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- The second day of the pastoral visit of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to Chicago 28 September 2011 11:44 On the second day of his pastoral visit to Chicago, His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago. After the meeting, the Head of the UGCC participated in the youth conference, held in the cultural center of the Ukrainian Village in Chicago, entitled “The...
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- First Pastoral visit of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the US 28 September 2011 11:41 The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, is making his first pastoral visit to the United States. The UGCC Primate is visiting Chicago where he will participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Ukrainian...
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- “Today we are standing in this church not as owners but neither as guests” – Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh during the celebrations of the millennium of St. Sofia’s Cathedral of Kyiv 27 September 2011 10:32 "Today we are standing in this cathedral not as owners but neither as guests. We are the bearers and heirs of the Baptism of Volodymyr, and as a Church we are direct successors of the ancient Kyivan Metropoly. Yes, the Ukrainian Church suffers in her body from the wounds of disunity caused by the...
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26 September 2011
02:25 - “UCU has to discover a treasure of faith of the Church for young people” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Lviv On September 19th, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) for the first time as the Head of the UGCC visited the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The Grand Chancellor presided at the Pontifical Divine Liturgy in the church of the Blessed New Martyrs and met with students and professors in the...
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26 September 2011
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- The first Bishop’s Cheirotonia administered by His Beatitude Sviatoslav 19 September 2011 11:37 On 18 September 2011 in Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Chortkiv (Ternopil region) took place a Bishop’s Ordination (i.e. Cheirotonia which literally means the laying of the hands) of the Most Rev. Dmytro (Hryhorak), the Eparch of Buchach. The Ordination was accomplished by His Beatitude...
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- Solemn closing of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC and celebrations on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration in Brazil 19 September 2011 06:07 On Sunday, 11 September 2011, in Curitiba, Brazil, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, presided at the Pontifical Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the solemn closing of the 2011 Synod of Bishops of the UGCC as well as celebrations of the 120th anniversary of...
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12 September 2011
06:28 - Implementation of the catechumenate in the UGCC – the theme of another day of the synodal session The Thursday morning session of the Synod of Bishops was dedicated to the issue of implementation of the catechumenate in the UGCC. According to Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), “catechumenate is a sort of a spiritual endeavor which candidates for Baptism underwent in the first centuries of the...
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12 September 2011
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09 September 2011
12:05 - On the third working day the Synod of the Bishops examined the Resolution of the V session of the Patriarchal Sobor. On Wednesday, 7 September, members of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC concluded discussing the main theme of this year’s Synod – “The Strategy of development of the UGCC for the period until 2020”. After that, the Resolution of the V session of the Patriarchal Sobor on religious life, which had...
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09 September 2011
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- Working sessions of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC accompanied by a prayer 09 September 2011 11:58 As every year, the work of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC is accompanied by a private and liturgical prayer of all members of the Church. The UGCC faithful from all around the world, as well as religious people in their communities and Bishops are praying for the success of the Synod. Every day the...
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- A working group has been created by the Synod of Bishops to implement the Strategy of development of the UGCC 08 September 2011 11:43 As it was reported earlier, the second day of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC dealt with the main theme of this year’s meeting: “The Strategy of Development of the UGCC until 2020”. The presenters on the second working day of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC were Most Rev. Stefan (Soroka) –...
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- UGCC Synod of Bishops begins in Curitiba, Brazil 07 September 2011 10:56 Greek Catholic Church. The opening ceremony was held on 4 September, 2011 at the closing session of the V UGCC Patriarchal Sobor in Prudentopolis where a decree of the Head of the UGCC was read out. The Synod headed by the UGCC Primate, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, is attended by UGCC Bishops from...
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- Report of His Beatitude Sviatoslav during the Synod of Bishops: “Priority of the Church is to preach the Word of God and provide our faithful with a qualitative pastoral care” 07 September 2011 10:49 On 5 September 2011, in Curitiba, Brazil, began the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On the first day of a working session of the Synod, Bishop Volodymyr (Kovbych), Eparch of Curitiba, presided at a Divine Liturgy. In his homily, Bishop Volodymyr emphasized the role of...
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- The Synod of Bishops of the UGCC reflects upon the strategy of development of the UGCC until 2020. 07 September 2011 01:26 On the second day of the working session, the members of the Synod of Bishops discussed and made amendments into the project of “The Strategy of Development of the UGCC until 2020” which is the main theme of this year’s Synod. The presenters on the second working day of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC...
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- UGCC Synod of Bishops begins in Curitiba, Brazil 07 September 2011 01:24 In the city of Curitiba, Brazil, on 5 September 2011, began the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The opening ceremony was held on 4 September, 2011 at the closing session of the V UGCC Patriarchal Sobor in Prudentopolis where a decree of the Head of the UGCC was read out. The...
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- The closing ceremony of the V session of the UGCC Patriarchal Sobor. 07 September 2011 12:00 On September 4, 2011, the closing ceremony of the V session of the UGCC Patriarchal Sobor was held. The Head of the UGCC presided at a Divine Liturgy joined by 32 Bishops of the UGCC, numerous clergy, religious people and a large number of the faithful from Prudentopolis and suburban areas. At the end...
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