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The following is the first paragraph of a press release from the Philadelphia Archeparchy that I found today on the UGCC web site from L'viv:

"PHILADELPHIA, Pa.�Sunday, November 17th, will be an historic day in the life of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia as the spiritual head and father of the Ukrainian Catholic Church worldwide, Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar prays with the clergy, religious and faithful during a pastoral visitation. Cardinal Husar will be the main celebrant and homilist at the 10:30 a.m. Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, which will be celebrated here in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 830 North Franklin Street. After the Divine Liturgy, a reception will follow in the cathedral social hall where all the faithful will have an opportunity to personally greet Cardinal Husar."

If they will let some of us scruffy non-Ukrainian Husar fans in, I may just come up from Houston to see him.

Beards are welcome. I know some Studite monks (of whom Patriarch Lubomyr was the worldwide Archimandrite before being elected Patriarch) with very long beards and sometimes even ponytails. Kind of like bikers in riassas with chotkis. My kind of guys. Go for it!

Hello everyone,
If any of yopu guys get a chance to speak with Patriarch Husar, please tell him that we need Studites down here.
Lauro

Dear Diak and Ipreima,

You've touched on an important tradition of the Kyivan Church!

That is that the Kyivan Primate was often also the Archimandrite of the Kyivan Caves Lavra, the premier monastic community of Rus'.

St Peter Mohyla was both as were others.

Patriarch Lubomyr is a living embodiment of that tradition.

The Studites of Orangeville have recently opened up an Icon Shop on Lakeshore Blvd. in Toronto and they advertise it regularly.

I'll visit it soon . . .

Alex

And it's interesting that the new Patriarchal Sobor will be right across the Dnipro from the Pecherska Lavra...

And I guess that's why that after constructing the Patriarchal Sobor we should start thinking of constructing a BRIDGE. What do you guys say to that?
Lauro

They should make bumper stickers or T-shirts like:
"If a united church is what you want, Than Husar's the man and Patriarch".
Lauro