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12 September 2010
10:54 - Magazine Korrespondent Ranks Influence of the Head of the UGCC The magazine Korrespondent published a list of the most influential Ukrainians. In 53rd place is the head of the UGCC His Beatitude Lyubomyr. Sixteen analysts in the different regions of Ukraine worked on the rating. As Korrespondent notes, the church headed by His Beatitude Lubomyr “does not...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:52 - All of Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s Pastoral Messages Have Been Published All 250 pastoral messages of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky of the UGCC from 1899 to 1944, which are kept in the Ukrainian and western archives, were published. Several days ago the third volume of works of the metropolitan written in 1939-1944 came out. During five years Halychyna was occupied...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:50 - The Synod of Bishops of UGCC studied the question of migration “According to research conducted during 2008-2009 by researchers at the assistance of International charitable fund Caritas Ukraine, since independence, the search for a ‘better life’ outside of the country drove out nearly 5 million Ukrainians. Other sources say 7 million. Among the latter...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:49 - New bishop of the UGCC Ordained The hirotony of Benedict (Aleksiychuk) was conducted on September 5 in the Cathedral of St. Yur in Lviv at a liturgy in the presence of Patriarch Lubomyr, members of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the clergy and faithful. The bishop's ordination was administered by...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:48 - Project of Catechism of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to be Presented to the Synod Soon the world will see the first edition of Catechism of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The work on the text, which was coordinated by the Patriarchal Catechetic Committee, lasted for nearly 9 years. Its result will be presented to the Synod of Bishops of UGCC that takes place on September 2-9,...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:44 - Synod was familiarized with the state of the Patriarchal Cathedral and discussed particular law Questions of the state and prospects of building of the Patriarchal Center in Kyiv were some of the questions examined at the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC on September 6, reported Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), Secretary of Synod of Bishops of UGCC. The report on the last year was presented by Bishop...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:42 - First course students blessed by Ukrainian hierarchies On September 4, at the Academy of Ground Forces, 274 first course students took the military oath to serve the Ukrainian nation. During the several next years they receive a military education in four faculties of this higher military educational institution. ...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:41 - UGCC Helps Not Only Emigrants but also Immigrants “Considering the state’s inactivity, the initiative of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is very urgent and necessary. Workers both abroad and in Ukraine have a difficult time adapting to life. We need a support to save our Ukrainian family. That which is happening in our society we consider...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:40 - The Synod of Bishops looks at exhibition on the underground of the UGCC On September 8 the members of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC had a chance to learn about the exhibition devoted to the 20th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC. The photo exhibit, “Toward the Light of Resurrection through the Thorns of Catacombs,” was prepared by the Institute of Church...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:37 - “We are creating one Ukrainian ‘globalized’ Church,” Bishop Volodymyr (Kovbych) from Brazil “For me it matters that we are creating and that we have to create one Ukrainian ‘globalized’ church, because it is all over the world,” reported Bishop Volodymyr (Kovbych), Eparch of Kurytyba UGCC, in an interview with the Information Department of UGCC. The bishop, together with two auxiliary...
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12 September 2010
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12 September 2010
10:36 - UGСC to participate in the World Ecological Day of the Creator On 14 September, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church traditionally participates in the celebration of the World Ecological Day of the Creator. Greek Catholic churches will pray for the conservation of nature on that day.
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12 September 2010
10:35 - The Supreme Council registered a bill about granting the UGCC the status of a repressed Church A draft resolution on granting the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church the status of a repressed church has been submitted to the consideration of the Supreme Council of Ukraine on September 8. Resolution 7104 was registered by deputies of Yulia Tymoshenko's Motherland faction, V. Derevlianyi and...
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12 September 2010
10:33 - "Ukrainian migration to Australian began only 65 years ago." Bishop Petro (Stasyuk) "I believe that it is very important to educate and to inform people who emigrate from Ukraine to Australia so they understood that head for a foreign land. Maybe the people who go to the Ukrainian community in Australia hope that it will be the same as it was at home. But it is worth remembering that...
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12 September 2010
10:32 - The Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center presented its map-guidebook “Sacred Objects of Ukraine” to the Synod of Bishops The Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center of the UGCC presented an advance copy of the map-guidebook “Sacred Objects of Ukraine” to the participants of the Synod of Bishops. The guidebook, which will have ten thousand copies, will be on shelves soon. Also, the highest hierarchies of the church were...
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12 September 2010