Archbishop Ihor of UAOC Highly Appreciates Merits of Bishop Borys Gudziak

In a greeting address on occasion of the consecration as bishop of the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), Bishop Borys Gudziak, Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko) of Kharkiv and Poltava of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

In a greeting address on the occasion of the consecration as bishop of the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), Bishop Borys Gudziak, Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko) of Kharkiv and Poltava of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church stressed that the name of Borys Gudziak “is associated now with a whole age in the establishment of the best Christian educational institution in modern Ukraine and also a number of initiatives of a wide social and academic dimension, humanistic projects, patterns of civil responsibility and intellectual courage.”

Archbishop Ihor Isichenko expressed hope that the bishop’s presence in the episcopate of UGCC as Apostolic Exarch for the central countries of the European Union will not dissociate him from the church and social life in the homeland. “I hope for a worthy combination of Your active archpastoral service in Your canonical territory and an active participation in the creation of the atmosphere of Christian solidarity and brotherly love in the Ukrainian Church community,” reads the address.