A Carpatho-Russian church in Mukačevo
A new republic, Podkarpatska Rus, was declared by Carpatho-Russians at their European Congress in Mukačevo on 25 October, the congress co-chairman, Fr Dmitri Sidor, told ZIK. The congress was attended by 109 deputies. A guest from the Czech Republic gave the congress international status. The Carpatho-Russian delegates signed an act of declaration of Carpatho-Russian statehood and announced the re-formation of the republic on the basis stated on 22 November 1938, the date of the original declaration of independence, as well as electing an executive for the republic. Congress participants told ZIK they will appeal to the Zakarpatya Oblast Council to award autonomy to the republic and to declare the oblast an autonomous republic.
27 October 2008
ZIK
http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/27/155336 (in English)
Editor’s Note:
Big news! It sure wasn’t reported in the western press! Is it because it puts one of the darling mascot-states of the neocons, the Ukraine, in a VERY bad light? Hmm… Give your prayers and support to the brave Carpatho-Russian people. They deserve to be free of Galician Uniate domination.
A note to my readers:
I use “Carpatho-Russian” because that is the usage favoured by Orthodox Christians from the region. “Rusyn” is an anti-Orthodox Uniate coinage best avoided. It is like using “Byzantine” when we should be using “New Roman”. Let’s use the form preferred by our Orthodox confrères. The papists can use what they will.
i am glad for them and I hope that their historic rights will be respected! But they are in a delicate position, surrounded by Hungary, Slovakia, Poland (catholic + EU), Romania (EU) and Western Ukraine (greek-catholic)
Comment by maksim — Monday, 10 November 2008 @ 19:02