8:47 AM Volodymyr Pryima Proclaimed Patron of Laymen by UGCC Synod | |
Let us remind that the year 2012 has been proclaimed the Year of Laymen in UGCC. Therefore, the members of the Synod discussed the role of laymen in the life and mission of the Church which became the main theme of the Synod. According to the results of the consideration of the main theme, the members of the Synod passed a number of decisions to help laymen better realize their mission in the Church. In addition, the synod members sent a special pastoral address to the laymen of UGCC. Information: Volodymyr Pryima died as a martyr on 26 June, 1941. He served as a deacon in the Church in Stradch. On their way back home from the home of a sick woman who needed confession, Fr. Mykola Konrad and Volodymyr Pryima were captured by NKVD soldiers and cruelly tortured to death in a forest. The distorted bodies of the martyrs were buried at the parish cemetery. Fr. Mykola Konrad and Volodymyr Pryima were beatified as martyrs by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Ukraine. source: RISU | |
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The bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church proclaimed
Blessed Martyr Volodymyr Pryima patron of the laymen of UGCC and
encouraged all the faithful to venerate the holy laymen of the Ukrainian
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