According to Major Archbishop Emeritus Lubomyr Husar, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) survived during the times of persecutions because of the suffering of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj and numerous priests who could not be overcome by the Soviet regime.
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