Shouldn't it read, "Patriarch Sviatoslav receives Pope Ratzinger?

The liturgy of enthronement is now online: http://ugcc.org.ua/1725.0.html Beautiful!

It is also expected to be released on DVD.

Wonderful.

Top Ten Signals the Holy Father is NOT Happy to Receive you:

Number One. The band plays this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkp80PB4PkA

Sorry, I couldn't resist! LOL

The DVD is expected to be available by Palm Sunday, at least in Ukraine - it may take longer to get it to the West.

Presumably the time involved means that the DVD is being edited. A worth-while effort, I trust.

Father Serge

I guess I just personally don't see whether Constantinople is first and Bucharest is fourth as having much to do with that Gospel injunction. Even within the list you posted



I have a hard time seeing why the tiny Coptic Catholic Church is a Patriarchate and higher in precedence than a much larger church like the UGCC. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Anyway, it is nice to see younger leadership in the church and I commend the synod for making such a bold move.

http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/41564/
Now, I am really confused...
He said a few days ago he will explain to the Pope about the patriarchate question. Now he said that he didn't talk about it at all. What's happening here???

Watching these videos I was struck by the figure of His Holiness Patriarch Philaret and how genuinely pleased he seemed to be present.

It does need some editing. I hope the DVD is improved.

Philaret is probably pleased to go anywhere if he will be welcomed.

Father Serge

What's happening here?

We don't know yet.

When we say "Many years" we mean many years.

But the game is only in the first inning.

http://risu.org.ua/en/index/expert_thought/authors_columns/vyelenskyi_column/41574/

To believe that would be to cease to be catholic.

This bishop receives a great and wonderful promotion, a position of great honor, respect and responsibility, then goes to his boss to complain about his title?

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!

A Patriarch (or M. A.) is not required to resign at any particular age.

Father Serge

Okay, well, that's just hogwash, Fred. I can play cranky strident trad with the best of 'em, but I challenge you to back up your statement with some substance before you make your decrees of excommunication.

Christ is in our midst!!

I once had a private conversation with a former member of the board about what constitutes a "patriarch." In my humble opinion, a patriarch is a "bishop's bishop," if you will. In other words, it's lonely at the top. As a bishop I've known put it, "the clergy tell me only what they think I want to hear; it's hard to get to know the truth." And when this man admitted to being alone in his own spiritual struggle, who could he go to?

A patriarch is one that a bishop can go to when he feels alone at the top. He's a father to his brethren--one who helps them carry their burdens; one who can sit and listen. I don't know the ins and outs of ecclesiastical politics to say that my humble opinion means a hoot. But if I were to be asked this question of what constitutes a patriarch and was told that the man did this, I'd say that with or without anyone else's blessing he's it. If a man helps carry another man's cross, he is father to him; he is Christ to him.

In Christ,

Bob