THE ARCHDIOCESE IN AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996 WITH A PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH LVOV SYNOD.PROTOCOL #520 ISSUED OCTOBER 18 1996.BY HIS BEATITUDE METROPOLITAN VASILI. STATING THAT THE UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA HAS FULL RIGHT AND THE PERMISSION AND BLESSING OF THE SYNOD OF WESTERN UKRAINE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE DIASPORA. BISHOP ELECT STEPHAN PETROVICH WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.THE ARCHDIOCESE SHALL FUNCTION AS A SISTER DIOCESE TO THE MOTHER CHURCH OF UKRAINE THE ARCHDIOCESE IS A ACTIVE DIOCESE IN AMERICA.HEADED BY ARCHBISHOP STEPHAN, THE CATHEDRAL OF STS.BORIS AND GLEB IN CLEVELAND OHIO PRESENTLY SERVES AS THE CATHEDRAL IN AMERICA. WE ARE HERE TO PRESERVE OUR UKRAINIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA AND HER PEOPLE:
WE ARE HERE TO PRESERVE OR HOLY UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHLOUS CHURCH.IN THE DIASPORA.WE SUPPORT OUR UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANY POLITICAL MOVEMENTS WITHIN OTHER JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA. WE DO NOT BELONG TO RUSSIA NOR TO THE GREEK CHURCH WE ARE UKRAINIAN AND WILL REMAIN SUCH NO MATTER THE COST.WE SUPPORT ALL UKRAINIAN PEOPLE,CLERGY AND PARISHES THAT ALSO FEEL AS WE DO. OUR UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED,AND HAVE SHED TO MANY TEARS TO BE CONSERNED WITH THE CLERGY WHOM HAVE TURNED THEIR BACKS ON OUR PEOPLE,WE IN AMERICA HAVE BY THE GRACE OF GOD A CHOICE AS TO WHOM WE BELONG TO.LET NO MAN TELL OUR PEOPLE WHOM THEY MUST BELONG TO.AT THE PRESENT OUR DIOCESE IN AMERICA HAS 10 ACTIVE PARISHES UNDER OUR SPIRTIUAL CARE,ALONG WITH A SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY THAT CURRENTLY HAS 4 FULL TIME STUDENTS,OUR DIOCESE OWNS 225 ACERS OF LAND 50 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND,THAT HOUSES THE BISHOPS RESIDENCE ALONG WITH A SOCIAL HALL AND YOUTH CAMP AND THE MONASTERY OF STS.BORIS AND GLEB.CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CATHEDRAL WILL THKE PLACE NEXT YEAR. OUR PARISHES USE BOTH ENGLISH AND UKRAINIAN. WE INVITE ANY CLERGY FROM ANY JURISDICTION SEEKING REFUGE. WE THANK ALL OF THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PATIENCE DURING THE STRUCTING OF OUR ARCHDIOCESE IN AMERICA. WE ALSO THANK THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. MAY OUR DIOCESE IN THE UNITED STATES SET A EXAMPLE TO OTHERS THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR MOTHERLAND UKRAINE,HER CHURCHES AND HER PEOPLE! SLAVA U KRIENE SLAVA!!!
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