On November 26, 2018, in Lviv, on the initiative of His Beatitude Svyatoslav, Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a meeting with Metropolitan Makary, Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, was conducted. The purpose of the visit of the Head of the UGCC is to present the facsimile edition of the Galician Gospel of 1144.
On November 26, 2018, in Lviv, on the initiative of His Beatitude Svyatoslav, Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a meeting with Metropolitan Makary, Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, was conducted. The purpose of the visit of the Head of the UGCC is to present the facsimile edition of the Galician Gospel of 1144.
The Galician Gospel is a unique item of the Ukrainian pre-Mongol era which testifies to the common roots of all the heirs of the one Kyivan Church. Therefore, His Beatitude Sviatoslav is convinced that every first hierarch of the once unified Kyivan Church of St Volodymyr’s Baptism should own it. On November 26, he presented one copy of the Gospel to Patriarch Filaret, and now – to Metropolitan Makary.
On this occasion, the interlocutors discussed contemporary social and church events taking place in Ukraine. In particular, it was about the importance of preserving the interreligious peace in general and all parts of the once unified Kyivan Church in particular. It was emphasized that any actions by the clergy or laity of the two Churches which might testify to the arrogant attitude towards each other are inadmissible.
“All those processes leading to the unification of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy are positive, but they should not cause tension in the relations between the UAOC and the UGCC,” the interlocutors stressed. This was reported by the Department of Information of the UGCC.