Dearly Beloved in Christ!
These words of the holy apostle Paul, directed to the elders of the
Christian community in Miletus, contain a message not only for the
people in the times of St. Paul, but for us living today in the 21st
century. As we, the Bishops of the Ukrainian-Greek Catholic Church
throughout the world, prepare to hold our annual Holy Synod, St. Paul
reminds us that through this gathering, we who have been called to
oversee the Church are to tend this Church of God that the Lord has
acquired through the shedding of his own blood, and for which during the
thousand-plus year history many of its sons and daughters have given
their lives.
