Head of UGCC Patriarch Lubomyr Presents His Second Audio Book

KYIV – On April 14, 2010, in the Kyiv bookstore Ye [Є], Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, presented his second audio book “The Road to Thy Neighbor.” As reported the Information Department of UGCC, the distinguished Ukrainian journalist, director of the TV channel TVi Mykola Kniazhytskyi who interviewed the hierarch for the audio book also took part in the presentation.

The multimedia studio Svichado issued the second audio book of Patriarch Lubomyr. The national artist of Ukraine Nina Matvienko recorded the foreword for the audio book. The book consists of two disks and is presented in the form of an interview.

In the audio book “The Road to Thy Neighbor” Patriarch Lubomyr will share with listeners his responses to such topics as love, contraception and abortion, the conflict of generations, the citizen and state, and patriotism and chauvinism.

How to be when love is not strong enough? How does the Church treat the search of the “other half” through meetings with a few people? If the Church is against abortion, then why is it also against contraception? Is a woman supposed to stay at home while the man works? What is the duty of parents to their children? To provide inheritance or education? How to build relations between different generations? Answers to these and other questions will be found in the second audio book of the Head of the UGCC.

 “Unfortunately, during the history of humanity, from the very beginning to today, there were problems between generations. I do not know whether there is a man in the world who did not at least make a small mistake…” 

Patriarch Lubomyr, audio book “The Road to Thy Neighbor”

On the second disk of audio book “The Road to Thy Neighbor” the head of the UGCC formulates his own attitude toward the problems of corruption, to charitable money received as bribes, advises how to survive and feed a family during a crisis, how a worker can adjust to life in Ukraine after returning from abroad. Patriarch Lubomyr shares his understanding of patriotism and chauvinism, the cultural division between the East and West, about the heroic and tragic pages of history.

“Love to Ukraine is a wonderful slogan. It is possible to talk ardent, wonderful words about love to Ukraine: it does not obligate to anything. And Ukrainians, habitants of this country need to be loved – this is love to Ukraine” 

Patriarch Lubomyr, audio book “The Road to Thy Neighbor”

Already today the audio book can be purchased in all churches of Kyiv, and in several bookstores. It will also be available in the churches of the UGCC in Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Kolomyja. In the nearest future “The Road to Thy Neighbor” will reach parishes of the UGCC all over Ukraine, and will be available in stores outside of Kyiv.

At the completion of presentation, the hierarch informed that work will now begin on the recording of the third audio book of the series; it will be called “The Road to God.”