A Greeting From Mexico
My Dear Apostolic Brothers,
Peace and every good be with you!
I am the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Mexico, in communion with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Canonical (under the Omophor of His Holiness Patriarch Moses of Kyiv and All Rus'- Ukraine), and I visited your amazing website. This message wants to be a fraternal greeting, as expression of my warmest regards: congratulations in your efforts!
As Orthodox Jurisdiction, we profess the Orthodox Catholic Christian Faith, as handed down to us by our Fathers in Christ in the Apostolic Sacred Tradition of the Holy Church. We promise to observe the decisions, dogmatic utterances and canons, and the degrees of the Seven Ecumenical Councils, the Canons of the Holy Apostles, the Canons of the Regional Councils and of the Holy Fathers; and the Holy Church's' interpretation of Scripture according to the standard of faith included in the Nicene Creed, the Symbol of Faith.
We revere symbolically, but not idolatrously, the sacred Icons of Christ, of His Holy Mother Mary, and of all the Saints and Angels of Heaven, addressing to their originals the honour shown their images. We confess our Ever-Virgin Lady, Saint Mary, The Theotokos (Mother of God), having borne in the flesh one Person of the Holy Trinity, namely Christ our God.
We believe there can be no innovations in the Faith and we accept the Vincentian Canon of universality, antiquity, and consent: “In the Catholic Church we must especially take heed to hold that which we believe everywhere, at all time, and by all”.
We agree with the ancient principle of the Undivided Church regarding the hierarchy of importance of matters of discipline: "In Necessary Things, Unity; In doubtful Things, Liberty, In All things, Charity".
But of course, I pray that we will become close friends. More: maybe, we can establish a Concordat of Intercommunion...
God bless you, and keep you in abundance of happiness, Faith and good health, this day and ever and unto ages of all ages.
Amen.
Metropolitan +Daniel (de Jesus Ruiz Flores), Th.D., Ph.D.
Exarch of Mexico and All Latin-America
Abbot of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in México, Religious Association
In Communion with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Canonical
http://www.iglesia-ortodoxa.org/
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