{"id":32407,"date":"2015-07-17T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=32407"},"modified":"2015-07-17T17:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T21:36:40","slug":"venerable-andrey-roman-alexander-maria-sheptytsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/venerable-andrey-roman-alexander-maria-sheptytsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Venerable Andrey Roman Alexander Maria Sheptytsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andrey-Sheptytsky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-32408 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andrey-Sheptytsky-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andrey Sheptytsky\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andrey-Sheptytsky-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andrey-Sheptytsky.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>The Stamford Eparchy writes, &#8220;In the afternoon of 16 July 2015, Pope Francis received in a private audience the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, the Holy Father approved decrees recognizing the heroic virtues of several Servants of God. The first among these was Andrey Roman Alexander Maria Sheptytsky (1865\u20131944), Metropolitan-Archbishop of Lviv-Halych.<\/p>\n<p>This form<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">al declaration represents one of the penultimate stages in the beatification process. Once a miracle attributed to the intercession of Sheptytsky is formally recognized, Kyr Andrey will be declared a Blessed of the Universal Church. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">The cause for his beatification had been introduced in 1958. With this declaration, the &#8220;Servant of God&#8221; becomes &#8220;Venerable&#8221; Andrey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The new Venerable Servant of God was born <em>Roman Aleksander Maria Sheptytsky<\/em>\u00a0on July 29, 1865, in Prylbychi near Lviv. When he entered the\u00a0Basilian Order took the name Andrey.\u00a0Father Andrey was elected the major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church at the age of 36 and he known to have quickly recognized as a social and cultural leader in a period\u00a0of great political uncertainty.\u00a0He died November 1, 1944, just four months after the Soviets took control of Lviv. Paris-based\u00a0Bishop Borys Gudziak said, \u00a0\u201cHis social teaching, his fine, subtle and prophetic voice allowed the church to survive.\u201d He also said,\u00a0\u201cBorn into an aristocratic family, the archbishop used his resources to create a free clinic, provide countless scholarships and help victims of famine, flooding and war. He personally lived a life of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for Beatification of Servant of God Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O My God, I adore Your infinite Majesty with all the powers of my soul. I thank You for the graces and gifts which You did bestow upon Your faithful Servant Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky.\u00a0I ask You to glorify him also on earth with evident proofs and miracles. \u00a0For this end I beseech You to give me the favor [<em>mention the intention<\/em>], which I humbly ask from Your Fatherly mercy.\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">O Lord Jesus Christ, through the intercession of Your Mother grant that Your faithful Servant Metropolitan Sheptytsky be proclaimed a saint for the greater glory of God, for the salvation of souls and the good of our Catholic Church.\u00a0Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stamford Eparchy writes, &#8220;In the afternoon of 16 July 2015, Pope Francis received in a private audience the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, the Holy Father approved decrees recognizing the heroic virtues of several Servants of God. The first among these was Andrey Roman &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/venerable-andrey-roman-alexander-maria-sheptytsky\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Venerable Andrey Roman Alexander Maria Sheptytsky<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[32061,2734,2717],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32412,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32407\/revisions\/32412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}