{"id":30590,"date":"2014-03-26T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=30590"},"modified":"2014-03-26T10:53:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:53:44","slug":"ukrainian-catholics-flee-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/ukrainian-catholics-flee-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Catholics flee Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Archbishop<\/a>The politics regarding the Crimea are not that complex to comprehend; the history is muddled because there is a severe allergy to facts. There is only so long you can lie about your history. Just as there is a rise in the Muslim world of the notion of a caliphate, so is there a push in many sectors of the Putin government for a “new Tzar.” The mentality of extending and exerting political control supposed Russian lands. There is a not so subtle push by some members of the Russian Orthodox Church to act as the Third Rome (with all the negative aspects of this notion). In recent days the reality of Christian-on-Christian persecution has surfaced in Crimea. What a scandal to the beauty of the Good News of Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n

Jonathan Luxmoore of Catholic Herald<\/em> UK posted his article, “Priest: Ukrainian Catholics flee Crimea to escape threats of arrest<\/a>.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

The Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Byzantine Church Shevchuk has asked priests to dedicate Ukraine to Mary\u2019s protection on April 6, to help calm \u201chearts filled with anxiety for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a service of prayer scheduled here in CT for Peace and Democracy in Ukraine<\/p>\n

Principal Celebrants:
\nThe Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair
\nHis Excellency Bishop Paul Chomnycky<\/p>\n

Church of the Sacred Heart
\n158 Broad Street
\nNew Britain, Connecticut<\/p>\n

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014\u00a0<\/strong>
\n6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please join clergy and laity from the Ukrainian, Polish, Greek, Armenian, Lithuanian
\nand other communities in solidarity and prayer for the future of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Co-sponsored by
\nThe Archdiocese of Hartford
\nThe Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford
\nSacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and
\nThe Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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