Metropolitan Sheptytsky Commemorated at Khmelnytskyi Philharmonic

"The Servant of God, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, is a figure, for which we must thank God, because, as Cardinal Tisseran once said addressing Ukrainians, he is an adornment of our Church and our nation. Metropolitan Sheptytsky was a teacher of our nation," said Patriarch Lubomyr in a greeting address to the participants of a celebratory academy in Khmelnytskyi. On December 5, 2010, in the Khmelnytskyi Philharmonic, a celebratory event dedicated to Metropolitan Andrey Sheptysky was held. "In the first half of last century, when our nation had to live through the invasion of our land by the Austrian and Russian regimes, the short period of struggle for independence, invasion of Western Ukraine by the Polish state and then by the Nazi and Bolshevik-Soviet dictatorships, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky proved to be a true father of the people and defended his people wherever and whenever he could. And during the genocide of the Jewish people, on his initiative and with his direct participation, approximately four hundred Jewish children were saved," stressed the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. According to Patriarch Lubomyr, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is a holy man. "The process of his beatification for all his heroic virtues, which will shine as an example not only for our nation but also for other ones, is coming to its end. Let everyone pray that the day of his glorification on the Earth should come as soon as possible," wrote the head of UGCC. In addition, in his letter, he encouraged both spiritual and secular people to study the life of Metropolitan Andrey as an example of a spiritual and national leader, a true Christian and devoted citizen.

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