Emerging from the Catacombs - Trailer

This trailer presents the first 10 minutes of the CRTN - documentary "Emerging from the Catacombs."

Production Date: 2001
Duration: 54'

Copyright : CRTN
Language: English, Spanish, Hungarian, German
Executive Producer: Mark Riedemann
Director: Agnieszka Dzieduszycka

The program considers the history, suffering and present day revival of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. With unique archive material sourced from the Russian State Television, the documentary considers the early Greek Catholic Church, reviewing how at the Pseudo-Synod of 1946, the Greek Catholic Church was officially dissolved with its Churches and liturgical treasures handed over the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Later these images reveal how, at the height of Soviet persecution, these Churches, including Orthodox Churches were destroyed. The dramatic human suffering is also revealed; particularly how 6 million Ukrainians were starved to death during Stalin's "Ukrainian Holocaust". The story is one of courage and hope, showing how Ukrainian Greek Catholics, having never accepted the dissolution of their Church, went underground and risked their lives to save the Church treasures from being destroyed. The documentary then considers the struggle to legitimise the Church and finally, through hunger strikes and appeals, the success in achieving this goal of the official recognition of the Greek Catholic Church.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Greek
• Catholics
• Ukraine
• Persecution
• Martyrs

[Movies4Christ]

Interesting movie  - I've added this to my documentaries of christian faith playlist on my youtube channel.

[DanielForkbeard]

"Long live Red Terror"--that says it all. Terrible and sad. I have nothing good to say about the communists. Nothing.

[jmac562]

I am sure Catholics did not proletise or oppressed the Orthodox at all? I am an Rutherian Catholic and from reading history the reason for this church is purely political.

[IgnatiusBenedictus]

@TenderTrap86 What did your grandpa do to become an papal knight?

[TenderTrap86]

Yes, they were very proud to be Ukrainians. As I understand it, Ukrainians from the Hapsburg Empire were actually four different sub-groups: Lemko, Rusyn, Hutsul and Boyko, collectively known as Ruthenians to Vienna, which, I think, is a much more accurate term for my father's people. Not only did they take great pride in being Ukrainian, but they were very devout Catholics as well, in the Greek Rite. My Grandpa Mike was so devoted to the UGCC, he was actually honored with Papal Knighthood.

[husiatyn]

What you say about your grandparents is quite true. A person born at the beginning of the 20th century in western Ukraine who never left his village and lived into his 90's would have been, in the space of his lifetime, a citizen of Austria, Poland, Nazi Germany (during a short time during WWII), the Soviet Union and finally, Ukraine. The fact they still think of themselves as Ukrainians is a testament to their resiliancy and patriotism in the face of immense difficulties and powerful enemies.

[TenderTrap86]

I can't understand why people associate Ukrainians with the nation of Ukraine that was only created in 1991, of which half speak Russian. My Grammy's and Grandpa Mike's parents were ethnic Ukrainians and if they were born today, not a single one would have been born within national Ukrainian boundaries.

[fuxu123]

This people are heroes! God bless them!