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
Terminology of the British Isles Isles. They are divided into two branches: Some of the above are: The English word "Welsh" is from a common Germanic root meaning "Romanised foreigner" (cognate with Wallonia and Wallachia, and also cognate with the word used in Mediaeval German to refer to the French and Italians). The English names "Albion" and "Albany" are related to "Alba" and used poetically for either England or Scotland, or the whole island of Great Britain. English "Erin" is a poetic name for Ireland derived from "Éire" (or rather, from its dative form "Éirinn"). In Irish, the term "Oileáin Bhriotanacha" is a translation of