STATEMENT BY METROPOLITAN LAWRENCE HUCULAK OF WINNIPEG ON RECENT EVENTS HONORING METROPOLITAN ANDREY SHEPTYTSKY
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Following the recent visit to Canada by an interfaith delegation of about 20 religious leaders from Ukraine, April 23 to 25, 2012, Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M., Archeparch of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, released a statement on the events in Toronto and Ottawa honoring Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1901 to 1944. In his Message, Metropolitan Huculak recalls that as “the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of its first Bishop to Canada, Blessed Bishop Nykyta Budka, it is worthy to note that it was Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky who spearheaded the establishment of a Church hierarchy in Canada and the appointment of Bishop Budka as the first Bishop.”