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31.01.2008, [16:49] // UGCC // RISU.ORG.UA

Vatican – Within the framework of the Episcopal visit Ad Limina Apostolorum to the Vatican from 28 January to 2 February 2008, Pope Benedict XVI received Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) with his assistant bishops: Hierarch Dionisiy (Liakhovych), Hierarch Vasyl (Medvit) and Hierarch Hlib (Lonchyna), the curial bishops of the head of the UGCC. Hiararch Bohdan (Dziurakh), the Administrator of the Kyiv Archeparchy, also took part in the meeting. According to Patriarch Lubomyr, the key objective of the meeting was to hear the Pontiff’s advice and directives and receive an assessment of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s present condition and prospects.

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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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The truth of your deeds has revealed you to your flock, * as a rule of faith, an image of meekness, and a teacher of abstinence. * Therefore, you attained the heights through humility, * and riches through poverty. * O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, * pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved. (Troparion, Tone 4)

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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