CLICK HERE and get it BIGGER... New book published in 2007.
Holy Father Benedict XVI was
requested to review and approve
the commencement of the cause
toward the saintly status of our Rusyn Greek-Catholic priest,
Father Andrew Timkovic
(1919-1987)
from Kosice, Slovakia
Webpage created 19th of the March 2007
In the March 2007 Rev. Gorazd A. Timkovic, OSBM, published book:
Timkovic Andrew (1919-1987) - the story about normal married priest - (Timkovic Andrej (1919-1987) - pribeh zvycajneho zenateho farara),
Presov, 2007, 464 pp. This story of an obedient and faithful, loving priest is written in Slovak language.
       
19th of the March 2007
Revs. Timkovic asked Holy Father Benedict XVI, and local Greek-Catholic bishop Milan Chautur, CSsR - CLICK HERE, to begin process of the "cause" of Rev. Andrew Timkovic (1919-1987), who was heartily persecuted by the Nazis, atheist Communists and Roman-Catholics (see published preface below). Timkovics believe that their paternal father's love and holiness, exemplified by the saintly life of Rev. Andrew Timkovic (martyrized by Roman Catholics), will help not only to get Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches recognizing their common struggles, but also to fulfill a significant priority of the Pontificate of His Holiness Benedict XVI in seeking UNITY BETWEEN  ORTHODOX AND ROMAN CATHOLICS as the best solution in following Christ's Instructions to today's Apostolic Churches.

Preface from the book:
Every era has her faithful martyrs whose lives bring witness and help on our journey of faith, especially in this time period. Greek-Catholic priest Father Andrew Fedorovic Timkovic (1919-1987) is one of those outstanding obediently faithful; he is a simple but clever man whose life story bears evidence of power he drew from his Catholic faith even in the hard days of his life. As a Ruthenian Greek-Catholic priest he lived his life serving God although, at times, executing his pastoral service under public  pressure.

Father Andrew raised 4 children and all completed University studies (one doctorate of human medicine, two doctorates of vet medicine and one electrical engineer). Three of the four Timkovic children have graduated from Theological Colleges (later after their father Andrew death). Therefore, we can say the eldest of children graduated at one College and other three at two Colleges!
Andrew was accused by the fascists because he sympathized with the Communists; later he was persecuted by the Communists for he was always faithful to the Roman Catholic Church (Union), also named the Latin Church. Finally, he was persecuted by the Latins because he defended Greek-Catholic rite (Greek-Catholic particular Ruthenian sui iuris Church) against Latinization.

- In the Nazi era Andrew Timkovic
was victimized and imprisoned by the Gestapo and Horthy police for his sympathy with the Communist intended ideology, which was highly socially attractive at its begining.
- After the elimination of the Greek-Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia in 1950 he was
persecuted and victimized by the Communist Regime for his allegiance with the Pope and because he did not agree to communist constrained Orthodoxy.
- After 1968, when the self-governing particular Greek-Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia was restored with limitations, Father Andrew Timkovic
was intrigue-persecuted by the local Roman-Catholic hierarchy as he remained strongly faithful to his Greek-Catholic Church; Father Andrew strongly protested the illegal transfer of worshippers and property into the Latin church.

Father Andrew Timkovic's unwearying energy was consistent and steady in his endless fight for justice and surviving of his own family; he died and went to the Lord in 1987 without experiencing the new era in Czechoslovakia (1989). Father Andrew lived his life in the middle of the world's wrongs but he wasn't mastered by evil nor would the world deprive him of his faithful independence and inner freedom for the Lord. He tried to overcome all the dimensions of life with a spirit of justice, truth, love and devotion to God. In the Holy Bible we find words which fully reflect the life difficulties of Father Andrew Timkovic:
- "But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed" (1Pt 3,14).   
- "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled" (Mt 5,6).
- "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5,10).       

The biography of the Greek-Catholic priest Father Andrew Timkovic illustrates the fate of the entire Ruthenian-Rusyn nation especially in the Southern Carpathian Mountains in the 20th century. The Carpatho-Rus nation was
- persecuted and
oppressed during the Nazi era (annexation of Subcarpathian Rus by Horthy Hungary),
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persecuted during Communist reign (denial of the proper description RUTHENIAN-RUSYN and forced usage of the insensitive title UKRAINIAN; the 1950 elimination of Ruthenian Presov Greek-Catholic eparchy and in 1968 replaced it with the Slovak Presov Greek-Catholic eparchy).
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violently assimilated and latinized when Rusyn-Ruthenian Greek-Catholics were forced by local church hierarchy (assigned by Vatican Slovak chauvinists) to switch to improperly named Slovak Greek-Catholics and subsequently to Slovak Roman-Catholics.

If the life story and destiny of the faithful and heroic figure of this book appears to have novel characteristics it is not due to the writer's credit. Nothing in this book has been fabricated. This book is a work confirmed by many here publicized documents, which are the facts, hence its historic elements have been experienced by Father Andrew Timkovic's truly obedient and faithful life...
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Uvod po slovensky, anglicky a nemecky, KLIKNI SEM
Rev. Andrew Timkovic in 1946 year
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Kapitolu o skryvani sa pred policiou v rokoch 1950-1952
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CLICK HERE. Rev. Andrew Timkovic - reading from the paper in front of the Beatified Martyr Bishop Vasil Hopko
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Kapitolu o Petrikovciach, ktora hovori
o roku 1977 a 1978
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