop RICHARD (Seminack) last year,the Jubilee Icon of the Protection of theMotherofGodhasbeenintransit,crisscrossingthevastgeographyofStNicholas Eparchy. Toadequatelyreflectuponthepur-pose of this pilgrimage, readers of NewStar areinvitedtowrite(between50-250 words) a personal commentary ofthe visit to your area.Youmaychooseoneofthesetwocategories:1] What effect the visit of the JubileeIconhashadonyourparish(oryourlife);2]IftheJubileeIconcouldspeak,thisiswhatwouldbesaidaboutthevisit to (your parish, city, state).You are to sign your name, and giveparishaffiliation.Commentswillbeanonymousuponrequestofthewriter,butcity,parishmaybelisted.New Star will publish as many as pos-sibleintheOctoberand/orNovemberissues.YoumaywriteineitherEng-lish or Ukrainian. (Note deadline dates)Please address all letters tonewstarua@esnucc.org (Subject line: IKOHA); or:NewStarNews@aol.com (Subject line: ICON). Or, by mail to: IKONA (or) ICON; New Star; 2245 W Rice St; Chicago, IL 60622September 4 Immaculate Conception,Palatine, IllinoisSeptember 11 St Joseph theBetrothedChicago, IllinoisSeptember 18 Ss Volodymyr and OlhaChicago, IllinoisSeptember 24 Cathedral of St NicholasChicago, IllinoisJubilee Icon IsDrawing Nearer to the CathedralThe final four stops along thejourneyoftheJubileeIconoftheProtectionoftheMother of God:Anticipation built up at South Side Chicago's St Mi-chael'sParish over a period of weeks. As long agoasStNicholasDay,2010,whentheiconoftheWonderworkerofMyrawashighlightedwithagarlandofpineandhollyinkeepingwiththeDeanery'scommitmentto emphasize the Jubilee Year in each parish, parishiolnersbegan to recite the Jubilee Year Prayer.Two week prior to the August 7th date of the actual visitof the Jubilee Icon, an analogion was placed before the iconofStNicholasontheiconostas.Itwasemptybutitwasthe place of honor where the visiting icon would rest. Aswell,notecardswithaquotefromPsalm33TheEarth is full of the good things of the Lord (v 5) were dis-tributed, and each person was asked to write a personal peti-tion or prayer to be placed it in a special box to be plantedon the church property. Portions of the Akathist were takenby the parishioners then and the following Sunday.WhentheIconoftheProtectionoftheMotherofGodwas in place, it was flanked by marigolds and Babylon Blueflowerstobeplantedinaflowerbedliningthesidewalkalongsidethechurchbuilding,asapemanentreminderoftheevent.Goldcandleswerelightedandstoodsentinel.After the Divine Liturgy, a Moleben to the Mother of Godwas celebrated by St Michael's Church; the prayer cards ofparishioners and visitors were gathered; the box was readyto be sealed in preparation for the ceremony the followingweek.Everyonepresentwastheninvitedtotheparishhalltopartake in a special meal. On August 14, the parishioners filed to the site of a newly-establishedminigarden,wheretheboxofprayersofthefaithful and a replica of the icon and flowers was placed andnourished with a stream of Jordan Water in a ceremony com-mitting the prayers to the task of feeding the flowers.LEFT: TheanalogionstoodemptybeforethetheiconofthepatronoftheJubilarianEparchy;andRIGHT: The Jubilee Icon in place on the analogion,overseen by the image of St Nicholas.photo:Mary SzpurStMichael's in Chicago Has Jubilee IconFr John Lucas leads parishioners in the prayer for God to hear the needs of His people, as Jordan Water is pouredover the prayers to provide moisture to sustain the plants that will serve as a reminder of the visit of the Jubilee Icon.ARCHAEOLOGISTS REPORT FINDING ST PHIL-IP'S TOMB: ROME,(Zenit.org).- ArchaeologistsareassertingthattheyhaveuncoveredthetomboftheApostle Philip.ThediscoverytookplaceinPamukkale,formerHierapolis, in Western Anatolia, Turkey, the city wherePhilipdied,afterhavingpreachedinGreeceandinAsia Minor.ThediscoverywasmadebyanItalianarchaeologicalmis-sionthatbeganin1957,andtodayismade up of an interna-tionalteam,directedsince the year 2000 byFrancescoD'Andria,professoroftheUni-versity of Salento.Inreportingthean-nouncement,L'Osser-vatoreRomano point-edoutthatanimpor-tantstepinthesearchforSt.Philip'stombwasachievedin2008,whentheteamidentifiedtheprocessionalstreetthatpilgrimsfollowedtoreachtheapostle's sepulcher. "NexttotheMartyrion(octagonalbuildingofwor-ship, built on the spot where St. Philip was martyred),wehavefoundafifth-centurybasilicawiththreenaves,"explainedthemission'sdirector."Thischurchwasbuiltaroundafirst-centuryRomantomb,whichevidently enjoyed the highest consideration, if the deci-sion was made later to build a basilica around it."Duetotheseandotherelements,"wehavecometothecertaintyofhavingfoundthetombofthe ApostlePhilip,whichwastheaimofthepilgrimagestothatplace," said D'Andria.Inthefourthcentury,EusebiusofCaesareawrotethattwostarsshinein Asia:John,buriedinEphesus,and Philip, "who rests in Hierapolis."The question linked to the apostle's death has sparkedcontroversy. According to an ancient tradition, he wasnotmartyred,buttheapocryphalgospelsstatethathesuffered martyrdom under the Romans.NUNCIOIN USDIESAT 73;ARCHBISHOP PI-ETRO SAMBI HAD AMERICANS'"HIGHESTRESPECTANDDEEPESTAFFECTION": WASH-INGTON,D.C.,(Zenit.org).-Theapostolicnunciotothe United States died in Baltimore after complicationsarose following a lung surgery two weeks ago.ArchbishopPietroSambiwas73.Hisfuneralwasheld August6,thefeastoftheTransfiguration,attheBasilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Con-ception in Washington.ArchbishopTimothyDolanofNew York,presidentoftheU.S.ConferenceofCatholicBishops,calledArchbishop Sambi a friend of the United States."AsthepersonalrepresentativeoftheHolyFatherPopeBenedictXVI,ArchbishopSambienjoyedthehighest respect and deepest affection of the bishops oftheUnitedStatesandofourCatholicpeople,"Archbishop Dolan said in a statement today.ArchbishopSambiwasappointedU.S.nuncio,orambassador, in December 2005 by Benedict XVI. Priorto the U.S. appointment, Pope John Paul II had namedhim nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and apostolic delegateinJerusalemandPalestinein1998.TheappointmentmadehimonlythesecondVaticanambassadortoIsrael,aftertheVaticanandIsraelestablisheddiplo-matic relations in 1994.PietroSambiwasanativeofcentralItalyandwasordained a priest in 1964. He was named an archbish-opandnunciotoBurundiin1985,apositionheheldfor six years until being named nuncio to Indonesia. CATECHISMOFUKRAINIANGREEKCATHOLICCHURCH PRESENTED IN AUSTRALIA: TheEparchialPastoralCouncilhaditstriennialgeneralmeeting on the July 16, 2011. During this meeting theCatechismoftheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurch(UGCC)waspresentedforthefirsttimeoutsideUkraine. The first presentation of the catechism of the UGCC,ChristourPascha,wasonJune24,2011,inLviv,Ukraine. Sister Luiza Ciupa SSMI, the deputy head ofthe Patriarchal Catechetical Commission, and the headofthePatriarchal,Catechetical,PedagogicalInstituteof the at the Ukrainian Catholic University, spoke aboutthe history of the writing of the catechism. Father TarasBarscevski,thesecretaryoftheworkingcommittee,discussed the structure and content of the catechism.Oneofthequestionsdiscussedwashowthiscate-chismcanbeasourceofunityforthefaithfuloftheUGCC. Patriarch Sviatoslav in his preface to the cate-chism said, to help the faithful better understand andto absorb into our own life the faith that has been giventousbytheFathersoftheChurch:bishops,martyrs,confessors and monks, which istheChristianfaith.Itisimpor-tant to follow the Kyivan Christ-iantraditionandthroughittofind answers to the challenges ofcontemporary issues."The central point of the cate-chism is faith in Christ, the sameas it is in the rest of the CatholicChurch.However,thisfaithwereceivedfromourbishops,mar-tyrs, confessors and our Eastern Tradition. That is whywepracticeitinourownway.Thisisshowninlan-guage,Liturgy,andotherservicesandpractices.Theunityofthechurchdoesnotrelyonahistoricalornationalpast,orinastrongcooperationforabetterfuture. Thecatechismdefinitelylookstothefutureofour Church and unites the people of God in holiness." UGCCAWARDSMISSIONARIESFROMPORT-UGAL AND RUSSIA: Patriarch SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk)presentedaprotopriestcrosstothedirectoroftheMigrantServiceofthePortugalBishopsConference,Fr. Francisko Sales and a letter of gratitude to Fr. IvanKovba.On August 2, the missionary from Portugal receiveda protopriest cross from retired Patriaech LUBOMYR. Fr.SalesprovidesalotofassistancetoGreekCatholicpriestsinPortugal.Inparticular,hehelpedtoensureappointmentofaGreekCatholicCoordinatorinPortugal and helped to find church buildings for GreekCatholics to serve liturgies in. The missionary came toUkrainetoparticipateinaspiritual-informationsemi-narTheoretical-practicalspiritualityofUGCCintheecumenical Church.ThisdecreemeansthattheleadershipofUGCCknows about our help to Greek Catholic priests in theirservicetomigrants.Actually,webelongtothesameChristsChurcheventhoughthewaysofourservicediffer, commented the missionary on the award.On August 5, in the town of Sambir, Bishop JOSEPH(Milian) presented a Letter of Gratitude to a missionaryfromRussia,Fr.IvanKovbaonoccasionofthecom-pletionofhiseight-yearmissionaryworkinSurgut.UponhisreturntoUkraine,Fr.Ivanwillserveastheparish priest of the Church of the Holy Mother of Godin Sambir.OLD WOODEN CHURCH BURNS DOWN IN LVIVOBLAST: AnoldChurchoftheIntercessionoftheHolyVirginoftheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurchburned down in village of Strumin in the Lviv Oblast.AccordingtothepressserviceoftheMinistryofEmergencySituations,thefireinthewoodenchurchdating from 1864 started at 7 p.m. August 13. At 9 p.m.,sixdepartmentsoffirefightersextinguishedthefire.There were no victims or injured persons. The cause ofthe fire is being investigated.RepresentativesoftheMainDepartmentoftheMinistry of Internal Affairs examined the site. SOCIAL CHANGESIN UKRAINEFORTHE LASTTWENTYYEARSDISCLOSED: TheIlkoKucherivFoundationDemocraticInitiativesandInstituteofSociologyoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesofUkraine monitored social changes in Ukraine over thelast twenty years.On August 3, at a press conference organized by theInstituteofSociologyoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesofUkraineandFoundationDemocraticInitiatives,manyinterestingresultsofthelong-termproject were revealed.Eachyear,onaverage,1,800personswereques-tionedaccordingtoarepresentativeselectionrepre-senting the adult population of Ukraine (over 18).TheresultsshowthatthevalueprioritiesofUkrainiansin2011arenearlythesameasin1991:goodhealth(4.85pointsonthe5pointscale),goodfamily(4.82),childrenswell-being(4.73),materialwelfare (4.72).TheleastsignificantvaluesforUkrainiansincludeparticipation in the activity of political parties and pub-licorganizations(2.46)andparticipationinreligiouslife (2.89). Incomparisonto1994,thesignificanceofthefol-lowing values have grown the most: good family (from4.64to4.82),socialrecognition(from3.97to4.17),interesting work (from 3.94 to 4.14), democratic devel-opmentofthecountry(3.30to3.66),participationinthe activity of political parties and public organizations(2.09 to 2.46).ThefollowingvaluesbecamelessimportantforUkrainians:afavorablemoralandpsychologicalcli-mate in the society (from 4.49 down to 4.16), national-cultural revival (from 3.85 to 3.57), state independenceof Ukraine (3.83 to 3.63), the possibility to criticize andcontrol the decisions of the authorities (3.54 to 3.33). 12NEW STAR September, 2011REV DMYTRO HRYHORAK--A NEW BISHOP OFTHE UGCC: It was announced that the Holy Father,Benedict XVI, gave his consentto the canonical election carriedout by the Synod of Bishops oftheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurchofRev.DmytroHry-horakOSBM,ApostolicAd-ministratoradnutumSanctaeSedis oftheEparchyofBu-chachoftheUGCC,asEparchof the same EparchyUKRAINIANCANADIANCONGRESS LAUNCHESJOINTFUNDRAISINGCAMPAIGNINSUPPORTOF AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEF: The Ukrainian Can-adianCongress(UCC)togetherwiththeSomaliCan-adian community launched a joint campaign to supportfaminerelief,ledbyformerMemberofParliamentBorys Wrzesnewskyj.Announcingthejointcampaign"Ourcommunityknows firsthand the devastating effects of starvation byfamine,havinglostmillionsofUkrainianstotheHolodomor.TheworldignoredthemurderoftheUkrainianpeoplein1932-33wecannotlettheworldand Canadians ignore the plight of the Somali people.Foodisafundamentalhumanrightandaccesstoitshouldneverbedenied,statedUCCNationalPres-ident Paul Grod."Oneofthefundamentalandmostbasicofhumanrightsistherighttonourishment--therighttofoodstatedBorysWrzesnewskyj.Thegraphicimagesoffamine-starvedchildreninSomaliacompelus...toreach out ... in memory of those millions who starvedduring the Holodomor while the world stood by silent-ly...TheUkrainianCanadianCongressCharitableandEducational TrustwillacceptdonationsuntilSeptem-ber16,2011,whichareearmarkedAfricanFamineRelief and will be providing these donations for directfaminereliefeffortsinSomalia. Thesedonationswillqualifyfordollarmatchingunderthefederalgovern-ments East Africa Drought matching fund program. RISU13 NEW STARSeptember, 2011OurpriestsalwayshaveblessedgrapesandotherfruitsonTransfiguration.Thisseemslikeitmighthave been more meaningful to do in the past. I readthat the fruit blessing is for first fruits of a harvest.So,what'sthereasoningbehindkeepingthiscus-tom? You can buy fruits all year long. I don't see theneednow.Itmakesuslooklikewe'reoutoftouchwith reality, or superstitious. Why continue?You are right about the blessing of fruitto a certainpoint. It seems that a coincidence with the timing of alot of crop harvesting and the Feast of the Transfigura-tion allowed for a very important message to be shared.TheutterperfectionandbrillianceofChristtransfig-ured(metamorphosis)providedaneasily-appreciatedsimilarity between that event and another miraclethecycle of growth in the food we eat. And our own growth.A certain amount of logic can compare the stages ofdevelopmentnecessarytoprovideawondroussourceofnutritionandsustenancesomethingthatpleasesthe palate and provides essential vitamins and minerals,allthewhilepromotinggoodhealth.Nevermindtheprocessbywhichaseedgerminatesandgrowsfromseedling to blossom, bud and finally into a tasty morseljust to satisfy someone for a short time.Patientlyreliantupontherightconditionsofsun,rain, soil and time, it has become what it was meant tobe,irrespectiveofhowrudimentaryitsembryonicstages may have appeared:a nutritious, tasty fruit.To help us grow spiritually, our Church has given usa way to assimilate this whole messageand gave us aprayerofpraiseandthanksgivingtoGodwhosogra-ciously provides all the ingredients and circumstancesfor this to happen.Not too long ago--as I remember it--tangerines wereavailable only in the Autumn, and turkeys just began toworryinNovember.Watermelonsandstrawberrieswere a treat for a limited time in the markets.The problem with the argument you are attempting tomakewiththepresentsituation,inwhichfreshfruitsare available year round is that our appreciation levelhas become a bit skewed. Surely you must realize thatin some climates there may be four growing seasonsa year. Or, due to natural conditions, the dead of Winterismid-Summersomewhereelsenofurtherthanaplane-rideawayfromyourtable.Doesnttheprocessstillincludeseeds,blossoms,budswater,goodsoil,andappropriatelightandwarmthconditionsfromthesun? Still a marvel! No matter the season?Do you think of that when you bless your food beforeyou eat it? January? June, August or April? Even if youarefamiliarwithscientificunderstandingofthestepsandstagesofagronomy,itseemsappropriatetoblessfoodperhaps even more so, as the complexity of thejuxtapositionofsomanyvariablecomponentsmakesthe whole matter more mystifying, and amazing.Theproblemofbeingtooliteralaboutfirstfruitsbeing blessed at this time is that it overlooks the under-lying reason we bless food at all.This once-a-year ritual is no more superstitious thanthesignofthecrossyoumakeoveryourbreakfast,lunchordinner.Unfortunately,theformalblessingsmay be for some the only time they take to express anattitude of gratitude by asking a blessing upon the foodand drink they receive from Gods great bounty.Maybe the blessing at Transfiguration could awakenan acknowledgment that we are a lot like the seed, blos-som or bud that is waiting to be fulfilled. It seems, thatwe,thehighestofGodscreatures,couldtakeacuefrom such a dependent organism as a grape. We couldfindfruitioninallourendeavors.Havingmorethanone harvest time and place across the globe gives us thechance to be so much more grateful than what we are.OntheMount,ChristrevealedtoHisApostlesallthat they were able to behold about Himself (and our-selves)dazzlingthemwithasuper-brilliantdisplayofwhat humanitys capabilities areif wed only let go ofpride, envy, fear, or whatever else is holding us back.The Transfigurationisjustateaseritwasoverinaflashbut the reality is infinitely greater, and in store forus eternally when we act in concert with the Will of God.Oh, and a lowly grape? As good as it might becomewhile growing on a branch on a vine, and reaches per-fection when it is ripe for plucking, it is not the end ofthe story. Some grapes are pressed into winea gruel-ing procedure to envisionand some wine is used fortheultimatenourishmentofthehumanspirit,asitissanctified as the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, givento us for our worthy reception and the remission of oursins and life everlasting.Maybe we should reconsider blessing fruit at Trans-figurationinfavorofbeingmoreintunewiththerealitythatproducesourfoodeveryday,But,justincase we dont catch on to that idea, on second thought,the Transfiguration Day blessing still seems like a goodreminderitmayintroduceotherstothewondersofawakeningourpotentialandoffertothemallthattheyarecapableofbeholding.AndletthembeholdChrist, alive in you, so aware of His Transfiguration.Ive read several times in New Star about Pidhir-tsiFathers.ImustadmitIdontknowwhatthatmeans--butitdoesntsoundflattering.Whatcanyoutellmeaboutthem?Maybeaneditorsnotein the text would help.The term has been around for afew years, and referstothreeformermonasticsandasecularpriestwho,bringdissatisfiedwiththewaytheChurchhasbeenemergingafteryearsofbeingstifledbyantagonisticathiesticgovernment,andunawareofecumenicalandliturgical developments of the Church in freer societieshave rebeled against authority, protesting changes.Withoutlaboriousdetail:thesefourhaveattemptedto rectify matters in their own way, and have soughtordinationtotheepiscopalrankwithouttheknowl-edge,consentorconsultationofthehierarchyofnei-ther the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, nor Rome.ThistranspiredinMarchof2008inPidhirtsi,avil-lageintheEparchyofZhovkva,wherethereisalsoamonastery--thus the name Pidhirtsi Fathers.AccordingtotheCodeofCanonsfortheEasternChurches, they incurred automatic excommunication.ApressreleaseofSeptember,2008announcedtheresultsofatrialbythecollectiveTribunaloftheEparchies of Sokal and Zhovkva: excommunication.PatriarchLubomyrissuedtheformalstatementofexcommunication. In the interim, there have been someother difficulties, some involving alleged attacks uponothers and the attempted seizure of Church property.Patriarch Sviatoslavexpresseddismayatthesitua-tion caused by an urecognized [by the government ofUkraine--ed.]UkrainianOrthodoxGreekCatholicChurch.Your inquiry arrived shortly after New Star carried anarticletitledUGCC WillBeMercifultothoseEntrapped By Sects, Including Pidhirtsi.As far as your suggestion to add editors notes to arti-cles,itisdifficulttoassesswherethisisnecessary--some have read our paper for years, these would be re-dundant; others are new readers, they might be helpful.Yet, you knew a way to get your question answered.(Information is from material in our archives--ed.)Why?/Why: By Fr Denny MolitvyLowenClausenisaformerSeattlecopwhohasbecomeanauthor.HisbooksFirstAvenue,SecondWatch,andThird&Forever (howTrin-itarian!)are filled with the experiences which were partand parcel of his life thirty years ago. He told an inter-viewer thattokeephimselfinterested,hewroteaboutfemalepolice officers, because he was fascinated by the specialchallengestheyfaced.Whenhewasapoliceman,hesays he was initially skeptical that women could do thejob, but he quickly changed his mind. They didn't relyupon necessarily strength or force, he says. They reliedupon the position, their job, and the sort of moral author-ity, and that really impressed me. [http://www.npr.org/2011/08/04/138957132/a-former-cop-sets-his-crime-scene-in-seattle]Hmmm My mind, of course, turns to Holy Mother,theChurch:imaginethattheChurchmightbepor-trayed as a woman! Might we learn something about ourown vocation as Church from these policewomen?In case you havent noticed, the days of the Churchtriumphant seem to have come to an end. From a posi-tion of power in the society which seemed to include theability to dictate to prince and pauper alike, the Churchseems to have fallen below the radar in the marketplaceeithertoirrelevanceortoscornintheeyesofmany.Gonearethedaysofunswervingobedience,whentheshepherd could either lead the flock from in front as adrum major leads a parade, or from behind like a sheep-dog nipping at their heels: neither prestige nor coercionseem to work any more. Imagine that the shepherdsandIincludemyself,toomightlearntoleadasJesusdid:fromthemidstoftheflock!AstheSeattlecoplearned from his female colleagues how to rely on morethan brawn, so must we in the Church.We are told that the policewomen of Seattle learned torely upon their position and job. What about us? We asChurch are to assume the position taken by Jesusthat is,not above and thus superior to the unwashed masses, butrather in the midst of Christs human family, embracingone and all as He Himself would. Our job is likewise thesameasHisnamely,tospreadtheGospel,whichisnothing more than the Good News of Gods Kingdom inour midst. This, of course, cannot be done merely withwords: after all, the children of God, like all children,will not do what we say, but rather will imitate what wedo. Alas,theheadlinestellusthatwehavenotalwayspracticed what we have preached. Is it surprising, there-fore, that people hesitate to listen to our words?The policewomen acted out of a sort of moral author-ity.ImaginethatwemightlivebythemottoRightmakesmightinsteadoftheotherwayaround!Thatscertainlynotthewayitworksintheworld,whereheadlinesscreamofwarsandofbloodshedandofthefood fight which Congress has become, where the poorandpowerlessinSomaliaandNorthKoreastarvebecausetherichandpowerfulbothinthosecountriesandintherestoftheworld--dontseemtocare.Iwastaught that the Church was to be counter-cultural in thesame way that Jesus was: changing the world for the bet-ter by showing that there is a better waynamely, the lawof love which is the basis of Gods Kingdom. How canwe claim to be followers of Christ who are faithful to theteaching of the Church if we neglect the social teachingoftheChurchwhichcallsuponustoloveoneanotherandtocarefortheleastofourbrothersandsisters?(Matthew25:31-46)SaintPaulwouldsaythatsuchpseudo-Christiansarenothingbutnoisy,clanginggongs!(1Corinth-ians 13:1)The policewomen of Seattle taughtLowen Clausen an important lesson.Perhaps we can learn something tooprovidedweareopentobeingtaught.OnlythencanwewitnesstotheGospelasChristwouldhaveusdo. Now that would be impressive!Of Cops, Shepherds, and Holy Mother the ChurchWhy?/Why:byFrDennyMolitvy isintendedtobe a forum where it is possible to ask Why some-thingisthewayitisintheChurch,andfindoutWhy.Send your questions to:Fr DennyMolitvy; 2245 W RiceSt; Chicago, IL 60622 or:WhyWhyNewStar@cs.comGive your name, parish and city(which will not be published) forverification, if necessary.Fr Jim Karepin, OPWe are the People of God and prayer is the lan-guage that we use when we speak with Godand acknowledge His presence in our worldand our life. JesustaughtthatwhentwoorthreearegatheredinHis Name, He is present in our midst. When we cele-brate the Divine Liturgy, it is during this time when westandinrelationshipwithGod,ourFather.SaintCyprian,abishopandmartyr,(246-248)preachedtotheCatechumensabouttheLordsPrayerandCypri-an'swordsarefilledwithmeaningforustoday.HeencouragedthosewhoareunderinstructiontobeCatholic Christians to pray the Lords Prayer. The tra-dition in the Early Church was to pray this prayer threetimes during the course of the day. This was done in themorning,duringtheLiturgyandtheevening.Therecitationofprayeriscertainlyimportantnotonlyinthe practice of our faith, but in the relationship that wehave with our God. The Holy Cyprian preaches How merciful the Lord isto us, how kind and richly compassionate! He wished usto repeat this prayer in Gods sight, to call the Lord ourFather, and as Christ is Gods Son, be called in turn sonsof God! None of us would ever have dared to utter thisname unless He Himself had allowed us to pray in thisway. And therefore, dear friends, we should bear in mindand realize that when we call God our Father, we oughtto be like sons [and daughters]. If we are pleased to callHim Father, let Him in turn be pleased to call us sons.Saint Cyprian goes on to say, May Your name be hal-lowed. It is not that we think to make God holy by ourprayers;ratherweareaskingGodHisNamemaybekept holy by us. Indeed, how could God be made Holy,Hewhoisthesourceofholiness?Still,becauseHeHimselfsaid:BeholyforIamHoly,weprayandbeseech Him that we who have been made holy in bap-tism may persevere in what we have begun. And we prayfor this every day, for we have need of daily sanctifica-tion; sinning every day, we cleanse our faults again andagain by constant sanctification.This holy saint tells us that we need to pray in order tobe faithful to our baptism. The apostle Paul instructs usinthesewordsconcerningthesanctificationwhichGods loving kindness confers on us. We are sanctified,he says in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in theSpiritofourGod.Hencewemakeourprayerthatthissanctificationmayremaininus.Butfurther,ourLordwho is also our judge warns those who have been curedand brought back to life in Him to sin no more lest some-thingworsehappenedtothem. Thusweofferconstantprayers and beg night and day that this sanctification andnew life which is ours by Gods favor may be preservedbyHisprotection.Thusweofferconstantprayersandbegnightanddaythatthissanctificationandnewlifewhich is ours by Gods favor may be preserved by Hisprotection. (Nn. 11-12: CSEL 3,274-275)In order that our faith may be held secure we stand aspeoplewhoalwaysstandwithourHolyGodinprayerthroughout the day, when we are drawn to God in prayer,our attitudes about life and our relationship with othersis nourished. Theprayercontinues:Yourkingdomcome.Wepray that Gods kingdom will become present for us inthe same way that we ask for His Name to be hallowedamongus.ForwhendoesGodnotreign,whencouldtherebeinHimabeginningofwhatalwayswasandwhat will never cease to be? What we pray for is that thekingdom promised to us by God will come, the kingdomwonbyChristsbloodandpassion.Thenwewhofor-merly were slaves in this world will reign from now onuntilthedominionofChrist,inaccordancewithHispromise:Come,OblessedofMyFather,receivethekingdom which was prepared for you from the founda-tion of the world. (Nn.13-15: CSEL 3,275)This holy prayer forms us and forms our faith so thatwhenwelivetheprayer,westandbeforeGodandexpress our need and dependence on Him.Fr Deacon Michael Cook14NEW STAR September, 2011Language is like the air we breathe: it surrounds us, enters us, and comes outagain. It fills us with the spirit of the age, which is expressed in the particu-lar language of our society. Today's international discourse is full of expres-sionsthatappearinavarietyoflanguagessomedeliberatelyvague,someeuphemistic, such as "global war on terror," "undocumented alien," "single mother,"or "reproductive health"which convey various social, political, or ethical messages.But what if we disagree with those messages, and with the spirit of the age in gen-eral? What if, for example, we are Christians? Should we speak the language of soci-ety, even though it expresses a secular world view that we reject?Paradoxically,thephilosophyofpost-modernism,thoughhardlyfriendlytoChristianity, can aid us. For it posits a society in which there is a dominant discoursecreatedbythosewhoholdpower,whichcan,however,beresistedandevensub-verted. In today's Western societies, it is not the Church which holds power, and itis not the Christian discourse which is dominant. On the contrary, it is the secularistelite which dominates, in part through its control of language. And it is the Christianmajorityif it still is a majority--that is called upon to resist.That the socially dominant view of the world diverges from the Christian view isabundantly clear in both Ukraine and the lands of the diaspora. Traditional church-eshavelosttheirpositionsofinfluenceandleadership.Thesecularistminority,which seems to be concentrated in the academic world, the media, and the politicalandeconomicelite,dominatesthediscourse.Byshapingthewaywespeak,theseelite groups influence the way we think. Thus, by speaking the language of popularculturewhich is not really popular at all, because it is created by the media elite --we participate in secularizing thought.Today'sdominantphilosophiespost-modernandconsumeristhavealreadychangedourlanguage.Indiscussingdifferencesbetweenmenandwomen,wehaveadoptedtheterm "gender." This word, borrowed from the aca-demicworld,seemsharmless.Genderstudies,afterall,arealegitimatefield,pursuedinsuchprogressiveinstitutionsastheCentralEuropeanUniversity.Butunlessoneisspeakingaboutgrammar, the use of the word "gender" in place of"sex" impliesas some radical feminists holdthatthedifferencesbetweenmaleandfemalearenotpartofthenaturalorder,butare"sociallycon-structed," that is, arbitrary. This has a whole rangeofsocial,moralandphilosophicalimplicationsthat Christians can hardly accept.Otherexamplescomefromthecommercialworld. Acapitalisteconomyrequirestheproduc-tion and marketing of ever-new products in ever-increasing variety. Thus, "newness"and "choice" are paramount, even if they carry no real value. Our everyday languagereflects the false notions that what is new is necessarily superior, while what is oldis inferior, and that the more choices we have, the better.At the same time, expressions that reflect a Christian world view are passing outofourlanguage.Whendidyoulastheartheadmonition,"HavefearofGod!"(" !")? We are no longer able to even utter words like "sin" or "tempta-tion" without an ironic smile-unless we are talking about chocolate.If modern Christians are to successfully resist the dominant secularist culture, theymust subvert the dominant secularist discourse. They can do this by simply teach-Semantic Resistancecontinued on page 15Office of Faith FormationThepublicationoftheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurchCatechismwasannouncedafewmonthsagoandtranslationsintoEnglish,Russian,Spanish, Polish, and Portuguese are forthcoming. The catechism providesthe opportunity to share the riches of our Eastern Catholic faith with the people ofdifferent countries.In the last hundred years the Ukrainian Catholic Church has had many martyrswhosebloodistheseedoffaith.SinceUkrainianshavemigratedtodifferentcountries throughout the world because of poverty, persecutions, wars, and famineand now live far from their homeland, a challenge for discipleship is presented.A dialogue with the natives of these countries can offer the riches of our Easterntheologyto WesternCatholicsandothers.Inturnweenrichourfaithwiththeirparticular theological emphases.Christ is our savior; we are members of His body and we are to share the bless-ingswehavereceivedfromGod. Thisisdonebylearningthenativelanguageswhere we find ourselves living. Communication with a precise religious vocabu-lary will be aided by studying the Catechism. Missionaries leavingfor foreign lands learn-edtheirlanguages.Atrustinengenderedwhenbothlanguagesarehonored.TheUkrainianlanguageandcustomsarebestpreservedinaforeignlandwherethereisanappreciationofdiffer-entculturalvalues.Christ commands us togotoallnations.Godhas placed us in many of these nations. We are to preach the mystery of Christstransfiguration and resurrection which involves all creation becoming transfiguredby our good works and the acts of the Holy Spirit.TheChallenges ofDiscipleshipNative LanguagesAndrew SorokowskiThechurchmustbereadytoserve,PatriarchLubomyr(Husar)saidduringameetingwiththeGreekCatholicmissionaries,thepastoralmissionarydepartmentinforms.Former leader of the Ukrainian GreekCatholic Churchtoldthepriestsabout the historyofUkrainianm i s s i o n a r ywork and sharedhisthoughtsonmodernGreekCatholicMissi-ology.P a t r i a r c hLubomyrcallsmissionariestobeopentooth-ersandnotafraidofcon-temporarychal-lenges."Peopleshould be awarethatourchurchisbuiltwithintheUkrainiancommunity,butUkrainiansarereadytoem-bracepeopleofothernationalities,"said the retired archbishop.AccordingtoHisBeatitude,todaythe UGCC lacks the missionary experi-enceandthe"missionaryspirit."HealsoaddsthattodaytheUGCCistoawaken its "missionary spirit" not onlyamongpriestsandreligiousbutalsoamong the faithful.ThekeytosuccessfulmissionaryworkisasenseofGod'sloveanddesiretosharewithothersthetruthaboutGod'slove."IfIamnotcon-vincedthatGodlovesme,Ican-nothelpany-thing.Myneigh-bor has to see it inme.TodaytheChurchhastoworkwithnomi-nalChristians--thosewhorarelycometochurch,"saidHisBeati-tude Lubomyr.MissionariesoftheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurchtookpartintheworkshop"TheTheoreticalandPracticalMissionoftheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurchintheUniversalChurch."Overthreedays,themissionariesmetwithPatriarch SVYATOSLAV, the Chairman oftheDepartmentforPastoralCareBishopJOSEPH (Milian),theologiansand experts in the field of pastoral carefor migrants.15 NEW STAR September, 2011His Beatitude LUBOMYR (Husar): Today UGCC lacks missionary experience and 'missionary spiriting. They do not have to teach in the lecture hall, or onthe pages of academic journals. One of the best teach-ingopportunitiesistheeveryday,ordinaryconversa-tion. The Gospel of St. John provides a perfect exam-ple of teaching through dialogue, in Jesus' conversationwiththeSamaritanwoman(John4:7-26).Thus,bytheir everyday speech, believers can put forth a differ-ent view of the world than that of the surrounding soci-ety.They can do this in several ways.First of all, they can refuse to participate in a way ofthinking and speaking that presupposes a Godless uni-verse.Forexample,whentheyexpressafundamentalopinion,dotheyautomaticallyprefaceitwiththephrase"tome"?"Tome,adulteryiswrong."Isthatintroductoryphrasenecessary?Doesn'titimplythatwhat we are saying is only true when applied to us? Inthat case, why are we saying it? If we want to be polite,wecanalwaysstartoffwith"Ithink,"or"Ibelieve."Butthephrase"tome"reflectsthewidespreadnotionthat there is no such thing as a universally valid state-ment, because there is no such thing as universal truth.If you believe that, then you cannot pretend to believein Christianity--because like most religions, it holds itstruths to be universal.Second, they can challenge and critique the dominantseculardiscoursebypointingoutitsfalsehoods.Thiscan happen even in the most ordinary everyday conver-sations.Sometimesitisenoughjusttoasktherightquestion.Whensomeonesaysthatheorsheis"pro-choice," it is not unreasonable to ask, "What, in fact, isthe choice you are talking about? And at what point doyou really make that choice?"Mostimportant,theycanadvocateanalternative,Christian way of thinking and speaking. For example,popular culture treats death as the worst thing that canhappen to a human being. Modern society is obsessedwithtryingtoavoiddeathwhetherthroughhealthfood,orexercise,orscience.Weoftenspeakofthedead as if they had made some foolish mistakeif onlytheyhaddietedandexercised,ifonlytheyhadfoundbettermedicaltreatment,theycouldhaveavoideddeath--likeus,whowillliveforever.Hereit'sworthremembering that traditionally, on someone's birthday,when we sing "Many Years" (" "), we alsosing,"forhealth,andforsalvation"(""). For while health is important and should bemaintained, in the long run salvation is more importantstill.WeshouldalsorememberourtraditionalUkrainian responses to the mention of the dead, "MaytheKingdomofHeavenbehis"("")or"MayhereposewithGod"("").Thisreflectsourbeliefthatwhileeveryonemustdie,noteveryonecanentertheKing-domofHeaven.Wecannotdenytherealityofdeath,butwedohavesomeinfluenceonwhetherwereachHeaven.Inthisandmanyotherways,ourtraditionalspeech reflects a very different world view from that ofcontemporary society.Sometimes it is not just a matter of a phrase or a for-mula, but of a whole conceptual framework. Do we dis-cusstheissuesofthedayinaChristianperspective?When we discuss war, do we focus only on state inter-est,ordowelookfirstatwhatitdoestoourfellowhumanbeings?Doweanalyzethesituationusingmorallogic,forexampleinthelightoftheJustWardoctrine? When we discuss taxes or economic reform,dowethinkonlyaboutourselves,ortheGDP,orthenational debt--or do we also consider how it affects thepoorestandmostvulnerableinoursociety--andalsothoseincountriesaffectedbyoureconomicpolicies?Whenweevaluateabook,amovie,apaintingorasong, do we ask only whether it entertains us? Or do wealsoconsiderwhetheritrevealssomethingtrueorgood? In everything we talk about, and in the words weuse to talk about it, we can propose an alternative per-spective that challenges the conventional view.ThisalternativeviewisChristian,thatis,Catholic.ButisitalsoEastern,Byzantine?IhavementionedafewphrasesthatreflectaUkrainianChristianworldview. How can this world view inform and inspire ourthoughtsandourwordstoday?Thatisasubjectforreflection and discussion.Inanycase,Christianscanresistthedominantcul-ture semanticallyin the way in which they speak abouteveryday things--by refusing to participate in the secu-laristdiscourse,bychallengingitsdeceptionsandfalsehoods,andbysubstitutingamodeofdiscoursethat reflects a Christian world view. They can do this inany language and in the context of any culture. If theyspeak truthfully, and call things by their proper names,theymaysucceedinreplacingamoribundsecularistworldview with a culture of life. AndrewSorokowskiisalawyerandhistorian.In1984-87hewastheUkrainianresearcheratKestonCollege, England, which monitored religious liberty incommunist countries. In 1989-90 he served on the staffof the late Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky's Romechancery, participating in the transfer of his offices toL'vivin1991.HeworkedasManagingEditorofthescholarlyjournal"HarvardUkrainianStudies"in1993-1997.CurrentlyheisahistoricalresearcherattheU.S.DepartmentofJustice,EnvironmentandNaturalResourcesDivision,inWashington,DC.Hehas published a number of scholarly articles, and is theeditor of a collection of articles and documents on thehistoryoftheUkrainianPatriarchalmovementpub-lished by "Svichado" in 2009.continued from page 14Hore |nformat|on: 773275080 [WWW.esnucc.org[contactQesnucc.org$aturday, $eptember 24, 20119:00 a.m. - Youth Program, u|ra|r|ar Cu||ura| Cer|er, 2247 w. C||cao Ave. 12:15 p.m. - Akath|st and Process|on of Jub||ee |conPa|r|arc| Sv|a|o|av (S|evc|u|}, Ce|eorar|, S|.\o|od]r]r & 0||a C|urc|0a||e] 8|vd. & Super|or S|. |o S|. ||c|o|a Ca||edra|, 0a||e] 8|vd. & R|ce S|. 5:30 p.m. - 0a|a anquet and Ukra|n|an andur|st 0horus 0oncertPa|r|arc| Sv|a|o|av (S|evc|u|}, Ke]ro|e Spea|er, l]a|| Reerc] VcCorr|c| P|ace2233 Sou|| Var||r lu||er K|r Cr|ve$unday, $eptember 25, 20112:00 p.m. - Pub||c Assemb|y to we|come the Patr|archProce|or ol ||erarc|, d|r||ar|e, ard orar|za||or |o S|. ||c|o|a Ca||edra| 3:00 p.m. - Pont|f|ca| 0|v|ne L|turgy of Thanksg|v|ngVa|r Ce|eorar| Pa|r|arc| Sv|a|o|av (S|evc|u|} ard Card|ra| Frarc| 0eoreu|ra|r|ar 8ardur|| C|oruS|. ||c|o|a Ca||edra|Join the Eparchy Jubilee Celebration:16NEW STAR September, 2011According to a religious studies expert, AssistantProfessoroftheLvivFrankoNationalUniversity,AndriiYurash,theactionsoftheRussianOrthodoxChurcheparchyaimedtokeeptheRomanianOrthodoxChurchfromcomingtoUkraineisaspeculativepopulism,anaggressivepositionandfear of a worthy rival. So reported gazeta.ua.Fromtheviewpointofthelaw,thepositionoftheRomanianPatriarchateinUkrainecanbethesameasthoseoftheKyivanPatriarchate.TheUkrainianlawsdo not and cannot prohibit in any way the developmentof communities and, later, eparchies of any patriarchatehere, explained Andrii Yurash.Another thing is the position of the Russian ChurchwhowantstoretainitsinfluenceintheRomanian-speakingparishes,primarily,inChernivtsiRegion.There are over a hundred such parishes there. And also,partly,thesouthernpartofOdesaRegion,saidMr.Yurash.Accordingtotheexpert,arepresentativeofOdesaEparchyofROCcrossesthelinesnotonlyofthecanonsbutalsoofanylogicanddecency:Hepro-claimsnon-canonicityoftheRomanianChurch,whichisabsolutelycanonicalaccordingtoallstan-dardsonlybecauseitactswithoutapermissioninaterritory viewed by ROC as its own.Asreportedearlier,onJuly16 ,UkrainianborderguardsinterceptedagroupofRomanianjournalistsandrepresentativesofpublicorganizationswhoweregoing to participate in the consecration of a church inthe village of Komyshivka of Izmail District of OdesaRegion. It is the first parish of the Romanian OrthodoxChurchinUkraine.TheBessarabianMetropolitanateof the Romanian Orthodox Church called these actionsa violation of human rights. Russian Orthodox Church Cannot Keep Romanian Orthodox Church from Coming to UkraineLONDON,(Zenit.org).-TheheadofaU.K.CatholiccharityhaspaidtributetoBelarusCard-inal Kazimierz Swiatek, who died reecently at theage of 96.Aid to the Church in Need's national director intheUnitedKingdom,NevilleKyrke-Smith,praisedtheformerChurchleader,whowassen-tenced to death and spent almost a decade impris-onedintheSovietgulags--becomingtheonlypriest of his diocese to survive the communist per-secution.He described the cardinal, who he met on an AidtotheChurchinNeedtriptoBelarusin1999,as"aremark-able figure of the 20th century, areal hero of faith."Kyrke-Smith recalled how thecardinaltoldhimthathecameclosebeingkilledtwice:"HefaceddeathatthehandsoftheNazisandtheSoviets,butinbothcasesheescaped.HesaidGod had other plans for him."InApril1941,asayoungassistantpriest,hewasarrestedbytheNKVD(Sovietsecretpolice)andsentencedtodeath,spendingtwomonthsinthedeathcellinaprisoncampinBrest,acityinmodern-dayBelarus, close to the border withPoland.Butheescapedexecution,being set free when the Germanarmy pushed forward into the Soviet Union.Until the end of the German occupation, FatherSwiatekworkedasparishpriestinPruzana,nearBrest,remainingthereevenafteritwasoccupiedby the Red Army.ButinDecember1944,hewasarrestedagain,and in July 1945, was sentenced to 10 years' forcedlabor in Maryinsk gulag.In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need,CardinalSwiateksaid:"Itwasadeathsentence.Weworkedintemperaturesdowntominus40degrees,fellingtimber,andsleptasmanyas300peopleatatime,inaSemlanka--aholeinthegroundwithamakeshiftcovering--withoutanylight and without anything."Theytoldusabulletwouldbewastedonus,since we would die here anyway, and so until thenwecouldcarryonworking.Exhaustion,hungerand cold brought death to many."Inthemornings,beforewebeganwork,thedeadwerethrownoutintothesnow.Thewolvescame in the night and ate up the bodies."WhentheysawIwasstillaliveafterthreeyears, they sent me to Vorkuta. There it was winterfor 12 months of the year.""Chernobyl of the Soul"AfterthedeathofStalinin1954,hewasreleased and went to work as parish priest in Pinsk.AskedbyKyrke-Smithhowhisfaithhadsur-vivedaftereverythinghehadbeenthrough,thecardinal replied: "If you believe in God, and Godis in you, you can do everything.It is very simple."In 1991, after Belarus becameindependentfromtheSovietUnion,FatherSwiatekwasappointed archbishop of Minsk-Mohilevandapostolicadminis-tratorofPinskbyPopeJohnPaul II, being made a cardinal in1994.Kyrke-SmithalsorecalledhowCardinalSwiatekspokeabout"theChernobylofthesoul.""Peopleaskedhimifhewasworried about Chernobyl, but hesaidhewasmoreconcernedwith the Chernobyl of the soul--thepost-communistspiritualvacuum in the country," he said.Followingthepoliticalchangesin1991,AidtotheChurch in Need responded to his requests for helpwith a number of different projects, including therenovation of the seminary in Pinsk and the cathe-dral in Minsk.Kyrke-Smith spoke of the cardinal's key role inbuildinguptheCatholicChurchafterthefallofcommunism.He said: "He was a father to his priests and thereisasenseofalargefamilyabouttheCatholicChurch in Belarus that is thanks to him."Hispastoraltouchandfortitudeoffaithsus-tained the Church in that part of the Soviet Unionand sustained his priests as Belarus emerged fromcommunism--andevenafterwarditcontinuedtobedifficultsituationfortheCatholicChurch--buthe led it with strength and faith." John NewtonTribute Paid to Cardinal Who Survived the GulagsKazimierz Swiatek Called a "Real Hero of Faith" UGCC: 1000th Anniversaryof St. Sofia of Kyiv not forOne Confession Only The UGCC Primate, His Beatitude SVIATOSLAV (Shev-chuk),appealedtothePrimeMinisterofUkraine,Mykola Azarov, with a request to include participa-tionofclergyandfaithfuloftheUGCCintheDivineLiturgy program of the celebrations of the 1000th anniver-sary of St. Sophias Cathedral. This request is stated in a letter from His Beatitude Sviat-oslav to the Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and to MykolaSoroka, the First Deputy Minister of Regional DevelopmentandConstructionofUkraine,whoisChairmanoftheOrganizingCommitteeonpreparationandcelebrationofthe 1000th anniversary of St. Sophias Cathedral. TheletterstatesthattheUGCCBishopsareconcernedthat celebrations of the 1000 th anniversary of the Cathedralwould be "one-sided, that is, in favor of one confession (theMoscow Patriarchate --UNIAN)." "Becausealltraditionalconfessions,whichstemfromthissinglerootofourKyivChristiantradition,haveanequalrightanddutytoparticipateintheplannedfestivi-ties," underlines the letter. In the address to Mr Azarov, it is also pointed out that forall the UGCC faithful, one of the four traditional UkrainianChurches and heirs of Volodymyr's Baptism, it is also a veryspecialcelebration. Afterall,St.SophiasCathedralistheembodiment of the common Christian roots of the Ukrain-ian people. Fall 2011 Byzantine Online Courses This fall, Byzantine Online has three 8-week online cours-es.As part of the Certificate of Eastern Christian Studies pro-gram,VeryRev.ArchpriestDavidPetraswillpresentTheology of Divine Liturgy, a survey of the historical devel-opment of the Eastern liturgy.FatherStelyiosMuksuris,willofferTheologyoftheDivineHours,asanelectiveclassthisfall. Asecondelec-tiveWomen in the Old Testamentwill be offered by Dr.Sandra Collins, who will consider their place as warriors, vic-tims, mothers, queens, sisters, and daughters in Israel as wellas in the Eastern Church. CoursesrunMonday,September26throughFriday,No-vember18. Allcoursesareasynchronous--participantscanlistenandrespondtothecoursesattheirconvenience.Theonlytoolsnecessaryareacomputerandadesiretoknowmore about Eastern Christianity.The certificate program is $500 per class, or audit for $350.Forregistration,password,andcoursedescriptiongoto:online.byzcathsem.edu.For information, contact Dr. SandraCollins,Director,ByzantineOnline,atscollins@bcs.eduortelephone (412) 321-8383, ext. 23. Andrii YurashWith the publication of Christ Our Pascha, thelongawaitedCatechismoftheUkrainianGreek Catholic Church, it is good to reflecton the historical roots of this momentous work.Its manner of instruction goes all the way back to St.Augustines Enchiridion.In this book the method wastobreakthematerialdownintosmallsectionsthatcould be memorized.The most common approach wastobreakacatechesisdownintosevenparts,asAugustine did with the Our Father.From this we getthedevelopmentofthesevendeadlysins,thesevengifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven virtues and the sevenBeatitudes.Knowledge was broken down into bite sizepieces that could be put together to give a bigger pic-ture.This is what catechisms do.They are not meanttobecompendiumsofalltheologicalknowledge,rathertheyareanexpansionofthecreed,asimplestatement of faith that one can use to check what theyhear or think.Coming out of the Renaissance there was a group ofscholars called humanists.They encouraged the studyof ancient writings, which gave rise to the study of thelanguageofscripture.OurEasternChurchhasbeenblessedbythestudyoftheFathers,especiallytheGreek Fathers.These Fathers help us express our faithtraditions.DuringtheReformationcontactwithRomanCatholics and Protestants, especially in their formationofcreedalstatements,encouragedtheByzantineChurchestoengageincatophatictheology,rationalexplanations of their teachings.The Protestant reforming zeal and the printing presscombined to shape the catechism and make it an instru-ment of reform.Luther took a literary genre that wasjust beginning to take shape and put his own stamp onit.Thepopularacceptanceofhiscatecheticalworkscaused others, Protestant and Catholic, to emulate him.Thecatechismbegantoappearintwoforms:largecatechismsthatservedasatheologicalresourceforpastors, preachers, and teachers, which today would belike the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and smallcatechismsthatservedasmanualsofinstructioninthehandsofclergy,school-masters,andparentslikethe God With Us series.TheConfessionofDositheos,byCyrilLoukarisisthe first historical confession in 1621 of the Byzantinefaith expressed in the language of the Calvinist reform-ers.This work was condemned by a series of councils(Constantinople, Kiev and Jassy).AwealthyfollowerofLutherhadLutherscate-chism,confessionoffaith,New Testament,Psalms,abook of homilies and hymns translated into Slovenianin the 1560s.Due to the use of the catechism by Martin Luther in1529,theCalvinistHeidelbergCatechism of1563,acatechismforAnglicansincludedintheBookofCommonPrayer,theCatholicChurchwasforcedtorespondinkind.AttheforefrontoftheCatholicresponsewasIgnatiusofLoyolaandhisSocietyofJesus.The Handbook of Christian Doctrine developedbymeansofQuestions,fortheusebyChristianchil-dren, was written by Jesuit St. Peter Canisius in 1555.This work became the model and the outline for cate-chismsthatfollowed.CanisiusalsoproducedashortcatechismforchildrenanduneducatedpersonscalledtheCatechismusminimus.Thiswasanabbreviationand contained only 59 questions and answers for mem-orization, prayers before and after Mass, prayers to berecited daily as well as some others.Canisius modifiedthis work and broke the words down into syllables sothatchildrencouldlearnitmoreeasily.Forchildrenbeyondthisprimer,hewrotetheCatechismusminor.Thisworkwasthebridgebetweenthelittlechildrenand the university level of his Summa.These works were brought to the Slavic lands by theJesuits and was well known in Rusyn Byzantine theo-logical circles.In 1566, St. Charles Borromeo edited The CatechismforPastors byDecreeoftheCouncilofTrent,pub-lished by order of Pope Pius V.This work is common-ly referred to as the Roman Catechism.It was writtenbasicallyforpriests.ThebishopsurgedineverywaytheuseofthenewCatechism;theyenjoineditsfre-quentreading,sothatallitscontentswouldbecom-mitted to memory; they exhorted the priests to discussparts of it at their meetings, and insisted upon its beingused for instructing the people.SincethiswasknownastheworkofDominicans,theJesuitsintheirteachingpreferredtheoneofCanisius.Later there was Jesuit St. Robert Bellarmine,a catechist to his fellow Jesuits and outsiders were alsoinvitedtoparticipate.PopeClementVIIIlearnedoftheselessonsandaskedBellarminetoputthelessonsinawrittenform. ThefirstmanualheproducedwasDottrinaChristianabreve.Thisconsistedofques-tionsandanswersformemorizationbychildrenanduneducatedadults. Alargervolumecameoutayearlater in 1598 which was a more indepth guide for thecatechist.BellarminewasverypopularandreadthroughoutRussiaandUkraine.Sotherewasacon-stantandconsistentRomaninfluenceintheSlaviccountries. In 1618, St. Josaphat published a catechism that wasbasically based upon the catechism of Peter Canisius.Like the Roman Catechismit was addressed to the cler-gy and was obligatory.In 1640 using the same style,PeterMohila,MetropolitanofKiev,wrotehis256questionsandanswerscatechism.Withtheexceptionof the Filioque, the work was influenced by the RomanCatholic Church. Mohilas catechism is the product of the same mind-set that created the Academy at Kiev and was steepedin the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas. ThisacademywasmodeledontheJesuitschoolsoftheWest, using the curriculum of their schools and formsofadministrationanddiscipline.Thelanguageofinstruction was Latin because this was the language oflearned Europe and the Polish court of justice.As wasnoted:WeshallhaveGreekadchorum (forchurchuse) and Latin ad forum (for political use). InstructioninChurchSlavonicwasofferedaswell.Mohilapro-ducedinKiev:TheOrthodoxConfessionoftheCatholic and Apostolic Church of the East. It was tran-slated into Greek and used within the Greek Churches.Ukrainiansneededaclear,conciseandsystematicexplanation of the faith.Where East differed from theWest,likepurgatoryandthemomentintheliturgyinwhich the bread and wine became the body and bloodofChrist(Mohilasaiditwasconsecration),werereferredtothePatriarchofConstantinople.WhendescribingtheEucharist,MohilausedtheLatintermtransubstantiation.Thereasonforsuchwesternten-dencies was the strong Jesuit influence in Kiev and thetrainingofthetheologiansinKievwasintheWest.This work had a major impact on theological develop-ment in Ukraine and Russia until the nineteen centuryand the return to the study of the Church Fathers.Becauseofthisandotherinfluences,Ukrainianswere more familiar with Roman Catholicism and west-ern methods of education. Rev. Jonathan K. Morse, PhD(to be continued next issue)Catechisms and Ukrainians17 NEW STAR September, 2011TheUkrainianGreekCatholicChurchremem-bered the baptizer of Rus', Prince Volodymyr theGreatwithaDivineLiturgyatthePatriarchalCathedral of Christs Resurrection in Kyiv.AccordingtoUNIAN.net,BishopBOHDAN (Dzyur-akh)inconcelebrationwithBishopMYKH-AILO (Koltun)calledPrinceVolodymyrthespiritual father of the Ukrainian nation in hissermonThebishopconcentratedonthreetitlesoftheholyprinceasaChristianleaderofthenationaccordingtotheChristiantradition:Saint, Baptizer and Enlightener.Accordingtohim,forPrinceVolodymyr,thelifeofaChristiandidnotmeansome-thingsuperficialorpurelyritualisticbutaninternal change of ones life. It was after hisownbaptismthathetookthepathwhichendedwithhisglorificationinHeavenashebecame a saint, reminded Bishop Bohdan.Inhisaddresstothebelievers,hesaidthatthe top statesman also reached the top of theChristian perfection, the unification with God.This, on one hand, shows that holiness is pos-sibleforeachpersonregardlessoftheirpositionorsocial status. On the other hand, it shows that at the cur-rentstageofdevelopmentofUkraine,wenecessarilyneed Christian statesmen who are Christians accordingtotheirbeliefandprovetheirChristianityindeed,intheir decisions, said the bishop.WecallSt.Volodymyrthebaptizerofournation,whichmeansthatuponhis own baptism, he wished to share thelight of faith with his neighbors. Each ofus can become a kind of a baptizer if weshowthepersonofJesusChristtoourneighbors with our conduct and acts, hesaid.Thethirdtitleoftheprinceistheen-lightener. Accordingtothebishop,weremember him as the father of our nationnot because he elevated the Kyivan Rusto the heights of the econom-icdevelopmentbutbecauseheenlightenedournationwiththelightofChristsGospel.ThankGod,itcouldnotbequenchedbyany persecutions suffered byournationduringthecen-turies.St.Volodymyrbroughtournationintothefamily of Christian nations,added the bishop.TheKyivArcheparchyoftheUGCCofficiallyobserved the 1023rd anni-versaryofBaptismofRus-UkraineonJuly13,with a hierarchical DivineLiturgycelebrat-edbyPatriarchSVIATOSLAV. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Remembered Baptizer of Rus', Prince Volodymyr... [F]or Prince Volodymyr, the life of a Christian didnot mean something superficial or purely ritualisticbut an internal change of ones life.18NEW STAR September, 2011ThepressserviceoftheUkrainianCatholicUniversityon August9published an address of the RectorregardingthepoliticalsituationinUkraine. The document notes that by itsactions, the authorities put the citizens ina desperate situation and isolate our stateattheinternationallevelbothfromtheEast and West. The imprisonment of lead-ersoftheopposition,inadequateuseofforceandignoringconstitutionalrightsand freedoms, all show that the situationinthecountryisperilouslyclosetoanominoustransformationintoauthoritari-anism.TheUCUcommunityhasapproachedtheauthoritiesandcourtwitharequestto release the imprisoned persons imme-diately and renew civilized norms of jus-tice, otherwise, you will never be able torestore the respect for the court and otherinstitutes of the power in Ukraine.We call those in positions of authoritytorealizetheerroneouscharacterofthemethodsofgovernmentwhicharebasedon injustice and can appear victorious andsuccessful at the moment. Do not rely onpersecutionanddonotbeproudofrob-bery,saystheLordthroughthePsalmwriter. Remember: to have a strong oppo-sition is important not only for the coun-try but personally for you as each powergetscorruptedandtheabsolutepowergets absolutely corrupted (Lord Acton),reads the address.UCUexpresseditssolidaritywiththeoppositionandotherpoliticalprisonerswhen they fell victims to partial applica-tionofthelawandpoliticalvendetta.However,oursupportisnotuncondi-tional, it will last as long as the subject ofthe political competition becomes not justcomingtopowerbutensuringahealthyalternativewhereareturnofUkrainetothetragicexperienceofthetotalitarianpast is impossible, reads the address.The community of UCU calls the hier-archs of the Christian Churches and spir-itualleadersofotherdenominationstoensurethatourstateshouldfollowthewiseinstructionofPrinceVolodymyrMonomakh:Donotallowthepowerfulones to destroy a person.WearecallingtheUkrainiansocietynottoyieldtodesperation,nottoallowanyone to intimidate you and trample onyourdignity.Wewillbeledoutofthepresentcrisesnotbyapopularavengercutting the heads of the unpunished offi-cialsbutbyasolidaryrefusaltoliveindeceptionandtolerateevil.Neithershould one expect salvation from a goodking of any camp. The key to solving oursocialproblemsisinourhands,inourabilitytocriticallyreconceptualizetheprinciples according to which we live andallowourpoliticianstolive.Letusbeunitedinpublicorganizations,helpeachother and support only those leaders whoview their power as service and our trustas obligation to justice. And let Lord Godhelp us in that! reads the address of theRector of UCU. Ukrainian Catholic University Concerned About Future of Democracy in UkraineNear East Christians: Second-Class Citizens? The last census taken by the Ottoman Em-pirewasin1914.ThatcensusshowedthattheChristiansoftheNearEastaccountedfor20%ofthepopulation,reachingpeaksof30%intheSyrian-Lebaneseregions.ThefirstcensusundertakenbytheEmpirein1542showedthattheyaccountedforonly8%ofthepopulationofthesameterritories.Eightcenturies earlier, during the expansion of Islam,these regions were almost entirely inhabited byChristians. We can draw from these figures twosignificantconclusions:thefirstisthattheini-tialphaseoftheMuslimexpansionwithitsapplicationofIslamicrulegraduallyledtoadrasticdecreaseinthenumberofChristians,whowerenonethelessplacedinthespecialsocialcategoryofthedhimmi(protectedbyIslam);theotheristhatduringtheOttomanEmpire the same Christian communities, whilemaintainingasubordinatestatus,hadknownathriving recovery.The fact that the Ottoman Empire had institu-tionalizedspecialsocialstatusesforreligiouscommunities(millet)byrecognizingsomeChristian rights in the public milieu, along withtheircultural,commercialandentrepreneurialinitiativescontributedheavilytotheirrenewedflowering.ThesubsequentdissolutionoftheOttomanEmpireandthecreationofnewnationalStatesgavebirthtoasocio-politicaland cultural context which in fact turned out tobelessfavorabletotheChristiansduringthe20thcentury.ThepercentageofthetotalChristianpopulationoftheregiondeclinedto6%intheyear2000andhasfallenfurthertoday.ThetransitionfromtheEmpiretotheTurkishnationalStateshasbeendestructivefortheChristians.Bybelongingtoethnicgroups other than Turkish or Muslim, Christianswere identified as dangerous outsiders vis--visthenewnationalidentity.TheArmenianGenocideof1914andtheexpulsionoftheGreekOrthodoxin1923werepoliticalinitia-tivesthatdestroyedtheChristianpresenceinTurkey and erased centuries of history.In the new Arab national States the situationhasbeenmorefavorable,becauseofthecom-mon Arab identity. This sense of Arab identity,highlightedbyelitereformers,bothMuslimsandChristiansalike,createdarealcohesion.ThishasallowedsharedpoliticalinitiativestocreatenationalStatesofaliberal-democratictype,whereincommoncitizenshiphasbeenaffirmed, regardless of the religious affiliationsofthecitizens.Thisprocessofpoliticalmod-ernization, however, has been eroded by severalfactors:thereactionoftheMuslimfundamen-talistmovement--bornpreciselytopreventthisprocessandproposeinsteadanewwayinthematterofthe"IslamicState"ruledbysharia(Muslimlaw),theauthoritarianevolutionofvariousgovernments,andthecontinuingcon-flictintheregion,recentlyexacerbatedbytheIraq War.The Christian response has often been to emi-gratefromtheNearEast.Whilemanyoftheevents listed above also affect the Muslim pop-ulation,itisalsotruethatChristianshavegreater vulnerability, which is linked to the sec-tarianvisionwithwhichtheMuslimmajorityculturetendstoorganizesociety.InMuslimmajority countries, one is mostly confronted byan"imperfect"citizenshiporacitizenshipwhich is formally recognized as equal to all cit-izens, but continues to be affected by religiousaffiliation. There are, in fact, laws that establishaninequalityoftreatmentbetweenChristiansandMuslimsonspecifictopicsorthatdonotrecognize that a citizen is independent of his/herreligious affiliation. In the face of such laws andpolicies,thesocialpracticeoftenendsupdis-criminating against Christians in the absence ofpolicies aimed at rectifying this situation.This being said, one should not underestimateanimportantfactor:ifuptotheyear1920Christians were thought of as a "minority" andon that basis requiring special legal protection,at a later date and increasingly in recent years,the strength of their citizenship claims is equalcitizenship.Theydemandtoberecognizedascitizensandnotdhimmi.Therearepersistentfears among Christians in the face of the grow-ingcultural,socialandsometimespoliticalre-Islamization of recent decades in the Near East.Will the supporters of political Islam, which arean important component in some countries, sup-portequalnationalcitizenshipregardlessofreligiousaffiliation?Intheabsenceofaclearevolutioninthissense,thesituationoftheChristiancommunitieswillremainprecariousand the more attractive alternative will be emi-gration. In this perspective the current politicalupheavalsintheNearEasthaveyetshownthemselvestobefarfromclarifyingthefutureof Christians in the area. Fr George GallaroTen Years after Visit of Pope John Paul IIOn July 12, on the Cathedral feast of ApostlesSts Peter and Paul, the Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkivcelebrated the 10th anniversary of John Paul IIsvisittoUkraineaswellasproclaiminghimasaBlessedoftheCatholicChurch.Thesecelebra-tions were combined with his first official visit totheEparchy,byHisBeatitudeSviatoslav,TogetherwiththeeparchysbishopBishopMYKHAIL (Koltun),theUGCCPrimatepresidedat a thanksgiving Liturgy. During his homily, His Beatitude noted: TodayIwouldliketocelebratewithyouthe10thanniversary of the Blessed John Paul IIs visit to Ukraine. This was when,with our own eyes, we could see John Paul II, the Peter of our days, andhearhiswordTenyearsagotheHolyFathergrantedustheBlessedMartyrs, who, similarly to St. Josaphat, sealed with their blood the unityof the Ukrainian Church with the Apostolic See. Comparing the ApostlePeter, an ordinary fisherman without a special social status or education,withtheApostlePaul,thegreatestofthedisciplesofthattime,HisBeatitudeobservedthatChristcombinesinhimselfalltheseseemingcontradictions.ThankstothisunityinChrist,bothPeterandPaulshared the same faith, proclaimed one and the same Gospel and spreadall over the world one and the same Church of Christ. His Beatitude alsosaid: Thanks to the faith of Peter and teaching of Paul, in unity with theHoly Father we can withstand the opposing winds that blow against theChurch of Christ. TalkingabouttheroleoftheMartyrswhogavetheirlivesfortheChurchsunity,theUGCCPrimatenoted:TheMartyrsbloodcallsupon every one of you: Do not let yourself be deceived by false prophetswho are trying to annihilate the reverence of our Church toward the HolyFather. Thus the preacher called on everyone for unity: Let us be unit-ed with the one who has the keys to the Heavenly Kingdom and throughwho the gates of hell will not prevail over us. Bishop Mykhail expressed his gratitude to the young Patriarch for hisfirst visit to the cathedral and pointed out the importance of the apos-tolicsuccessionintheChurchsministry. AfterthathepresentedHisBeatitudeSviatoslavwithacopyoftheSokalMiraculousIconoftheMother of God. Addressing a large number of clergy present mostly among the peopleof God inside of the cathedral, His Beatitude noted that the priests todaycan experience what it means to be crowded in the church, but it is agood sign that today the priests are standing among the laity, since beforeGod we are all equal. After that he set as an example the figure of Fr.Markiyan Shashkevych who carried out his pastoral ministry on the ter-ritory of todays Sokal-Zhovkva Eparchy. His motto was to go amongstthe people and talk to the people in their language. For this reason FrMarkiyanshouldbeanexampleofeverygoodpriest.HisBeatitudewished all the priests present at the Liturgy that every one of them wouldbecome another Markiyan. After the Divine Liturgy all of Gods people prayed for the intention oftheHolyFather. Afterwards,representativesofregionalandlocalgov-ernmentaddressedthepeople.Attheendofthecelebration,HisBeatitude Sviatoslav extended his blessing upon all the faithful.Press Office, Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkiv19 NEW STAR September, 2011Aknow-it-all state highway employee stop-pedatafarmandexplainedtotheoldfarmer that he needed to inspect the land for apossible new road.Theoldfarmerpointedpastthebarnandsaid, OK, but don't go into that field.Thehighwayemployee,nottobebullied,saidIhavetheauthorityofthestategovern-menttogowhereIwant.Seethiscard?Iamallowed to go wherever I wish on your proper-tySo,theoldfarmerwentabouthischores.Soon he heard loud screams and saw the stateemployee running for the fence. Closebehindwasthefarmer'sprizebull,madderthananestfulofhornets,gainingonthe employee every step of the way.Thefarmercalledout,Showhimyourcard!The Artwork of Valeriy and Marita Vaskov In a collaboration of art and marriage--Valeriy and MaritaVaskov, currently living and working in Lisbon, Portugal--exhibit their paintings at the Ukrainian National Museum inChicago. Their paintings display their love for the intensity ofbeauty and color which they share in their united world. Born in Ukraine in 1947, he immigrated to Lisbon in 1999.Marita Vaskov, Valeriys wife, inspires new creative ideas inthis exhibit. She believes classical allegory and creative aspira-tion embody the power of art. Both are featured in The GoldenBook of Portuguese Contemporary Artists.The exhibit runs until Sepembert 18 at the museum, 2249West Superior St, Chicago. Hours are Thursday throughSunday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm; admission for adults is $5.00;children under 12, free. Free Parking is availableCall (312)421-8020 for further information.Welcome Back! Remember When 75th Anniversary Celebration of St.Nicholas Cathedral School Open HouseReception, Reunion, and Silent AuctionSports Memorabilia Artwork Jewelry Dinners much more! Saturday, November 5, 2011 St. Nicholas Cathedral School and Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving Sunday, November 6, 2011 St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Please save this date! For additional information and to submit names, addresses, and emails of alumni, contact us at 75stnicholasschool@gmail.com, view our blog page: http://sncs75.blogspot.com/, or like us on facebook St. Nicholas School 75th ReunionBasilian Centenary on YouTubeFor the 100th anniversary of the Basilian Sisters' mission inAmerica there is a short video on YouTube. You may find it at:http://youtu.be/DZC_C1ri0TEChancellor at WYD in MadridThere's a chance New Star may havean exclusive report in the next issue.Bishops ChanceryOFFICE HOURS:Monday-Friday; 9:00 am--4:00 pmCentral Time ZoneTelephone:(773) 276-5080fax: (773) 276-6799The Office is closed on all major Church Holy Days and National Civil HolidaysDeadline for theOctober New Star isSeptember 15Reflections by Another Monk of the Easterm Churchwill retun to New Star in the October issue. Our apologiesto Father and those who were disappointed to not see hiswords of wisdomin its usual place. -.. , - . , , , . , , , - . , - , , , , , , - . - - .,,, , - . , ,: , , -..,:,,,(),, , , . , , . , - - , , ,,,,,,-,,,,,,,., ., , , , , . - ( ) : - . . ,- , , , ,.(:, . , - , . - , ). . , -, , - ). , - . , , , , - . , ., , , , , . -20 NEw STaR September, 2011Published monthly with the permissionand author-ityofHisGrace,BishopRICHARD (Seminack),byStNicholas Publications, official publisher of the:St Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy2245 W Rice StChicago IL 60622-4858Addressmanuscriptsto:Editor, New Star2245 W. 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Parishioners: Pay your parish directly.___/___expiration dateMM/YYThe Crescendo#Our minds having been nourished by the words of the Gospel can now focus ofthecentralmysteryofourfaith,theResurrectionofJesusChrist.Wenowbegin the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The word Eucharist comes from the Greekeucharista, meaning giving thanks. During this part of the Liturgy, we witness the Great Entrance, which recalls for usChrists entrance into Jerusalem where His ultimate sacrifice took place. He gave Hislife for the forgiveness of our sins. The altar servers line up with candles and fans atthe north deacon door. While the parishioners sing the Cherubic Hymn, the priest takesthepreparedgiftsfromtheProskemediaTableandfollowsthealtarserverstotheambo, praying that the Lord God remembers in His kingdom the hierarchs, clergy, reli-gious monks and nuns, our government, founders and benefactors of the church andall orthodox Christians forever and ever. He returns to the Holy Table and places thegifts of bread and wine.In union as one Church we praise the Trinity with one mind and one heart. andprepare to profess our common faith in the Trinity by reciting the Nicean Creed.This brings us to the Anaphora where we are asked to lift up our hearts to theLord, give thanks to Him and sing the Triumphal Hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy.in joyful anticipation of His second coming.The tempo grows as we reach the Oblation (Sacrifice), we put ourselves inthe place of the Apostles at the table of the Mystical Supper where Christ said,Take,eat:Thisismybody,whichisbrokenforyoufortheforgivenessofsins. and then, Drink of it all of you. This is my blood of the New Covenant,which is poured out for your and for many for the forgiveness of Sins. TheOblation is followed by the Epiclesis, the invocation of the Holy Spirit to makeour gifts of bread and wine into the most precious Body and Blood of Christ.The Epiclesis is followed by prayers for those who have gone before us to theirrest in faith, forefathers, apostles, prophets, martyrs and for every righteous soulthat finished this life in faith, especially the Most Holy Theotokos, to whom wesing a hymn.We again pray for peace and recite the Lords Prayer asking for for-giveness according to the way we forgive others and to deliver us fromevil so that we may partake of the great banquet. The priest then ele-vates the Lamb (the sanctified bread) saying Holy things for the holy.and breaks a part of in into the chalice. After the Priest partakes of theHoly Gifts separately, he combines them into the chalice for distribu-tion to the faithful. The Crescendo; before the faithful receive communion, we confessour faith that the Lord is truly Christ, the Son of the living God afterwhich we are called to, approach with the fear of God and with faith.to receive the precious Body and Blood of Christ. (Note: When receiv-ing the precious gifts, one should approach the priest with your handsfolded right over left on your chest. You need not bow or bless yourselfbefore receiving the Body and Blood of our Lord as you may inadver-tently hit the discos or chalice. Approach the priest, tilt your head back,with your mouth open. The priest will drop the precious gifts into yourmouth. Youshouldnottouchthespoonwithyourmouthortongue.Afterreceivingthese precious gifts, step to the side and if you choose to bless yourself do so then soasnottochancebumpingthediscosorchalice.)Wenowhavebeennourishedbyreceiving the Body and Blood of Christ and give thanks to the Lord.Having experienced the apex of the Divine Liturgy, the priest asks us to depart inpeace, return to the world and publicly proclaim all that we encountered during theDivine Liturgy. He asks the Lord to sanctify all those who trust in Him and to blessHis inheritance.If, in our daily lives, we strive to live all that we have experienced during theDivineLiturgy,theLiturgybecomesaninseparablepartofourlivesandwebecome inheritors of the Kingdom of God as well as the recipients of everlastinglife.Phyllis Muryn Zapraniuk