The head of the Pastoral Missionary Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Bishop Yosyf (Milian) called the bishops of the UGCC to provide due pastoral care to the faithful of the church living abroad.
Bishop Yosyf, in particular, stressed that he approached the metropolitans, eparchs and exarchs of the Kyiv-Halych Supreme Archbishopric with a request to “analyze the situation among priests, monks, seminary students and lay people in order to make a call for the missionary needs of our church abroad. If anyone responds positively and would like to contribute to the development of the missionary ministry of the UGCC, please inform us accordingly.”
The bishop is convinced that “the church must support the people who still live without holiday services and periodical Sunday services and pastoral care.”
Representatives of the Pastoral Missionary Department remind that Ukrainians now stay in 37 countries for various reasons. Usually, no church communities or structures are organized there.
According to the bishop, the department often receives letters with requests to “provide spiritual life for our people in other countries at least to some extent.”
“Priests are needed especially in such countries as Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Hungary, Russia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Portugal, Moldova,” the Information Department of the UGCC quoted the bishop as saying.