Sheptytsky museum to be built in Prylbychi (07/19/98)

Sheptytsky museum to be built in Prylbychi

Press Service of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church

LVIV - The acting protosyncellus of the Archeparchy of Lviv, the Rev. Yaroslav Chukhnii, has directed all the deans to have their clergy announce a special collection for the erection of a new church and museum in honor of the late Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in his home village of Prylbychi.

The original church is now in the possession of one of the Ukrainian Orthodox jurisdictions. The local Orthodox authorities refuse not only to return the church to the Greek-Catholic community, but will not even permit a sharing of the premises for religious services. Thus, the decision was made a year ago to simply build a new church building in the village for the Greek-Catholic community. The actual process was initiated with the blessing of the cornerstone on December 14, 1997.