A priest was ordained to serve the Russian Greek Catholic Church. The Bishop who ordained the priest was Bishop Milan of the Eparchy of Mukachevo. The new Priest, Fr. Pavel (Paul) is one of 20 Greek Catholic Priests in Russia.
The Russian Greek Catholic Church, also know as Russian Orthodox Church united with Rome is a small Greek Catholic Church. The first Russian Greek Catholic priest was Fr. Nicholas Tolstoy. Fr. Nicholas was an Orthodox priest and was received into communion with Rome in 1893. The most famous Russian Greek Catholic priest was Blessed Hieromartyr Leonid (Feodorov) a martyr for Christian unity under the Communist. Currently there is no hierarchy for the Russian Church because of Ecumenical concerns. In the United States there are a handful of Russian Catholic parishes.
Many years and Axios to Fr. Pavel and his family!
Any more information? Doe she have a pastoral assignment? Is he an ethnic Ukranian who will minister to the Ukranian population in Russia? And what of the suffering Belarus Greek Catholic Church?
Hi Konrad. He is a Russian (came into communion with Rome from the Russian Orthodox Church) For more information on the events see the below link.
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2011/12/ordinations-new-russian-greek-catholic.html
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