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As Ukrainian Catholics brace for another Christmas in the midst of war, Archbishop Gudziak reminds us all, ‘Your prayers deflect bullets...’
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, has been intimately involved with Ukrainian and American affairs, especially after the outbreak of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2022. Archbishop Borys, 63, was the founding rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in that city. Ordained a bishop in 2012, he was given responsibility for Ukrainian Catholics in France, as well as Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In 2019, he became Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy. He spoke to the Register on the current situation in Ukraine and his ministry to Ukrainian Catholics in a war-torn landscape.
You are the Ukrainian Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia but also very involved in the situation of the Byzantine Rite Church in Ukraine. That Church has traditionally been persecuted by the Russian Orthodox, leading even to its repression during Soviet times. What is its situation in Ukraine today?
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Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, has been intimately involved with Ukrainian and American affairs, especially after the outbreak of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2022. Archbishop Borys, 63, was the founding rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in that city. Ordained a bishop in 2012, he was given responsibility for Ukrainian Catholics in France, as well as Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In 2019, he became Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy. He spoke to the Register on the current situation in Ukraine and his ministry to Ukrainian Catholics in a war-torn landscape.
You are the Ukrainian Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia but also very involved in the situation of the Byzantine Rite Church in Ukraine. That Church has traditionally been persecuted by the Russian Orthodox, leading even to its repression during Soviet times. What is its situation in Ukraine today?
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Ukrainian Archbishop Gudziak on Catholic Faith, Children and Truth
As Ukrainian Catholics brace for another Christmas in the midst of war, Archbishop Gudziak reminds us all, ‘Your prayers deflect bullets...’
