Roman Cardinal establishes an Oasis
Cardinal Slipyj can be known as the "Bridge Builder" in uniting East and West. He worked to unite the challenges between the Ukrainian Catholics and Ukrainian Orthodox. He set up an "Oasis" for the Ukrainians to have a "neutral" place to learn about each other and understand more about the traditions of both east and west. The Roman Cardinal strategically established this "oasis" as an independent, autocephalous jurisdiction.
Upon his retirement years, Cardinal Slipyj commanded Metropolitan Archbishop +Amvrosij to continue the ministry as "Bridge Builder." The Archbishop founded the Institute for Eastern Christian Studies in 1976 as a way to continue the dialogue and conversation from the "oasis" to both East and West.
Bridge Builder (Pontifex)
His Beatitude, Archbishop Metropolitan +Amvrosij received the monastic Great Schema on the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos, as foretold by Archbishop St. John Maximovitch, who had tonsured him a Riassaphore monk.
Archbishop +Amvrosij has over 80 priests throughout the world and continues to assist the Church in bringing VALID Sacraments to every corner of the world.
Graduate of the John XXIII Institute for Eastern Christian Studies at Fordham University and have doctoral degrees in Theology and in Psychology. www.uogcc.com