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07.12.2007, [17:39] // UGCC // RISU.ORG.UA

Lviv – Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), met with court vicars and judges of the Episcopal and five Eparchial Tribunals of the UGCC in Ukraine in western Ukraine’s Lviv on 30 November 2007. As a result, a work group was created aimed to develop basic principles of the Greek Catholic Lawyers’ Society. The Society will provide qualified assessment of canonical and legal issues.

Participants also discussed the current ecclesiastical court procedures. Special attention was given to the need to develop canonical and legal bases for the work of Eparchial Church Tribunals.


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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

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