{"id":5952,"date":"2025-09-15T15:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stsophia.us\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:07:28","slug":"bishop-mykola-cardinal-bychok-visited-the-st-sophia-religious-association-of-ukrainian-catholics-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stsophia.us\/en\/bishop-mykola-cardinal-bychok-visited-the-st-sophia-religious-association-of-ukrainian-catholics-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Mykola Cardinal Bychok visited the St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5952\" class=\"elementor elementor-5952\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584c1d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"584c1d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a713026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a713026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stsophia.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b08503a841adcfb2.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d91e8f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d91e8f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On September 13, Bishop Mykola Cardinal Bychok visited the St. Sophia Religious Association of\u00a0Ukrainian Catholics, USA (TSSA), based in\u00a0Philadelphia. During his visit, Cardinal Mykola met with the president of\u00a0the Society, Dr\u00a0Iryna Ivankovych, visited the museum room of\u00a0Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, which operates at\u00a0the Society, and prayed in\u00a0the chapel.<\/p><p>During his conversation with the head of\u00a0the TSSA, Bishop Mykola highly praised the work of\u00a0the American \u201cSt. Sophia\u201d in\u00a0preserving and spreading the legacy of\u00a0Cardinal Josyf Slipyj both in\u00a0the United States and in\u00a0Ukraine, where the Association takes care of\u00a0the museum and memorial complex \u201cRidna Hata\u201d in\u00a0the small homeland of\u00a0Blessed Josyf in\u00a0the village of\u00a0Zazdrist in\u00a0the Ternopil region. His Eminence also emphasised the importance of\u00a0the Association\u2019s publishing activities, its work with young people, its support for Ukraine in\u00a0the context of\u00a0war, and its charitable activities for the benefit of\u00a0the Church in\u00a0the spirit of\u00a0the legacy of\u00a0the fourth cardinal of\u00a0the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.<\/p><p>Recalling his first visit to\u00a0the Association on\u00a0the eve of\u00a0his episcopal consecration in\u00a02020, Bishop Mykola noted, \u201cThe history of\u00a0the Ukrainian people in\u00a0general and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in\u00a0particular has been marked by\u00a0centuries of\u00a0persecution, oppression, destruction, and suffering. There is\u00a0no\u00a0generation of\u00a0Ukrainians that has not suffered from the oppression or\u00a0encroachments of\u00a0imperial neighbours, who even today mercilessly destroy the Ukrainian soul. But in\u00a0every era of\u00a0suffering, the Lord sent us\u00a0leaders whose strength of\u00a0spirit inspired millions. In\u00a0a\u00a0century of\u00a0wars, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church gave Ukraine two luminaries: Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyj and Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. The cardinal of\u00a0the Silent Church endured 18\u00a0years of\u00a0imprisonment and forced exile. We\u00a0thank you for all the initiatives that present us\u00a0with the image of\u00a0a\u00a0pastor, scholar, intellectual, educator, ethnarch, leader, Christian, and uncompromising fighter for the rights of\u00a0the Church and the people. At\u00a0a\u00a0time when the priceless gift of\u00a0freedom, with which God has blessed mankind, is\u00a0once again under threat, figures such as\u00a0Cardinal Josyf Slipyj are a\u00a0shining example for us\u00a0to\u00a0follow. We\u00a0believe that visitors to\u00a0the Society will be\u00a0able to\u00a0gain a\u00a0deeper understanding of\u00a0the eternal, unchanging axioms by\u00a0which the Confessor of\u00a0the Faith lived. May the Lord bless the Society for many more years of\u00a0service.\u201d<\/p><p>Dr\u00a0Iryna Ivankovych expressed her gratitude to\u00a0His Eminence for his support of\u00a0the Association\u2019s activities and for his cooperation in\u00a0the publication of\u00a0the monograph Patriarch Josyf Slipyj: Facets and Landmarks, to\u00a0which Bishop Mykola wrote the afterword. Presentations of\u00a0this book will soon take place at\u00a0the Jagiellonian University in\u00a0Krakow as\u00a0part of\u00a0the International Scientific Conference \u201cPatriarch Josyf Slipyj. 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During his visit, Cardinal Mykola met with the president of\u00a0the Society, Dr\u00a0Iryna Ivankovych, visited the museum room of\u00a0Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, which operates at\u00a0the Society, and prayed in\u00a0the chapel. 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