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Emblem of the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, the most important project
which HB Ivan Viktor Bus, Second Patriarch of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church
Abroad, had in his lifetime
In the center, His Beatitude YURI, Emigidiusz Ryzy, Third Patriarch of "American World
Patriarchs", during a Holy Synod.
Along with the AWP is founded the "Peoples University of the Americas" which since its
beginnings offered range of humanities courses in New York for immigrant groups, with
emphasis on making English a natural second language for them. It expanded in the 80s
into Central America, mainly in Puerto Rico where the succession of Ryzy dynasty had
arrived.
When HB ULADISLAU passed in 1978, the second Patriarch of the Archeparch Adam
Bilecky AWP; took office as the Apostolic Administrator. The Archeparch Emigidiusz Ryzy
would become the next Patriarch of AWP within a few years.
Thus, the lineage of the Ryzy continued to hold onto their dream.
An event came to disturb the development of AWP in America, and this was the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1987, a prelude to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the implosion of the
USSR which finally occurred in 1991.
HB YURI, Emigidiusz Ryzy in one of his visits to Belarus - In the image, a chapel amid the
ruins of a church that is in project to be restored
HB YURI with members of his church in one of his visits to his beloved Belarus
The flag of Belarus with colors that arise from their heraldic tradition and was last hoisted on 1918.
Then again in the short life of the People's Republic of Belarus - between 1941 and 1944- and it
will be back after the fall of communism in 1991 for a short while - Today, this "unofficial" flag is a
symbol of a Belarus free of communism and interference from Moscow.
HB YURI visit to Belarus - Along with Orthodox faithful who seek religious and political
independence and their country
During the Patriarchate of His Beatitude Viktor Ivan I, Vittorio Giovanni Maria Busa
(1941-2013) the Belarusian Orthodox Slavic Church Abroad worked jointly with the
"International Parliament for Safety and Peace", based in Italy and Cyprus, which had
among its leading authorities and founders Patriarch VIKTOR and the Archbishop of
Cyprus, His Eminence MAKARIOS III, president of that country also twice. Both were
founders of Parliament in December 1975.
The efforts of HB VIKTOR turned to topics of international politics and security, initially
focused on the geopolitics of the Mediterranean. By then Cyprus lived under harassment
from both Greece and Turkey since independence.
In 1960, Cyprus became independent from Britain, and is elected as president of the
country MAKARIOS III, who will attempt to stop the latent violence between the Greek
Cypriot community and the Turkish Cypriot. In 1974, there will be a coup in Cyprus against
MAKARIOS III by the de facto government of the "Colonels" in Greece. The government
Turkey responds by sending 30,000 troops holding a big part of the middle of the island.
The coup ends in failure and MAKARIOS III returns to power with a divided country. In
1977 following a heart attack, the President and Archbishop dies.
Meeting of the International Parliament for Peace and Safety in Palermo (Italy). In the
center, HB VIKTOR.
HB VIKTOR in the center with the flag of the International Parliament for Peace and
Safety surrounded the diplomatic corps.
Dinner of the Parliament authorities. In the center HB VIKTOR with his Archbishop
Brazil, HB ATHANASIUS.
Parliament's work would be affected by unfortunate events when a few officials, using its
diplomatic credentials, committed acts of corruption that tainted the reputation of
Parliament and its founder. This led to His Beatitude VIKTOR to the decision in 2006 to
delegate the management of the Church to its Archbishop of Brazil, while dedicating all his
efforts to work for the good name of Parliament.
What was the vision, until then, His Beatitude had for the clergy of his church? To HB
VIKTOR, the clergy of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad should be well
trained in Diplomacy and International Relations, being always aware of the humanitarian
needs of the world.
His Beatitude VIKTOR inherited from his predecessor, His Beatitude ULADISLAU, Ryzy
RYSKY a strong political commitment to end all tyranny, to strengthen religious freedom
worldwide, and to disseminate a healthy ecumenism.
The priesthood has been in the ancestral traditions, those who help "reconnect" the people
with their own Sacred Tradition, out of which they are begotten. The priest must also
instruct and guide the ruler to make the best decisions for the good of his people and their
spiritual enrichment. Thus, the "Ghibellinism of the Holy Roman German Empire is
renewed as opposed to who separate the temporal power from spiritual power, as if both
were irreconcilable. The priest must plunge into the world to change it, not to deny the
change attacking those who try to lead the people. Without sacralization of political power,
it is immersed in materialism and selfishness, holding cleptocracies that cover arms
trafficking, drug trafficking and many other diseases of todays world.
His Eminence Bishop LUCAS from Italy, current Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union of the
Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad and highest authority in Italy and Malta.
PART III
The three pillars of the rebirth of the IOBE in America: From left to right, HE Vladyka
Jacob, HB Athanasius I Aloysios and HE Vladyka Nagui
a. Brazil as the heart of the new IOBE (Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad)
In 2006, the second Patriarch of the Slavic Belarusian Orthodox Church Abroad, His
Beatitude Viktor Ivan Bus, delegated the management of the Church to its Archeparch
and Metropolitan of Brazil, his right hand in the organization of the Church for ten years.
His Beatitude Athanasius, Luiz Antonio Do Nascimento, born on August 6, 1948 in the
Federative Republic of Brazil, grew within a family of aristocratic origins, dating back to
ancient Persia: Gedrosia region, now in Pakistan, and Drangiana region, today
Afghanistan. From this region comes the dynasty of the Arkazidas-Khristopharidas,
ancestors of family of His Beatitude Athanasius, which He has endeavored to preserve is
memory.
His family did not live quiet times during the de facto governments in Brazil. A lot of their
assets were expropriated by the Armed Forces in the 60s of last century. The young Luiz
had to postpone his religious vocation to help your family in this difficult time. He became
an accountant, then a Professor of accounting sciences, and was director of educational
institutions of the city of San Pablo. Also, HB studied parapsychology, drug addiction,
theology, philosophy, and is jurist and historian of religions. Finally he became diplomat of
the International Parliament for Peace and Safety based in Palermo, Italy.
His Beatitude Patriarch Viktor Ivan Bus, by the then Archeparch and Metropolitan of Brazil,
HB Athanasius
HB Viktor Ivan Bus and the Archeparch Athanasius at the Dinner of the International Parliament
of Safety and Peace in Palermo, Italy.
When he became a bishop, different academies Latin American and European countries,
and noble houses worldwide, were recognizing his religious and humanitarian work at
home.
In 1983 he was elevated as bishop of the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church by His Most
Reverend Mar Crisostomo, Jair Ferreyra de Faria, under the American Orthodox
Catholic Church (AOCC) and then confirmed as representative the same in Brazil, by His
Eminence Eusebio, Santo Pace, who he then succeeded in the direction of the AOCC in
South America.
Advancement of the construction. What begins as a chapel on the left (1987), a few years
after in the late 80s we see as the Cathedral.
Inside the chapel (1987), before it being the Cathedral of the IOBE. Our future Patriarch
HB ATHANASIOS stands with his coadjutor, HE Vladyka JACOB
1991 - Inauguration of the first Cathedral of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad
The Ladder of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul of the Belarusian
Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad (Sao Paulo - Brazil - 2014)
In the same year as the opening of the first cathedral of the IOBE, the Most Reverend
Mar NAGUI, Youssef Zayat, was incardinated the current Archeparch of Rio do Janeiro.
His Eminence Mar NAGUI of Syrian ancestry, began the construction of the Cathedral
"Saint George and Saint Sebastian" in 1988, and opened in 1990.
In subsequent years, the IOBE in Brazil is supported by three strong marble columns: HB
Athanasius, HE Mar Jacob and HE Nagui Sea. These three pillars consolidated the
Church and made it partaker of the ecumenical atmosphere of Brazil. His Beatitude
Athanasius was regularly invited to give homilies in Roman churches, and His Eminence
Mar Nagui, turned the day of Saint George into a large festival, of great dimensions with
guest priests of the sister Roman Church. Likewise, the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox
Church Abroad was an active member of the National Council of
Igrejas Cristas do Brasil (CONIC), whose members were: the Roman Church, Anglican,
Syrian Orthodox, Methodist, Christian Reformed and Presbyterian.
His Excellency
Vladyka
NAGUI,Archeparch of
Rio de Janeiro in the
Cathedral of St. George
and St. Sebastian (Rio do
Janeiro - Brazil- 2011)
Cathedral of St. George and St. Sebastian in the city of Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, home of the
Archeparchy of Rio de Janeiro - Year 1993
Celebration of Saint George - Caravan receives the blessing of his bishop, Vladyka Nagui
His Beatitude Athanasius I Aloysios in ecumenical celebration at the Shrine of Our Lady of
Carmen of the Roman Church in the city of Sao Paulo
Bulletin of the CONIC which portrays our Patriarch participating in one of the ecumenical
meetings celebrated by the institution.
The activities of the Holy Synod were growing year after year, and to the growth of our
Church, mainly in Brazil, within a population of over 200 million, a very religious country,
and a thriving culture and economy, the Grand Patriarchal Chancery was created, being
elevated to Archeparch Coadjutor of Brazil, the Most Reverend Mar JACOB, as Patriarchal
Chancellor, long with a set of bishops and priests responsible for the direction of the
Church in the world.
Finally, in 2013 (the year of the death of Patriarch Viktor Ivan Bus), the Holy Synod of the
Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad, raises him as the third Patriarch of the
Church. Thus, the Holy Church founded by His Beatitude ULADISLAU, Ryzy Rysky, now in
the XXI century acquired a new dimension: an orthodoxy that begins to spread throughout
Latin America, a won debate about the importance of thinking orthodoxy from the citizen of
America, not extrapolating, nor importing a model of orthodoxy alien to the way of living
and feeling in the Americas.
But our history would have pleasantly surprised more: the lineage of the Ryzy would
again present itself in our history.
The most important task performed by His Beatitude Athanasius since 2006 to
Today was the establishment of the Holy Synod of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad
(Photo session of the Holy Synod in 2011)
2013 Historical photo where those present elevate HB Athanasius I Aloysios as the third
Patriarch of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad.
THE REUNION
October 12, 2014, Stone Chapel of Saint George, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Visiting from the United States is His Beatitude YURI, Emigidiusz Ryzy, highest authority of the
American World Patriarchs, and brother of His Beatitude ULADISLAU, Ryzy RYSKY may his
memory be eternal- founder of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad.
I - An open wound
Over thirty years ago, the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad bore an open wound
that seemed impossible to heal. Its founder HB ULADISLAU, Ryzy RYSKY, had left two
religious institutions with clear roles which should have gone together since that time in the
'70s of the twentieth century, but in 1978, our first Patriarch was called to heaven.
The distancing of the Patriarch His Beatitude VIKTOR of everything so painstakingly built
in the United States generated a fork in the history of our Church.
In the United States, His Beatitude YURI, Emigidiusz Ryzy, brother and successor in the
American World Patriarchs, of His Beatitude ULADISLAU, Ryzy RYSKY, faced the
difficult taskto support the work done in that country.
Those who years later began the way in IOBE had a vacuum when it came to know what
had happened with the Church that began in the United States. They also ignored the
heyday of the AWP, and risky mission of His Beatitude YURI returning to the bowels of the
old post-Soviet Belarus, to rebuild our Church there.
But the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ did not allow this wound stay open much longer.
His Beatitude YURI, Emigidiusz Ryzy standing by the clergy of the Belarusian Slavic Orthodox
Church Abroad. On his left side, accompanying Vladyka Basilio, Carlos W. Vich, and Vladyka
FRANCISCO, Franc Primozic.
Beginning of the ceremony in which five brothers start their path as Nazareos: Daniel, Vasily,
Eduardo, Carlos and Marcelo. The ceremony was presided by Elder Brother of
Sierra de los Padres Carlos Cousillas.
May 8, 2014, "Newark Liberty International Airport" - In the center, HB YURI. To his right,
Mons. LOUIS, and on his left Vladyka FRANCISCO. This photo that represents the end of the
"FORK IN THE ROAD" - A meeting that ended more than 30 years of being apart
- These photos toured by email throughout America and Eurasia, because they symbolize the
reunion. We had found the brother of SB ULADISLAU - The lineage Ryzy
again became part of our lives.
Arrival of His Beatitude Yuri to the Stone Chapel of St. George, in San Vicente, Province of
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Seat of the Archeparchy where the new Cathedral is being built.
On the left side, Vladyka Teofano is receiving gifts from HB Yuri brought form the US. In
the center is Fr. Gregori, secretary of HB Yuri for his visit to Argentina. On the right of the
picture: HE Mar Valerian, Founder and Emeritus Bishop of the IOBE in Argentina and HE
Vladyka Basilio, Eparch of Crdoba.
Divine Liturgy of October the 12th of 2014 Consecration of the Holy Gifts
Vladyka Francisco, Franc Primozic, receiving a blessing from His Beatitude Yuri, which
was followed by an embrace, sealing the invitation which brought him to these lands. The
southernmost community founded by HB Uladislau Ryzy Rysky.
IV Open Conclusion
For this new generation of bishops, priests and deacons of the Patriarchate of His
Beatitude ATHANASIOS I ALOYSIOS, a huge emotion invade us, we have rediscovered
the brother of the founder of our Belarusian Slavic Orthodox Church Abroad, who also
faced the reconstruction of the Peoples Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the
post-Soviet Belarus.
This brave, selfless and and as his brother- defender of the Political and Religious
Freedom in Belarus, today, His Beatitude YURI, Emigidiusz Ryzy, becomes honorable in
all Altars of IOBE, in the Americas, Eurasia and in all corners of the world to which reaches
the apostolic succession of the holy lineage of the Ryzy.