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Bishop Milan Sasik and Bishop Jan Babjak were consecrated to the episcopate today in Rome by the Holy Father Pope John Paul II.

Mnohaja i blahaja lita, Vladyki! -- Christos raz~dajetsja!

Dear Lemko Rusyn,

Way cool pics!!

Thank You!

GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST!

Paul

wonderful photo - thanks for posting it.

I like the vestments - how nice that they were not Western [ considereing where they were ]

May the new Bishops have many many blessed and fulfilled years leading their flocks

Dear Friends,

When you have a wonderful and holy man like Pope John Paul II, even the most stalwart Easterner should not have a reason to protest . . .

Alex

Dear Friends,

For those who might want to say the Pope is of the Latin Patriarchate, please consider that his mother was Greek Catholic.

And that Poland first received the Gospel from the Greek Church through Sts. Cyril and Methodius.

And that a Slav is a Slav is a . . .

Mnohaya Lita to the new Vladyky!

Alex

Dear Lemko Rusyn:

Magnificent photos!

Do you have the facility to show us the "group picture" of the 12 new Bishops/Eparchs, or 6x6?

We know from previous news/posts that there are to be 9 Westerns and 3 Easterns (Msgrs. Babjak and Sasik, and Msgr. Andraos Abouna, a Chaldean, who will become an auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylonia.) I am curious how the Chaldeans "vested" their new Bishop/Eparch.

Of the 9 new Bishops for the Western Church, I believe one is a Korean, another a Vietnamese, and, the 3rd, an African from Benin.

Thanks in advance!

AmdG

Dear Amado,

Korean and Vietnamese? They are Eastern as well!!

Alex

Sorry folks, I can't take credit for the photos. They're actually from Yahoo's AP news and will probably disappear in a few days.

I must say, the new Byz. bishops picked nice vestments. Hopefully as bishops they will be proud "easterners" and not reluctant as one of their predecessors seemed to be.

Dear Alex:

Actually, along with the Koreans, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesians, and all of the Asians along the Pacific rim, we call ourselves
"Orientals."

AmdG

Dear Amado,

So you only accept the first Three Ecumenical Councils, like Mor Ephrem?

Alex

Really Amado?

I was told that oriental is only used properly when discussing rugs, that the peoples are called Asians.

Dear Alex:

Last time I checked, we have, thus far, accepted 21 Ecumenical Councils.

AmdG

Dear davidB:

The Philippines and Japan, a long, long time ago, vied for the monicker "Pearl of the Orient Seas!"

Of late, Japan adopted "The Land of the Rising Sun!"

Our national anthem still retains the former, as a wishful description of our island(s) paradise.

AmdG

Dear Amado,

Salama!

Alex

Check out the icon on the Holy Father's mitre!