His Beatitude Sviatoslav congratulated the Patriarchal Curia workers in Lviv with Christmas holidays

Thursday, 01 January 2015, 14:55

I am now very happy to be with you, not in order to solve work issues, but to thank together God for all the grace we have received from Him this year. For we, as people, first note the fact that we did not get, and look for what was evil last year. However, this year has been an extraordinary period of grace for the history of independent Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. We have got six new bishops, two new structures in Ukraine, new Ukrainian Metropolis in Brazil.

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With these words the Father and Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav addressed to the workers of the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC in Lviv on 30 December, 2014. The Head of the Church gave thanks to God and His trusts for the extremely zealous and sacrificial work during the year, because this became the year of "revelations", great discoveries. "We saw that we – are the great and mighty nation, we have a strong spirit of freedom that was given by our Lord. And we have a great heroes who are willing to give their lives for Ukraine and its fortune. In our Patriarchal Curia there are also devoted heroes of daily work".

At the end the Primate of the Church thanked workers for the serving that was put onto them by the Church: "Thank you for all that you have done in a full dedication during the year for the Lord, His Church and the Ukrainian people. I believe that next year will be the year of victory. We must believe in it, pray for it and work in this direction. Let the God bless your family and your loved ones. Let Him take into His hands those who died this year. I wish you joyful holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"