Ukrainian Orthodoxy		Orthodoxie ukrainienne

Key People

Very Reverend Ihor Kutash kutash@unicorne.org

(Second Sunday after Pentecost - All Saints of Rus'-Ukraine)

Today we are celebrating the memory of the astonishing and holy people which the Holy Spirit produced on the lands of the country that for hundreds of years has borne the name Ukraine.

We have difficult questions to resolve in our lives. Where do we come from? What is the meaning of the things going on in our lives? Where is our life heading ? What is our final destination?

The Church, this community of fighters and pioneers created and ever sustained, inspired and guided by Jesus by means of the Holy Spirit which He sends from the Father Almighty, gives us clues to find the answers to these questions. It shows us these extraordinary people - key people - who are nonetheless ordinary people, like us.

They are extraordinary because despite all their weaknesses, their mistakes and their sins they always kept on moving towards the highest of callings with faith and faithfulness, with humility and confidence. They hesitated. They often fell down along the way. They were sometimes full of anguish, doubt and pain. But they always ended by getting up again and pushing on towards the light and the truth, towards love and goodness.

Thus they were also very ordinary people - like us. Brothers and sisters, let us not remain in despair. Let us not permit the difficulties we experience to turn us away from our calling. Let us turn our faces towards this great cloud of witnesses who finally received the victory. Let us fill our hearts with divine energy and continue on. Let us become holy just as our Friend and Lord is holy.

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