Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the USSR regarding the Millennium of Ukraine's Christianity, scheduled to be commemorated in 1988. In his letter, John Paul II underscored the importance of preserving the Union of Brest, by expressing his respect for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic episcopate, clergy, and faithful who bore witness to injustice and persecution in the name of Christ and professed their faith in God and their Church. Simultaneously directing his address at the Soviet government, the pope invoked the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by appealing to the authorities to allow each believer to profess his/her own faith and to participate in the communal life of the
Zaynab (name) believed to be a modification of the name of a pre-Islam Syrian queen that is rendered in Greek as Zenobia. Bosnian forms of the name are "Zeineb", "Zejneb" and "Zejneba". Turkish form of the name is Zeynep. Zaynab (name) Zaynab (also spelled Zainab, Zayneb, Zeinab, and in other ways; , ) is a female given name meaning "a father's precious jewel", or "the adornment/beauty of the father". It is derived from the Arabic root words "zeenah" (meaning adornment, beauty) and "ab" (meaning father). It can also mean "fragrant flower". It is also closely connected to the Hebrew name 'Zenyeb' (Zeyn-abi/Zeyn-aba)